Kammerstein castle ruins (chambers)

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Kammerstein
Alternative name (s): Under chambers
Creation time : 12th Century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Ruin, keep and gate building with masonry around the 15th century
Standing position : Ministerials
Construction: irregular, almost layered quarry stone masonry
Place: Chambers in the Liesingtal
Geographical location 47 ° 24 '7 "  N , 14 ° 53' 9"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 24 '7 "  N , 14 ° 53' 9"  E
Height: 996  m above sea level A.
Kammerstein Castle Ruins (Styria)
Kammerstein castle ruins
Lithograph by Joseph Franz Kaiser
Lithograph by Georg Matthäus Vischer

The Kammerstein castle ruins are the ruins of a hilltop castle in the municipality of Kammern im Liesingtal in the Leoben district of Styria .

location

The remains of the castle stand on a ledge in the castle moat northwest of the village of Kammern in the Liesing valley at an altitude of 996  m above sea level. A.

history

The foundations of the ruins date back to the 12th century; it is mentioned in a document in 1150. During this time, a noble family of the high free of chambers is mentioned several times . Whether the castle can actually be associated with this family or with another nearby castle complex ( Ober-Kammern, Ehrenfels ), which is also in ruins today, cannot be proven.

From the 13th century, the facility was owned by the Ehrenfelsers, who were servants of the Styrian rulers. They also owned the Ober-Kammern Castle about 400 meters to the west. This family remained the castle owner until its extinction at the beginning of the 15th century. In 1513 the castle came into the possession of Siegmund von Dietrichstein , who wanted to expand the facility. This did not happen due to the influence of Emperor Maximilian I (who was his father-in-law), but renovation work was carried out (plastering of the keep , painted corner blocks). As early as 1542 the castle was described as derelict; Georg Vischer drew it as a ruin in 1681.

investment

The castle was 70 by 40 meters in size, the four to five-story keep, remains of the gate, the palace and some walls with a wall height of about six meters have been preserved.

proof

  • Werner Murgg: Castle ruins in Styria. In: Nikolaus Hofer (Ed.): Find reports from Austria. Material booklet series B volume (FÖMat B 2, 2009). Published by the Federal Monuments Office, Department for Ground Monuments. Berger Verlag, Vienna 2009. ISSN  1993-1263 . Pp. 98-99.
  • Kurt Woisetschläger, Peter Krenn: Dehio Handbook - The Art Monuments of Austria: Styria (excluding Graz). Topographical inventory of monuments, ed. from the Federal Monuments Office, Department for Monument Research. Publisher Anton Schroll. Vienna 1982. ISBN 3-7031-0532-1 . Page 209.
  • Herwig Ebner: Castles and palaces in Styria. Part II. Mürz Valley and Leoben. Vienna 1981. pp. 69-72.
  • Gerald Gämser, Alois Gamsjäger: Chambers. Municipality chambers, 1988. p. 61.
  • Georg Vischer: Topographia Ducatus Stiriae. 1681. Fig. 197.