Osterwitz Castle

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Osterwitz (Slovenia)
Osterwitz Castle and Palace

Osterwitz Castle and Palace

Creation time : around 1250
Castle type : Höhenburg, castle on the valley floor
Conservation status: Castle in ruins, castle not preserved
Standing position : Count of Cilli
Place: Ojstrica
Geographical location 46 ° 12 '23.6 "  N , 14 ° 59' 24.4"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 12 '23.6 "  N , 14 ° 59' 24.4"  E
Osterwitz Castle (Slovenia)
Osterwitz Castle

The Osterwitz Castle (also Osterwiz, Osterbiz, Osterwitz im Sanntal or Saanthale , Slovenian Ostrovica ) was located on a mountain in the area of Osterwitz in Sanntal (today Ojstrica ). After its destruction, Osterwitz Castle, which no longer exists, was built near it . Both plants are now located in Loke (Laakdorf) in the Tabor municipality on the western edge of the Cilli basin .

history

The castles of Osterwitz (below) and Sanneck / Sannegg (above) formed the ancestral home of the Counts of Cilli in the west of the Cilli basin in the Middle Ages

The castle was built in the 13th century and belonged to the Allod of the Counts of Cilli . It was located on the southern border of the family's sphere of influence at the time of their elevation to the rank of count and was mentioned in the description of the property in the Habsburgs' certificate of approval for the increase in rank.

In 1283 a Hermann von Osterwitz appeared several times as a documentary witness. A Wueschalch from Osterbitz is documented on March 17, 1322 in a pledge deed in Marburg. This name also appears in a document from April 17, 1328 as Uschalk von Osterwitz / Sanntal. Another Hermann von Osterwitz took part in the homage to Rudolf IV in Graz in January 1360 .

Veronika Deseniška (Veronika von Deschenitz), the second wife of Frederick II of Cilli, was imprisoned in Osterwitz Castle and murdered in 1425 or 1428. Even before that, Friedrich II himself was temporarily detained at this castle by his father Hermann II von Cilli .

After the death of the last Count of Cilli, the area fell to the Habsburgs through an inheritance treaty in 1456 and belonged to Lower Styria from then until 1918 . Emperor Maximilian I built an armory in the castle .

The takeover of the area by the Habsburgs did not go smoothly: It is reported that, among others, the occupation of Osterwitz Castle did not initially submit to the emperor, like many others. The castle and the manor were given by the Habsburgs to followers who had to provide payments and other services in return:

In 1459, on the Thursday after Epiphany, Emperor Friedrich issued a certificate in Graz in which Osterwitz Castle in the Sanntal was handed over to Friedrich Abrecher for care . In 1483 Caspar von Obratschen is named as a carer. In 1494, Thomas Gradeneker was a nurse with the stipulation that for every 25 pounds of pensions “to have a horse traveling on horseback ready for sovereign orders.” After him, on July 10, 1501, Leonhard Raumschüssel received “Schloss und Herrlichkeit” in return for a loan of 3000 guilders Osterwitz im Sannthale on pledge possession with castle hat ”. In 1524 his sons were confirmed in possession of the pledge (and the toll to Franz ), the pledge schillig already amounted to 4875 guilders. Christof Raumschüssel is named as a pledge holder in 1530. Then in 1535 the rule of Osterwitz in Sannthale came to the royal council and obrist steward Jobst Lilienberg, who had given his predecessor a loan of 3000 guilders and replaced the lien of 1700 guilders. The support of the sovereign by the keepers of the rulers in the Cilli area, whereby Osterwitz is explicitly mentioned, was apparently limited (despite the threat from the Turks), so that in 1537 “general recovery” and asset overviews were requested.

After being destroyed in the peasant uprising in 1535, the castle was abandoned and remained in ruins. The fields and forests associated with the property continued to be cultivated and then formed the economic basis of Osterwitz Castle.

Osterwitz Castle

Osterwitz Castle and ruins in the middle of the 17th century

A few decades after the destruction of Osterwitz Castle, Franz Maximilian von Schrattenbach (also: Vransko Maksimiljian von Schrotenbach ) had a farmyard built at the foot of the former castle hill in 1566, and Osterwitz Castle was built from it after 1592. His son Felix continued the building work between 1614 and 1631. A two-wing, two-story building with two round corner towers was created, which is shown on old views.

This building was also called "Nieder-Osterwitz" ( Spodnja Ojstrica ), it is believed that material from the abandoned castle was used for it.

The Schrattenbach family bore the title "Barons of Hegnenberg and Osterwitz". Felix Schrattenbach turned out to be a violent owner, complaints about him were brought to the authorities of Inner Austria and dealt with several times by commissions. Osterwitz Castle was also looted during a peasant uprising in 1635 and burned down, but was rebuilt. The rule of Osterwitz / Ojstrica was also pledged to the Lords of Walsee . In 1767 the property was sold to Count Johann Gaisruck, in 1791 Max Robida owned it, then Johann Kircher until 1824. Other owners were for a short time Jožef Omersi and from 1826 Mathias Perko. During his possession, the main building of the castle was set on fire by lightning and destroyed, it was no longer rebuilt. The farm buildings continued to exist.

Baron Gustav Nepomuk Wittenbach bought the property in 1864, and the Puisi family in 1908. The Meierhof of Osterwitz Castle existed until 1964, when it was already in very poor condition and was demolished.

literature

Web links

Commons : Ojstrica Castle  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Muchar: History of the Duchy of Styria. 8. History of Styria as a duchy in the years 1458–1558. Grätz: Leuschner & Lubensky, 1867. p 12. (. In the National Library pdf page 20 because Titelei and intent are mitpaginiert there; also in the following references respectively + 8).
  2. ↑ a b Muchar, 8, p. 137.
  3. ↑ a b Muchar, 8, p. 184.
  4. ↑ Muchar, 6, pp. 395-399.
  5. ↑ Document dated November 7, 1372, Korneuburg: The dukes Albrecht and Leopold agree to the elevation of the Free Wilhelm and Hermann von Sanneck to Count of Cilli (by Emperor Karl IV ), at the request of the Emperor and in consideration of the loyal services that the counts have shown them many times (with a description of the boundaries of the county, including the mention of Osterwitz). In: Christian Lackner , Claudia Feller, Stefan Seitschek: The Regests of the Dukes of Austria: (1371-1375) Volume 2. In: Christian Lackner: Regesta Habsburgica: Regests of the Counts of Habsburg and the Dukes of Austria from the House of Habsburg. Section 5, The Regests of the Dukes of Austria 1365-1395: Volume 2. 1371-1375. Publications of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research , Series 1. Institute for Austrian Historical Research (Vienna). Böhlau, Oldenbourg 2010. ZDB -ID 2151894-4 ISBN 3-205-78488-X (Böhlau) ISBN 978-3-486-59227-6 (Oldenbourg) ISBN 978-3-205-78488-3 . No. 940.
  6. ^ Muchar: History of the Duchy of Styria. 6. Styria united with Austria under the Habsburg rulers. - Section 1, from Duke Albrecht I to Duke Leopold the Pious . Grätz: Leuschner & Lubensky. 1859. p. 7.
  7. ↑ Carinthian Provincial Archives: Documents from the Count of Auersperg Fideikommissarchiv AT-KLA 871-B-27 St (accessed June 30, 2016).
  8. ^ Christiane Thomas: Cillier certificates. Archival aid for the holdings of the general series of documents affected by the Austrian-Yugoslav archive agreement . In: Releases the Austrian State Archives (Mösta) Band 35. 1982 ISSN  0078-3676 ISSN  0259-4153 ZDB -ID 3607-9 S. 356th
  9. ↑ Muchar, 6, p. 348.
  10. ↑ Roth: "Witch" Veronika. P. 62.
  11. ↑ On the history of Hochosterwitz Castle, p. 6 middle (accessed July 1, 2016).
  12. ^ Albert Muchar: History of the Duchy of Styria. 7. History of Styria under the rule of H. Leopold the Pious (Probus) separated from the Land of Austria in 1373 until reunification with Austria in 1457 under K. Friedrich IV. Grätz: Leuschner & Lubensky; 1864 pp. 431-432.
  13. ↑ Muchar, 8, p. 207.
  14. ↑ Muchar, 8, p. 327.
  15. ↑ Muchar, 8, p. 383.
  16. ↑ Muchar, 8, p. 410.
  17. ↑ Muchar, 8, pp. 421 and 470.
  18. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture Register of national heritage reference number ešd 10401: Loke pri Taboru - Ruševine gradu Ojstrica.
  19. ↑ a b Ojstrica (grad), Osterwitz Castle, also Osterwiz, Osterbiz , with pictures of the ruins ( memento from August 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (Slovenian, accessed June 30, 2016).
  20. ^ Website of the municipality of Tabor, O občini Tabor, section Loke (accessed June 30, 2016)
  21. ↑ a b Ojstrica (manor), Osterwitz Castle, 16th century ( Memento from June 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ).
  22. ↑ Dilapidated Meierhof in the early 1960s (accessed June 30, 2016).