Katzelsdorf Hunting Lodge
The Katzelsdorf Hunting Lodge ( Katzelsdorfský zámeček in Czech ) was a castle in today's border area between the Czech Republic and Austria. The name comes from the location in the forest of the same name, which belonged to the Austrian municipality of Katzelsdorf in the Lower Austrian Weinviertel until the Treaty of Saint Germain after the First World War .
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The castle belonged to the ensemble of Liechtenstein buildings that make up the Lednice-Valtice cultural landscape (Eisgrub-Feldsberg area) today . As with many other buildings that Johann II of Liechtenstein had built, the plans came from Joseph Kornhäusel , who also built it in the years 1811–1817. It was ended in 1819 by Franz Engel . There was a small forester's house behind the castle. An avenue led from the castle through the Katzelsdorf forest to Valtice (Feldsberg).
Between 1905 and 1907 the classicist building was restored by Karl Weinbrenner and expanded with reliefs by Ludwig Stürmer , who was also used in other projects by Prince Liechtenstein.
In the inter-war period, the building was used as a forester's apartment. After the Second World War , the building was renovated and then taken over by the National Culture Commission, which had the building and the apartment reconstructed in 1949.
Due to the proximity to the border and the fortifications of the iron curtain , the forester was relocated and the building was converted into a hayloft and storage area in the early 1950s. In a note dated December 14, 1955, the monument office noted that "the Feldsberg forestry administration had the cellar near Katzelsdorfer Salettl (Feldsberg land register, conscription number 383) demolished and the bricks removed." carried out, which criticized the "desolate state", but urgently advised against demolition due to the architectural value. Nonetheless, on June 23, 1957, the "administration of Feldsberg Castle" gave its employees instructions to tear down the "Katzelsdorfer Salettl" forester's house. Objections by the monument office were negated. The official reason for the demolition of the Schlössl and the adjoining apartment was given as "the poor condition of the building", and the aim was to prevent anti-communist elements from finding accommodation in the immediate vicinity of the state border.
One of the stone reliefs can still be seen in Valtice Castle. The removed paving stones were used for a sidewalk near the former Czech customs building.
On October 20, the "Association for the Renewal of the Katzelsdorf Castle" - Katzelsdorfer Salettl - (Spolek pro obnovu Katzelsdorfského zámečku, zs) was founded in Feldsberg Valtice . Mgr. Et Mgr. Daniel Lyčka was elected chairman of the association.
literature
Web links
- The Jagdschlössl (Salet, Salettl) and Försterhaus - in the Katzelsdorf Forest between Valtice and Katzelsdorf Part 1 from 2010 (PDF file)
- The Jagdschlössl (Salet, Salettl) and Försterhaus - in the Katzelsdorf Forest between Valtice and Katzelsdorf Part 2 from 2013 (PDF file)
- The Jagdschlössl (Salet, Salettl) and Försterhaus - in the Katzelsdorf Forest between Valtice and Katzelsdorf Part 3 from 2015 (PDF file)
- Jagdschlössl information board (Czech & German) (PDF file)
- Pictures of the castle (Czech) ( Memento from December 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Association for the Renewal of the Katzelsdorfer Schlösschen (Czech)
Coordinates: 48 ° 42 ′ 59.1 " N , 16 ° 46 ′ 43.8" E