Hörtenberg castle ruins
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 Hörtenberg castle ruins |
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| Alternative name (s): | Pfaffenhofener Schlössl | |
| Creation time : | 1239 (first documented mention) | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Ruin, partially renovated and inhabited outer bailey | |
| Construction: | Humpback blocks, rubble stones | |
| Place: | municipality Oberpfaffenhofen | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 17 '39 " N , 11 ° 4' 46" E | |
| Height: | 797 m above sea level A. | |
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The Hörtenberg castle ruins , sometimes also called Pfaffenhofener Schlössl , are the partially renovated ruins of a hilltop castle at 797 m above sea level. A. in the municipality of Pfaffenhofen in the Innsbruck-Land district in Tyrol .
history
The castle is located at an important crossroads in the Middle Ages. In 1239 it is mentioned in the possession of the Counts of Eschenlohe as the center of the county of Hörtenberg of the same name. In 1239 Heinrich von Eschenlohe comes from Hertenberch called himself . In 1281 Meinhard II of Tyrol acquired this castle and in 1286 he bought the county (comitia) Hörtenberg with the associated rights and possessions from them. In 1291, Duke Otto of Bavaria, as the previous overlord, gave him full ownership.
The castle chapel was dedicated to St. Dionysius , the patron saint of the Carolingians . The castle was subsequently given to carers and as a pledge . Around 1300 the county court was also housed in Hörtenberg Castle. In 1288, a judge and a court (iudicium) are mentioned for the first time on Hörtenberg. Other judicial districts, such as that of Burg inquiries stone near Zirl, were already part of the Hörtenberg court in Meinhard's time. Hörtenberg had the lower and the higher jurisdiction , the latter also including the Schlossberg court. The execution site was near Berg Hörtenberg, later on Lengeberg near Oberhofen. This dish was moved to the nursing home in Telfs in the 17th century . In 1787 the Schlossberg court, which encompassed almost the entire area of the community of Scharnitz , was withdrawn and incorporated into the Hörtenberg court.
The lords of Matsch , who owned Hörtenberg from 1363 to 1405, should be mentioned above all among the pawnbrokers . Extensive new buildings were built between 1413 and 1436 under Ulrich von Windeck. In 1448 the castle was part of the morning gift that Sigmund der Münzreich gave to his first wife, Eleanor of Scotland . The only son from this marriage, Wolfgang, died in 1480 in the same year as his mother. The rule was now mostly transferred to salaried carers. Even Emperor Maximilian I made use of as the successor of Archduke Sigmund Hörtenberg occasionally as a base for its chamois and deer hunts.
In 1577 the pledge was redeemed by Archduke Ferdinand II and the rule came as free property to Philippine Welser , who was married to him in a morganatic marriage. After the death of Philippine Welser, the rule came in 1580 to the Margraves of Burgau , more precisely to the son of the Archduke, Margrave Karl von Burgau . He died in 1613 and the rule came to Archduke Maximilian III. the German master .
As a pledge, the castle came into the possession of the von Wolkenstein family in 1619 and from 1633–1805 to the Fieger von Hirschberg counts . The Counts Spaur and then the Barons von Goldegg followed as pledge holders . In 1824 the Knights of Goldegg returned their court.
At the beginning of the 18th century the castle was used as a warehouse for war materials. On August 5, 1706, a striking lightning set off the powder supply of around 1,500 hundredweight stored there; the castle was largely destroyed by this explosion.
In 1824 Hörtenberg was taken over by the state, but soon left to the Lener family from Pfaffenhofen. Father Alexander Lener had the keep restored in 1873 and made accessible again. Then the order of the "Poor School Sisters" bought the tower and a house that had emerged from the former outer bailey. The castle was then owned by Eugen Matt, who acquired the property in 1973. The community then acquired the former castle and in 2007 cleared the already heavily overgrown area; further expansions are planned. The castle ruins can now be visited as an excursion destination in the summer months and is also available as an event location.
Hörtenberg castle ruins today
What has been preserved is the five-storey keep with a roof , which consists of irregular layers of stone and has renewed entrances and battlements . The pyramid roof was added in 1873 to secure the tower. The square tower has a floor plan of about 9 × 9 m. The wall thickness is around 2.5 m near the ground, but decreases towards the top. For the dry stone -masonry was largely shale used. Humpbacks and traces of painted corner cubes can be seen on the tower . Originally it was only accessible via a high entrance ; this is relatively large with a width of 1.5 m and a height of 2.2 m. The tower has no windows. The four upper floors were illuminated by a few slits of light. Remnants of a circular wall and extensive kennels from 1500 are still preserved, as is a well shaft. The complex consisted of a core castle and a lower bailey , which was built in the 13th and 14th centuries. The small chapel built in 1866 may be on the site of the old castle chapel . During excavations in autumn 2004, finds from the Bronze and Iron Ages (2nd / 1st millennium BC) and from the 13th to the 16th centuries came to light.
The coat of arms of Pfaffenhofen with a trident comes from the Lords of Eben, the battlements that can be seen symbolize Hörtenberg Castle.
literature
- Georg Clam Martinic : Castles and palaces in Austria . Landesverlag in Veritas Verlag, Linz 1991, ISBN 3-85214-559-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Clam Martinic, 1991, p. 394.
- ↑ Hörtenberg Castle .
- ↑ Exhibition "Life on Hörtenberg"