Althaus castle ruins (Görtschitztal)
| Althaus castle ruins | ||
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 Old house ruin |
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| Alternative name (s): | Altenhaus | |
| Creation time : | First mentioned in 1247 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Residential tower | |
| Place: | Huettenberg | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 0 '36 " N , 14 ° 30' 3.7" E | |
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The Althaus castle ruins , also known as Altenhaus , are the ruins of a hilltop castle on a rocky hill in Carinthia's Görtschitztal about twelve kilometers north of Hüttenberg .
history
In the High Middle Ages, the name Hus stood for a fortified residence, and such a residence was first mentioned here in 1247. Since mineral resources have been mined in the area since the early Middle Ages, it cannot be ruled out that there was a fortification at this point much earlier.
In the 13th and 14th centuries, the area around the castle was owned by the Archdiocese of Salzburg , who entrusted the administration of the property to feudal lords . The family of Wulfingus de Huse , mentioned as the owner in 1247, died out in the male line in 1279, after which Archbishop Friedrich Ortlof von Saurau , who had previously married Matza von Haus , was appointed administrator. At that time, the castle was called vetus domus , so "old house", so that a newer festival must have already existed. It may be the Silberberg, a little further down the river on the other side of the valley .
In 1396 Archbishop Gregor appointed Bishop Konrad von Lavant as the caretaker of Althaus. In 1449 the old house was described as dilapidated, but it was made habitable again. In the 16th century, the owners preferred Silberberg as their place of residence, but the importance of Althaus increased again, as it had to protect the numerous mines that had been in operation in the area since the beginning of the 16th century. After the mines were exhausted, the days of the castle were numbered, it was abandoned and fell into disrepair. The last news about the castle is a letter from 1628 in which Regina Grimmigin, née Teuffenbach, asserted hereditary rights.
The area on which the remains of the castle are located now belongs to a neighboring farm. The ruin is a listed building .
description
The facility is located above the Görtschitztal Straße (B 92) leading from Hüttenberg to Neumarkt on an approximately 30 meter high rocky hill. From the Romanesque castle, the ruins of the mighty, thick-walled residential tower , which also made up the essential part of the overall complex, have been preserved. There are no remains of the usual curtain wall around the tower castle . On the north side of the Burgkogel, however, a former crescent-shaped rampart can be seen in the area.
The once four storeys of the rectangular twin tower were built in the first half of the 13th century, the oldest components probably go back to the end of the 12th century. In the basement there are two vaulted rooms separated by a barrel vaulted corridor, on the first floor there are still traces of the castle chapel.
literature
- Dehio Carinthia 2001 . Verlag Anton Schroll & Co., Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 777.
- Siegfried Hartwagner: Carinthia. The district of St. Veit an der Glan (= Austrian art monograph, Volume VIII). Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1977, ISBN 3-900173-22-2 , p. 28.
Web links
- Entry via old house on Burgen-Austria
- Althaus - an old copper and iron mine in Carinthia