Finkenstein castle ruins
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| Alternative name (s): | Finckenstein | |
| Creation time : | 1142 | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Ministeriale | |
| Place: | Finkenstein am Faaker See | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 32 '47.7 " N , 13 ° 54' 11.1" E | |
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The Finkenstein castle ruin is a castle ruin in the market town of Finkenstein am Faaker See in Carinthia , Austria .
location
The ruin lies on a rock that slopes steeply to the south at the foot of the Karawanken and above Lake Faak .
history
The castle was first mentioned in 1142. She was owned by the Dukes of Carinthia and was at ministerials of the Dukes, which is after the castle of Finkenstein called, verlehnt . (A connection to Finck von Finckenstein , who appeared much later in East Prussia, is unlikely.) In 1223 there was a dispute between Heinrich von Finkenstein and Bishop Heinrich von Bamberg , the owner of Federaun Castle , about the crossing of the river Gail . After the Carinthian Finkensteins became extinct at the beginning of the 14th century, ownership passed to the Dukes of Carinthia , who had been the Habsburgs since 1335 . In 1508 Emperor Maximilian handed over the castle and the rule to Siegmund von Dietrichstein . Now the Dietrichsteiner rule in Carinthia was further expanded from this castle . The castle remained in the possession of the Dietrichsteiner until 1861. It has not been inhabited since the end of the 18th century .
Building description
The oldest parts of the castle are Romanesque . In the second half of the 15th century, it was rebuilt in the late Gothic style. At the beginning of the 16th century, the four gates were built into the stronghold . At the first eastern gate there is masonry that goes back to the 13th century and is one of the oldest in the castle. The second eastern gate was probably provided with a portcullis. The third eastern portal, built after 1508, shows a profiled keel arch with the coat of arms of the Dietrichstein at the top. To the side of the third gate is a small round tower from the 14th / 15th. Century with it on the upper floor preserved remains of a vault supported by semicircular wall services with a chapter ring. In the small kennel following the gate there are still remains of an older gate system.
The keep with the dimensions 7 × 7 meters is no longer accessible inside. It is built in quarry stone with corner blocks and probably dates from the 12th century. It is located in the southeast corner of the castle complex. According to Markus Pernhart's drawings , it was still significantly higher in 1860 than it is today. His high entry could therefore have been above today's remaining band. A late Gothic stair tower is attached to it . In the south wing there is the former castle chapel of Saint Bartholomew, which has remains of late Gothic, profiled vaulted services in the apse with a 5/8 end . The consoles of the services are just below today's floor level. The 15-meter-long west wall of the Palas, which has been preserved up to the height of the 2nd floor, is structured as a decorative facade on the second floor by flat keel arch niches and wall templates with round services, and it also has four profiled keel arch windows. In the middle between the four windows is the former entrance to the no longer preserved, externally attached balcony, which is also decorated with a keel arch. Below the balcony access on the ground floor, where you go to the event arena today, a gate led to the large kennel, which in peacetime served as an ornamental garden.
Todays use
The owner of the castle is the concert organizer Gerhard Satran. The castle arena he built with 1150 seats is used for festival performances from the beginning of July to the beginning of September . There is also a restaurant in the castle arena, which was badly affected by a fire in October 2008. This was renovated in 2009 and has been in operation again in the summer months (April - October) since then.
The castle arena served as the backdrop for the 1986 Falco concert in the film Geld oder Leber by and with Mike Krüger . In February 2020 the owner announced that he wanted to keep the events going, but wanted to sell the castle ruins.
See also
literature
- Hugo Henckel-Donnersmarck: Castles and palaces in Carinthia. Leon, Klagenfurt 1964. (2 volumes)
- Franz Xaver Kohla, Gustav Adolf von Metnitz, Gotbert Moro: Carinthian Castle Studies Part One - Carinthia's castles, mansions and fortified sites. History Association for Carinthia, Klagenfurt 1973.
- Michael Leischner, Alois Brandstetter: Castles and palaces in Carinthia. Carinthia, Klagenfurt 2000, ISBN 3-85378-520-4 .
- Georg Clam Martinic: Austrian Castle Lexicon. Castles and ruins, mansions, palaces and palaces. 2nd Edition. Landesverlag, Linz 1992, ISBN 3-85214-559-7 .
- Gerhard Stenzel: From castle to castle in Austria. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1973, ISBN 3-218-00229-X .
- Hermann Wiessner, Margareta Vyoral-Tschapka: Castles and palaces in Carinthia - Hermagor, Spittal / Drau, Villach. 2nd expanded edition. Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1986.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Finkenstein castle ruins . burgseite.com. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
- ↑ a b Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 10.
- ↑ Tavern near the Finkenstein castle ruins burned down on ORF on October 4, 2008
- ↑ Burgruine Finkenstein is for sale on ORF from February 21, 2020 accessed on February 22, 2020
Web links
- The Finkenstein Castle Arena
- Entry via Finkenstein (Alt-Finkenstein) to Burgen-Austria
- Building description of Finkenstein Castle