Iron Hand (Linz)
The Eiserne Hand noble seat was built around 1598 on the border of the castle keep in Linz . In more recent times it has been converted into a cinema and now an inn (Eisenhandstrasse 43).
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History of the seat of the Iron Hand
This residence belonged to the noble estate Lustenfelden . A formal elevation to a free or noble seat can not be proven, but it was still registered in the country table in 1817 as a noble seat. The term "seat" probably goes back to the fact that the house was owned by important personalities.
Already at the time of Hans Balthasar Kaplan (one of the owners of Lustenfelden) it has to be proven that one of his land was first handed over to the "iron handt" to Leonhart Perkhmann, Dean of Linz and Pastor of Sierning, as free property. In 1598, Perkhmann initially sold the house and the garden to the "Eisern Handt" to Oswald von Wysing. The house should therefore have been built by Perkhmann between 1595 and 1598. Despite the free ownership, there still seems to have been an official relationship with the landlord of Lustenfelden. In 1610 Sara Steininger, wife of the caretaker of the Ennsegg estate , sold the house and garden to Adam and Magdalena Ulrich from Carinthia.
Because of the chaplain’s debt, Lustenfelden and with it the seat of the Eyserne Hand fell to Helmhart Jörger . During the dispute between Helmhart Jörger and the Bishop of Passau, Johann Federl von Prambeckhof, Helmhart Jörger's caretaker on Steyregg and Lustenfelden, probably settled in 1631 at the Haus zur Eisernen Hand. In 1639 he sold his property to Wilhalm Mayr, war accountant for the landscape above the Enns . This was followed by Johann Hollinger in ownership. From this house and garden came between 1664 and 1694 to Hanns Christoph Jagenhueber, citizen and innkeeper of Linz. Before 1700 the house at the Iron Hand came to the Tyrolean Johann Carl Fieder von Hirschberg. Since then, the term “seat” has been used for the Iron Hand. Franz Anton Ungnad von Weißenwolff had bought back Fieger's goods and in 1708 sold the “Sütz Zur Eysern Hanndt” to Georg Adam Krauss. This also remained under the jurisdiction of Lustenfelden and, according to the Lustenfelden valid book, also had to pay dues to the landlord.
The building that still exists today is located in Linz's Eisenhandstrasse. It is also worth mentioning that there is a memorial plaque on the building for gendarme Josef Klausner, who was shot during the socialist uprising on February 12, 1934 . The iron hand that used to be attached under the eaves is now on the inn sign.
The Theater Tribüne Linz is located in the side wing .
Name interpretations
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There have been several attempts to interpret the term “ Iron Hand ”. A frequently encountered variant relates to an iron signpost that could be erected for various purposes (cf. also the “Iron Hand” in Bad Leonfelden as a former sign for market law).
A fabulous explanation for the Linz outdoor seating creates a connection to a noble lady who lived in the house and is said to have owned a dog so wild that you could only feed it with an iron glove. But the dog is said to have bitten it too; An iron hand was then attached to the house as a landmark. However, this interpretation may only have arisen when the disgrace of Weißenwolff (from 1635) owned this house and had a white wolf in their coat of arms.
Another legendary interpretation relates to a breach of the marriage promise of the daughter of the alleged owner of the Iron Hand, which is why the cheated suitor had his competitor arrested and wanted to have him executed. First his hand and then his head should be cut off. But the sword did not pierce the iron glove; In addition, it turned out that it was not the competitor, but the broken-word daughter who was in the armor. This then moved her father to free her and have the Iron Hand nailed to the gate of his patio. This attempt at interpretation also goes astray, as the names of the owners mentioned in no way correspond to the history.
It seems certain that there was a castle keep or torture column near the Iron Hand. This stone market pillar with an iron hand was erected in place of an earlier wooden pillar that had been torn down and pieces smashed by Helmhart Jörger. Presumably he wanted to forestall the city of Linz's legal claims that could have been derived from such a symbol of municipal jurisdiction. Therefore it came to a dispute between Linz and Helmhart Jörger. This dispute was repeated later with the next owner, David Ungnad von Weissenwolff; at that time, on the orders of Emperor Ferdinand III. A slogan to commemorate the end of the Thirty Years War should be affixed to all castle keep columns with the following content: “Praise / Preiss and Danck to the GOD of Peace / He who led us out of war.” But the owner of the seat, David Ungnad von Weissenwolff, opposed the Erecting such a pillar so that the Linz magistrate could not comply with this imperial order.
This column obviously gave its name to the seat near the Iron Hand. The earlier names of the garden “ first of the Eisern Handt” or “Sütz Zur Eysern Hanndt” are to be interpreted accordingly.
literature
- Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home. 3rd edition . Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1976, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .
- Franz Wilflingseder : History of the rule Lustenfelden near Linz (Kaplanhof). Book publisher of the Democratic Printing and Publishing Society (special publications on the history of the city of Linz), Linz 1952.
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 11.4 " N , 14 ° 17 ′ 57.6" E