Schenna Castle

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Schenna Castle in South Tyrol

The Schenna Castle in Schenna near Merano is one of the most important castles in South Tyrol. Today you can visit the castle and the state rooms formerly inhabited by the count's family in personal tours of the Count von Spiegelfeld, brother-in-law of the owner.

history

Schenna Castle near Meran (right) with the parish church and the mausoleum of Archduke Johann

The Lords of Schenna appear as Ministerials of the Counts of Tyrol in the course of the 12th century. The castle was, around the year 1350 instead of the old castle Scena, which was mentioned in a document still in 1346 by Petermann of Schenna , 1352-1369 Governor of Tyrol and Burggraf to Tyrol , built. At this time Margarete was the last Gorizia Countess of Tyrol. A number of well-known Tyrolean aristocratic families owned the castle, such as the Lords of Starkenberg , who lost it to Duke Friedrich with an empty pocket in 1423 , or from 1496 to the Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn .

In 1845 Archduke Johann bought the castle, who left it to his descendants, the Counts of Meran , after his death . It is still in their possession today (the owner is Franz Graf von Meran from Schloss Stainz ) and is lived in and managed by members of the family. Today the property includes not only the castle, but also the mausoleum on the church hill of Schenna, where Archduke Johann and his family found their final resting place, as well as the Thurnerhof as a farm and traditional inn.

The collection

Archduke Johann's collections, which are exhibited in many rooms of the palace, include paintings and numerous portraits of his Habsburg ancestors, which show his deep roots in his Austrian homeland. The palace also houses the largest private Andreas Hofer collection, as well as paintings by Johann's chamber painters ( Eduard Gurk and Matthäus Loder ) who created impressive landscape paintings, everyday objects from Johann's private collection, and a collection of various weapons from the 12th to 19th centuries Century.

Events

In 2011 the gourmet event "Stars, Castles, Almen" took place for the first time at Schenna Castle . Involved were u. a. the cooks Gerhard Wieser and Alois Haller .

literature

  • David von Schönherr : Schenna Castle, its history and its owners. Pötzelberger, Meran 1886 ( digitized version ).
  • Franz Spiegelfeld: Schenna Castle. Discover the living past (=  castles . Band 2 ). Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7954-2040-6 .
  • Oswald Trapp : Tiroler Burgenbuch. Volume II: Burgrave Office . Athesia publishing house, Bozen 1980, pp. 155–169.

Web links

Commons : Schenna Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schenna.com archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , schenna.com
  2. ^ Oswald Trapp : Tiroler Burgenbuch. Volume II: Burgrave Office . Athesia publishing house, Bozen 1980, pp. 152–154.
  3. ↑ Gourmet Festival in South Tyrol: Jause deluxe. on: Spiegel online. July 13, 2011.

Coordinates: 46 ° 41 ′ 28.2 "  N , 11 ° 11 ′ 14.8"  E