Landskron (Bruck an der Mur)

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Landskron castle ruins
View of the entrance gate with the fortification wall.

View of the entrance gate with the fortification wall.

Creation time : 13th Century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Bruck an der Mur
Geographical location 47 ° 24 '45.4 "  N , 15 ° 16' 18.7"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 24 '45.4 "  N , 15 ° 16' 18.7"  E
Landskron (Styria)
Landskron
Schlossberg Bruck
Orientation plan Schloßberg

Landskron is the ruin of a hilltop castle in Bruck an der Mur in Styria in Austria . The remains are under monument protection .

history

Already in 1263, during the Bohemian period under King Ottokar II , there was a small fortification on the Brucker Schlossberg, which was used for security and locking tasks due to its strategically favorable location. The so-called "Castrum Prukke" was originally owned by Eppenstein and was probably administered by Herbord von Füllenstein (called Herbord von Bruck). This was the stewardess of the royal governor, Bishop Bruno von Olmütz, and probably himself city and castle captain.

In 1268, shortly after the new construction of Brucks, another castle captain named Hermann von Krottendorf (“ domino hermanno de Crottendorf castellano in Prukk ”) is named. It is assumed that the fortress was built or expanded in the course of the new construction of Brucks for its safety has been.

According to a document that can no longer be found, the fortress is said to have existed as early as 1112.

The castle was a sovereign fiefdom of the St. Lambrecht Monastery , which was mostly administered by the lower nobility of the area (Krottendorfer, Timmersdorfer, Preitenfurter, Gaaler). Occasionally the property was pledged to nobles or citizens. 1345 to the citizen of Bruck, Hans Klemm the Elder. J., 1353 to Ulrich den Wasner, until 1478 to Lorenz Vogel, 1505 to 1510 to Pankraz Kornmeß (owner of the famous Kornmesserhaus ) and finally to the city.

During the Hungarian War (1460) an imperial orderly who kept six mounted men and 12 foot soldiers under arms was used.

The castle has been called Landskron since 1461.

On November 20, 1626, the city of Bruck acquired the Schlossberg from Emperor Ferdinand II. Due to financial difficulties, however, they had to sell their property on April 30, 1771 to the hammer lord Franz Xaver Fraydt von Fraydenegg-Monzello at Nechelheim Castle .

During the devastating city fire (164 of the 166 houses were cremated) in 1792, the entire Landskron castle complex also fell victim to the flames. The stones were used by the population to rebuild the city.

In 1809 the Schlossberg was under k. k. General Campaign Master Count Gyulay fortified against the French ( coming from Leoben ): ramparts were built, trenches were dug and an underground powder magazine was built.

In 1815, at the request of the city administration, Emperor Franz allowed six captured French cannons to be set up in the so-called "stucco hut", two of which are still there.

Today not much of the formerly spacious complex has been preserved. Most of the walls, reinforced in 1642, were removed. The remains of the main building to the south housed a restaurant from 1907 and then a residential building, until this too burned down in 1979. In 1934 the main gate and the fortification tower (today the clock tower) were also removed, but rebuilt later. Towards the end of the Second World War , several protective tunnels had to be driven into the mountain to protect the population. For some time now, the ruin has been illuminated at night by headlights that change color depending on the temperature.

literature

  • Werner Strahalm: Bruck an der Mur . Graz 1985.
  • Werner Murgg: Castle ruins in Styria . In: Bundesdenkmalamt, department for soil monuments (ed.): Find reports from Austria , material booklets, series B, volume 2. Verlag Ferdinand Berger and Sons, Vienna 2009, pp. 20–21.

Web links

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