Kastellhof (Graz)
The Kastellhof was a Edelhof in Adolf-Kolping-Gasse 14 in the sixth Grazer district Jakomini . It was canceled on July 9, 2010 despite citizen protests. At the time of the demolition, the building was not on the list of the Federal Monuments Office and was just outside an old town protection zone. A residential complex was built at its location.
history
The structural fabric of the building known as the Kastellhof dates from the first half of the 17th century. The origins of the former court go back to the 15th century. The building was first used by the German Order of Knights before it was bought from the Graz citizen Eustachius Esel by the then Styrian governor Friedrich von Fladnitz (term of office 1408 to 1412). Since the Middle Ages, the so-called “ Kühtratte ” has been located at this point , a community property of the Graz city population south of the city, which was used as pasture for cattle.
The appointment of Friedrich von Fladnitz as governor was seen as a provocation in the circles of the high nobility, as the Fladnitz people were still servants of the Lords of Stubenberg a generation earlier . Ferdinand von Fladnitz finally bought the farm to use it as a residence. The house had a crooked gable and wrought-iron lattice wings in the staircase.
In the 16th century the property was known under the name Scarlichhof . The name came from the owner at the time, the Graz burgrave Karl Scarlich. The familiar term to the present Kastellhof found its starting point at the Gutskauf in 1623 by Jacob Castell, after the Grazer also Kastellfeldgasse is named. From 1849 the farm was owned by the tobacco publisher Georg Schwarz. The Kastellhof was called the Pfeiffenschlössl and the street Pfeiffengasse in allusion to its activity . In 1888 the 1st Graz bicycle school was set up in the premises .
In the 20th century the fort began to decline. The building was demolished in July 2010 after unsuccessful protests by a citizens' initiative for the construction of a new residential complex.
literature
- Robert Engele: Back then in Graz. Once upon a time there was a farm . In: Styria edition of the Kleine Zeitung . July 11, 2010, p. 34-35 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baugeschichte.at
- ↑ a b c d Robert Engele: Once upon a time there was a farm . From the series At that time in Graz in the Styrian edition of the Kleine Zeitung of July 11, 2010. p. 34.
- ↑ Horst Schweigert: DEHIO Graz . Schroll, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-7031-0475-9 , p. 200 .
- ^ Karl A. Kubinzky, Astrid M. Wentner: Grazer street names. Origin and meaning . Leykam, Graz 1996, ISBN 3-7011-7336-2 , pp. 214 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 3 ′ 46.1 ″ N , 15 ° 26 ′ 28 ″ E