Mauterndorf Castle

Mauterndorf Castle
Mauterndorf Castle (south side)
Creation time :	11th century
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Received or received substantial parts
Place:	Mauterndorf
Geographical location	47 ° 8 '15 "  N , 13 ° 40' 42"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 8 '15 "  N , 13 ° 40' 42"  E

Mauterndorf Castle on the reverse of the 50 Schilling banknote (1962)

Mauterndorf Castle

The castle Mauterndorf is located in Mauterndorf in Lungau in the province of Salzburg .

history

As early as 326 AD , a fort is said to have existed at the place where today's hilltop castle is , which protected the Roman road that once passed by . This fort, which was destroyed during the Great Migration , is also said to have been the official seat of the Roman provincial administrator.

As can be seen from a deed of donation from Emperor Heinrich II from 1002, a “toll collection facility” was subsequently built at this point. The castle was first mentioned in documents in 1253, the year in which the keep of the castle was built. Since then, it has secured the important crossing over the Radstädter Tauern, which was renewed on an old Roman road . In the 15th century the castle complex was expanded by Archbishop Leonhard von Keutschach and Provost Burkhard von Weißpriach . It served the cathedral chapter as an administration center. In 1806 it became state property.

In 1894, Hermann von Epenstein , a military doctor from Berlin, bought the castle and saved it from deterioration.

Epenstein's father was of Jewish descent, but he had Hermann Göring as a godchild , which is why he and his parents' family were often guests in Mauterndorf. Hermann's brother Albert Göring practically grew up in the castle. Epenstein's widow handed over the castle to Hermann Göring. The transfer led to legal problems in the 20th century, as Göring never had the necessary entry in the land register made. At the end of April 1945 Hermann Göring wanted to flee to the castle, but for fear of an advance of the Red Army he decided on Fischhorn Castle .

The castle is home to the Lungau Landscape Museum, founded by director Wernfried Gappmayer, who died tragically in 1997 , and a restaurant. In addition, a number of rooms have been converted into an "adventure castle", in which the daily life of that time can be imitated under the motto "Lust for the Middle Ages". International scientific conferences are also held regularly in Mauterndorf Castle.

The Lungau Landscape Museum was reopened in May 2007: Over a period of several years it had been redesigned in several construction stages, under the direction of the curator Helga Gappmayer and taking into account the motto “Tradition in a new guise”. In 2013, a sun terrace was created for the catering business, as the guest garden in the inner courtyard of the castle is often so cool that it cannot be operated properly.

Location

In 2008, the castle was the setting for the fairy tale film Sleeping Beauty of the German-Austrian film series Märchenperlen by ZDF .

Others

The castle adorns the back of the Austrian 50 schilling banknote from the 1956 series.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wernfried Gappmayer: Mauterndorf Castle in Lungau . Self-published by the Lungau Landscape Museum, Mauterndorf 1983.
2. ↑ Entry on Mauterndorf Castle on Burgen-Austria
3. ^ Christian H. Freitag: Ritter, Reichsmarschall & Revoluzzer. From the story of a Berlin country house. Edition Friedenauer Brücke, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-9816130-2-5 , pp. 25ff.

Web links

Commons : Mauterndorf Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry via Mauterndorf Castle to Salzburg Castle.
• Entry via Mauterndorf Castle to Burgen-Austria