Klause am Pyhrn
| Klause am Pyhrn (care tower) | ||
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 Nursing tower today |
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| Alternative name (s): | Care tower | |
| Creation time : | 1265 (first documented mention) | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Place: | Pfleger district, Spital am Pyhrn municipality | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 37 '45.9 " N , 14 ° 19' 21.7" E | |
| Height: | 785 m | |
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The Klause am Pyhrn (also called care tower ) is located in the municipality of Spital am Pyhrn in the Kirchdorf an der Krems district of Upper Austria (below the Pyhrnpassstrasse B 138, Pyhrn 29).
history
The first mention of the tower was made in 1265 in the Urbar of the Styrian prince. Princes' servants ( nurses ) administered the office, which is why there was no Meierhof here and the seat did not become a fief . Around 1418 the tower came into the possession of the Spital am Pyhrn monastery . In 1455 the monastery received the order to build a pass fortification ( hermitage ) here. For this purpose the tower was rebuilt accordingly. Key notches and slot notches for firearms were built in and the upper floor was removed; presumably this formerly had a platform with a crenellated or cast wreath. Thus the tower was converted into a battery tower that could dominate the pass road.
In 1825 the tower came to Upper Austria because of the relocation of the state borders. Since its military importance had been lost and it was now used for residential purposes, it was redesigned accordingly.
Nursing tower today
The rectangular building is three-story and covered with a hipped roof. The masonry consists of rubble stones in a horizontal position. Some of the old windows are still preserved, these clearly fall out of the line of the newly broken out windows and are also clearly recognizable by the old stone falls. The wooden stems and paneling are more recent. On the west side, a protruding below the central window on the first floor corbel out, indicating that here once a residential bay window was located. The curb is likely to have been on the north side, which is indicated by an outbreak in the masonry, with which a previously existing corbel was removed.
literature
- Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home. 3rd edition . Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1976, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .