Ottoburg (Innsbruck)
The Ottoburg is a late Gothic residential tower at the entrance to the old town of the city of Innsbruck in the state of Tyrol. The building is a listed building .
history
One building was mentioned in a document in 1476. The later Emperor Maximilian I lent the tower to Prince Rudolf von Anhalt in 1497 , after his death in 1515 only bourgeois owners followed. Presumably that is why the house was called "Eepurg", "öd Burg" (empty castle) and 1628 "Öttburg" since 1565/1568. Based on this form of name, at the end of the 18th century the association with Duke Otto II of Andechs, who was formerly considered the city founder of Innsbruck and is said to have resided here in his "Ottoburg", arose. In 1913 the building was adapted for use as a restaurant.
architecture
The building was rebuilt in 1494/1495 and expanded in 1542. The four to five-storey polygonal residential tower with a striking corner over massive corbels was built on a corner above the city wall and connected to the inner gate, which was demolished in 1790. A third was added to the original two upper floors in 1775, and the gable roof also dates from this time . The facade is structured with projections and recesses. The 90 red-white-red wooden shutters are characteristic. Both towards the Inn and on Herzog-Friedrich-Straße there are porches from the 19th and 20th centuries.
The interior of the building has been heavily renovated, with some Gothic cross and star vaults preserved.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Tirol 1980 . Innsbruck, old town, secular buildings, Herzog-Friedrich-Straße, No. 1, Ottoburg, p. 23.
- Wiesauer: Ottoburg. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved May 17, 2016 .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 16 ′ 6.6 " N , 11 ° 23 ′ 31.1" E