New Castle (Althofen)
The New Castle stands sublime south of the parish church in the upper market of Althofen . The term “New Palace” is used for the two properties at Schlossplatz 1 and 2 both in their entirety and for each individual building.
history
A 13/14 The seat of the Salzburg archbishops or their keepers, which dates back to an even older core, was destroyed in the Hungarian War. The castle was rebuilt around 1500 by Leonhard von Keutschach . After secularization in 1803, the castle became a state property. In 1845 Eugen Dickmann von Secherau bought the property and changed it with his son between 1847 and 1849 by adding a crenellated corner tower. The south facade received balconies and floor-dividing cornices. In the second half of the 20th century, the two halves of the house were sold to different owners.
Building description
The uniformly designed, eight-axis south facade of the two houses as well as the continuous eaves and ridge line of the southern roof area connect the two properties to a uniform complex. The south facade probably follows a wall of the high medieval castle.
The house at Schlossplatz Nr. 1 is a four-storey building with a mighty base storey over a rectangular floor plan. On the ground floor there is a pillared hall of the 15th / 16th Century. The fan-shaped ridges of the needle cap barrel vaulting out from the wall pillars form mesh-like crossed and intertwined configurations in the vault crests. The barrel vaulting with flat, console-like wall templates in the south-western ground floor area comes from the building stock of the 16th and 17th centuries. Century.
The core of the house at Schlossplatz No. 2 is from the 13th / 14th centuries. Century and was in the 15./16. Representatively converted in the 19th century. The corner tower and the stepped gable were built in 1849. A window with a late Gothic stone wall is marked 1772. The late Gothic hall is equipped with stucco vaults.
See also
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 17.
Coordinates: 46 ° 52 ′ 29.3 " N , 14 ° 28 ′ 26.5" E
