Grass grinder

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The Grassermühle in Frankenfels at the Frankenfels Fire Brigade Festival on September 6, 2009

The Grassermühle is an approximately 600 year old historical and culturally important building in Frankenfels- Grasserrotte . It is owned by the market town of Frankenfels and is used in many ways today.

location

The Grassermühle is located in the Rosenbühel area, a little south of the center of Frankenfels at the junction of Pielachtal Straße B 39 to Fischbachgraben.

history

The origins of the property are likely to go back to the 14th or 15th century. The Grassermühle was once a sawmill and Rotthaus and was named after the grass - like the Grasserrotte - that is how coniferous wood is known in the area.

In 1837 Franz Xaver Schweickhardt wrote in his historical-topographical descriptions that there was a grinding mill in the Grassa Rotte , which was driven by the Nattersbach.

Until 1964 the property was in private hands, then the ensemble came into the possession of the municipality. From the end of the 1980s to 1997, the property was converted into an event center, paying special attention to the centuries-old structure, and it was officially opened on September 21, 1997 under the leadership of Mayor Friedrich Griesauer and Governor Erwin Pröll . The costs amounted to 20 million schillings and were received by the community and funds from Aktion NÖ nice - create more beautiful and financially supported by the Lower Austrian housing subsidy . Also present at the ceremony were the national councilors Johann Kurzbauer , Hermann Mentil , the state parliament members Martin Michalitsch and Marie-Luise Eggerer , as well as the district captain Josef Sodar and the mayors of the neighboring communities.

Today the property serves the community as an apartment, event center, as well as storage space, garage and community building yard. Among other things, fire brigade festivals, Oktoberfest and other events are held there.

Others

A passage tree dated 1651 is still preserved today.

Together with the opening of the new Grassermühle, the 659-page Frankenfels book was presented. The two editors, Bernhard Gamsjäger and Ernst Langthaler (jun.), Received the gold medal of the market town of Frankenfels in recognition of their pioneering work. The master builder Franz Sauprügl (today's name: Franz Strasser), who was responsible for the renovation, was presented with the Silver Medal of Honor. The executing community foreman Josef Niederer received the golden mark of merit. The photographers Gerhard Groiss and Johann Marsam were awarded the Silver Medal of Merit.

proof

  1. ^ ÖVP Frankenfels: Frankenfels Current . Issue no.79 from March 1997, page 3
  2. ^ Bernhard Gamsjäger and Ernst Langthaler (eds.): The Frankenfelser book . Frankenfels 1997, p. 159
  3. ^ Franz Xaver Schweickhardt : Representation of the Archduchy of Austria under the Ens, Ober-Wienerwald quarter . Volume 6: Haimfeld to Schwerbach area (Kirchberg rulership) . Vienna 1837, p. 276 ( online , archive.org).
  4. ^ Bernhard Gamsjäger: The Frankenfelser Häuserbuch . Frankenfels 1987, p. 337
  5. ↑ a b Cultural monument in Frankenfels was adapted - Grassermühle expanded into an event center . Press release, APA OTS0105, September 19, 1997.
  6. ^ ÖVP Frankenfels: Frankenfels Current . Issue no.79 from March 1997, page 3
  7. ^ Bernhard Gamsjäger: The Frankenfelser Häuserbuch . Frankenfels 1987, p. 109
  8. ^ ÖVP Frankenfels: Frankenfels Current . Issue 79 of March 1997, page 4

Coordinates: 47 ° 58 ′ 42.1 ″  N , 15 ° 19 ′ 1.3 ″  E