Vicarage (Reinprechtspölla)
The rectory of Reinprechtspölla in Lower Austria is a castle-like building with four two-story wings that enclose a courtyard . It is surrounded by a park-like garden and, like the parish church of the village and the adjacent cemetery, is a listed building .
Exterior
The complex was named as a castle in a document from 1311 and expanded around 1660. In 1756 it was redesigned in the late Baroque style under the direction of the master builder Leopold Wißgrill . The facades structured by pilaster strips and plaster parapets date from this time . The windows with sills and roofs were brought into their present form around 1700. In front of the south portal are two three-sided candelabra obelisks from around 1760. The rectangular portal with a broken gable and figural relief is marked with the year of the extension 1660.
The inner courtyard of the rectory has an east- and west-facing loggia with a straight architrave above Tuscan columns on pillar arcades from the 17th century and a west-facing balustrade open staircase with a double coat of arms on a columned pedestal.
Interior
The interior has stone wall doors with skylights on the upper floor . One portal has a shed wall with a relief garland vase with lateral putti from around 1600 in a semicircular gable field. Additional features include a curved fountain basin with a figure from the beginning or the middle of the 18th century. In addition, the upper floor rooms have stucco mirrors from the 18th century. A double coat of arms can be seen in a corner room, which, referring to Provost Jacob Zinni, bears the designation "IPZ 1706". The rectory has several baroque figures and paintings in custody.
garden
The park-like rectory garden has several sculptures and architectural elements. These include a triumphal arch from the 17th century with a parapet, labeled “Praepositus Iosephus”; a baroque arched portal from the 18th century with a curved gable top and a coat of arms cartouche; brick pillars from the middle of the 18th century with spherical and acorn crowns; stones in relief, one of which is labeled “1761”; baroque dwarf figures from Eggenburg; a fountain figure with a vase on a curved pedestal and a late baroque vase that is dated around 1770.
The area is accessible from the south through a square arched portal from around 1600. This has curbstones and a high wedge stone , chain slots and a walled-up door. A baroque gable niche with lateral volutes , vases and a figure of Maria Immaculata dates from the 18th century .
literature
- DEHIO Lower Austria north of the Danube . Berger, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85028-395-3 , pp. 959f.
- Eva Berger : Historic gardens of Austria: Lower Austria, Burgenland. Gardens and parks from the Renaissance to around 1930. In: Historical Gardens of Austria . 1st edition. Volume 1, Böhlau-Verlag, Vienna 2002, ISBN 978-3-205-99305-6 , p. 492.
Coordinates: 48 ° 36 ′ 48.2 " N , 15 ° 45 ′ 28.5" E