Taxenbach castle ruins

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Taxenbach castle ruins
The walls of the castle ruins

The walls of the castle ruins

Creation time : around 1323
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Taxenbach
Geographical location 47 ° 17 '32.7 "  N , 12 ° 58' 25"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 17 '32.7 "  N , 12 ° 58' 25"  E
Taxenbach castle ruins (State of Salzburg)
Taxenbach castle ruins

The Taxenbach castle ruins are the ruins of a hilltop castle in the municipality of Taxenbach in the Zell am See district of Salzburg (Schloßberg 1). The Schlossberg is located south of the market on the orographic left side of the Salzach . The castle probably consisted of a brick tower and a surrounding wall . A meierhof was below the walls.

history

Archbishop Friedrich III. von Leibnitz acquired the Taxenbach court in 1323. A suitable building had to be found as the seat of the nursing court. The Edtburg , which existed here until now, was destroyed in the wake of the German controversy and the battle of Mühldorf ; therefore a new location was sought. The archbishop swapped a piece of land that belonged to the pastor of Taxenbach for one in Dienten . This plot of land, then known as Dechantshofbühel , was found to be suitable for building a weir to protect the market and the crossings over the Ache. From 1325 the nursing court was administered from this new castle. The orderly and the clerk were housed here, and there was also a prison here.

This castle was destroyed in the peasants' war against Archbishop Matthäus Lang of 1525/26; The peasants who were ultimately defeated were obliged to rebuild the castle, which happened in 1564. Towards the end of the 16th century, the aqueduct leading to the castle was considered to be completely in ruins. In 1606 there was a description: "Schloss Tächsenpach is just a Thurn, which not all in the Tach, but also in Gemeyer aller pauföllig, there is a cleines court, captured with a Rinkmeyerl, in which ain Rosställel for two" . Because of the bad air caused by the smoke from the Lend hut and because of alleged ghosts, no one wanted to live in the complex anymore. The Taxenbach nurse Christoff von Hirschau took up residence in Zell am See , from where he rode to Taxenbach several times a week. Archbishop Markus Sittikus von Hohenems ordered in 1615 that the keeper had to live at the castle again to prevent the building from falling into disrepair. The castle was sufficiently habitable again under the new caretaker Josef Wilpendorfer. After the market fire of 1622, the local office building was rebuilt and the clerk lived there from 1657. In the middle of the 17th century cracks were found in the kitchen, cellar and vaults of the castle. In 1673 the walls of the castle were reinforced and an archive was installed. In 1690 there was great damage from an earthquake. In 1699 the keeper sent a list of construction defects to the archbishop's court chamber, including the complaint that a fresco by Archbishop Paris Lodron , which was too faded above the gate to the market, was to be renewed. In the last decade of the 17th century, all the windows of the castle were glazed with broken and slug panes. 100 muskets were stored in the castle depot until 1770 , although most of the ammunition was missing, then they came to Salzburg. In the course of the new building of the nursing court in the village, the carer moved there in 1768 (the police station is housed here in 2013).

Taxenbach castle ruins today

In the course of the Napoleonic war in 1809 there was heavy fighting in the area around Taxenbach (half-hour bridge). 400 Pinzgau farmers prevent the Bavarian Deroy division from advancing towards Tyrol for a day. Ultimately, Taxenbach came to Bavaria. In 1812, the Royal Bavarian Chamber of Finance auctioned Taxenbach Castle and all of the surrounding properties. Johann Rathgeb was awarded the contract. In 1872 the already neglected building belonged to Rupert Grabmaier, at that time private parties lived in the castle. In November 1872 the castle burned down due to carelessness and was not rebuilt. Stones from the castle were used in 1938 to expand the elementary school. In 1960 the ruins are said to have been upright with foundation walls up to 5 m; the east wall (towards the Kitzlochklamm ) was 15 m long, the north wall (towards Markt) 46 m, the south wall (towards Salzach) 46 m, the west wall (towards Dechantbühel) had already been demolished and was previously 19 m long. The castle had an emergency exit to the Salzach and an underground passage that led through the Dechantbühel into the market. The entrance to this tunnel could still be seen inside the ruins in 1930.

In 1962 new buildings were built on the old foundations. The Schlossberg is acquired by the municipality of Taxenbach in 1991. Only a few remains of the former curtain wall remind of the history of the former castle. However, these remains were secured and cleared of vegetation.

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