Königshofer Mühle

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Coat of arms of Abbot Robert Leeb above the portal

The Königshofer Mühle , also known as the mill near Wilfleinsdorf , has long been out of service. Until 1921 it belonged to the Königshof Palace on the Hungarian side of the Leitha , directly on the Austrian border . Until 1971 it was part of the large community of Kaisersteinbruch , after the amalgamation of the large community of Bruckneudorf , in the district of Neusiedl am See , Burgenland .

history

In 1244 Agnes, Ulrich von Wilfleinsdorf's widow, sold all of her possessions on the other side of the Leitha to the Heiligenkreuz Abbey, whereby she reserved a mill for life, among other things. In a document from 1257, a mill on the Leitha is mentioned in the boundary description, but it has not been decided whether both are identical.

This mill was first mentioned in a document in 1285. In it Otto von Haslau and Albert Stuchs von Trautmannsdorf testified that Irnfried von Pruck waived all of his claims to this mill and ceded it entirely to the Heiligenkreuz Abbey .

When the Turks under Sultan Suleyman I besieged Vienna in 1529 and ravaged Austria, the monastery was also set on fire and plundered, as were all its possessions in Hungary and Austria, and the district under the Vienna Woods was devastated. In addition, considerable war taxes had to be paid. Abbot Johann Hartmann (1528–1536) was therefore forced to sell many of the monastery properties. A later successor, Abbot Ulrich Müller (1558–1584) initially had a great lack of money, but he tirelessly strived to promote the welfare of the monastery, he had several monastery buildings restored and he acquired the previously sold mill near Wilfleinsdorf, as well as the free courtyards in Baden and Pfaffstätten .

1587 Stone carving master Alexius Payos

The Kaisersteinbrucher stonemason master Alexius Payos issued the following invoice on October 5, 1587: List of what he gave master for stone on the mill at the royal court .. "Khuchl gwang" rough stone, also a little in Haußduer [gate] and window stone, new stone and another stone for all of this .. 12  guilders .

In 1621 the Königshof estate was again the victim of hostile troops.

Before 1646 chapel in the mill

The church in the nearby quarry had been under construction for many years, and in the years before its completion the mill was used to hold Roman Catholic services . The situation was tense, the stonemasons must all obey the administrator of the royal court and the abbot of Heiligenkreuz, but Abbot Michael Schnabel wrote in the abbot's protocols. The wälschen masons disobedience and insolence ( arrogance ), excerpts from it .. The Burben seint all with Rohr in the mill for worship come .. but how mallen 6 Burben in the mill come want to shoot the manager .. Maderno has forbidden that one should by do not give candles to the capels in the mill .

Master stonemason Simon Andrieth donated 1 gulden in his will in 1654 to the chapels in the mill.

1649/50 new construction of the mill

Abbot Michael Schnabel had the mill rebuilt in 1649,

What the masonry cost, in extracts ..
First of all, he had master Adam Löffler, citizen and bricklayer in Bruck, 70 day's work , his journeymen 521 day's work, the Zureicher and day-workers 376 day's work. 1649 he netted "blue cones", rings and rods, Pater Petrus needed for the Fußbotten 200 föhrene Ladten , and can cut these.
In 1650 he bought a variety of Eysen , nails . To make a window for the glazier in Bruck , to dress a millstone for the stonemason , more for the carpenter because of different jobs, the locksmith in Bruck to shod the windows and doors, the stonemason Ambrosius Regondi in the quarry because of the pieces of ashlar and because of the two door frames and because two of them were burned Lime kilns .
Summa Summarum went up on the complete mill. 1,460 guilders 56 Kreuzer

Two door frames by Ambrosius Regondi

Coat of arms of Abbot Robert Leeb

Above the portal is the coat of arms of Abbot Robert Leeb . He officiated from September 13, 1728 to August 15, 1755 and was the first abbot of the revived St. Gotthard Abbey . In 1719 he made a trip to the Holy Land and returned safe and sound in September 1720.

The coat of arms shows the oath of the Holy Cross Abbey at the top left , anchor , Jerusalem cross , lion on the right , Gotthard Abbey below. His motto: with hope and courage .

1811 floods

Frequent floods made in 1811 and the construction of new mills to St. Gotthard at Raab river and Königshofen on the river Leitha necessary.

Königshof master baker

Some masters can be identified (in extracts) from the marriage books of the Kaisersteinbruch Church. Georg Weiß around 1670, Georg Hödl 1693, Johann Georg Schön 1705, Franz Gritsch 1725, Paul Kellner 1732, Johann Wirschitzer 1735, Johann Adam Pleier 1740, Joseph Wibaldoffsky 1754, Georg Fuehser 1760, Georg Götz 1773, Johann Georg Sonnleithner 1788, Johann Michael Litschauer 1797, Nikolaus Müller 1810, Franz Xaver Müller 1854, Franz Gröschl 1888.

Sources and literature

  • Heiligenkreuz Abbey Archive: Royal Court section
  • Malachias Koll : The Heiligenkreuz Abbey in Austria VUWW and the parishes and possessions belonging to it , Vienna 1834.
  • Helmuth Furch: Historisches Lexikon Kaisersteinbruch, mill near Wilfleinsdorf , 2004. ISBN 978-3-9504555-8-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Weis, FRA II / 11, 108
  2. ^ Wagner, BUB I, 257 n.379
  3. ↑ Heiligenkreuz archive RuBr. 49, fasc. 1, No. 3
  4. ↑ Heiligenkreuz archive RuBr. 51, fasc.IV; No. 14
  5. ↑ Harald Prickler : Castles and palaces in Burgenland. 1972
  6. ↑ Heiligenkreuz Abbey Archive, Abbot Protocol before 1646
  7. ^ Historical lexicon Kaisersteinbruch, Jurisdiction des Dorfes. P. 268
  8. ^ Abbey Heiligenkreuz Archive, Königshofer Protocolle, Rubr. 49, fasc.XII; No. 11/2
  9. ^ Historical lexicon Kaisersteinbruch, index: Müller in Königshof

Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′ 39.9 ″  N , 16 ° 43 ′ 5 ″  E