Pongau local history museum
The Pongau local history museum is located in Goldegg Castle in the Salzburg municipality of Goldegg in Pongau .
history
The museum was initially founded in 1965 by the Salzburg homeland researcher and writer Nora Watteck, née Borri, founded in the vacant toe tower of Pfarrwerfen . The aim was to collect the tools, equipment and household items used in Pongau. In 1975 the museum moved to the renovated Goldegg Castle in response to the protest of the mayor of Pfarrwerfen. In 1976 the museum suffered a great loss of holdings due to thieves, 12 large pictures from the 17th century, various Pongau votive pictures from the 18th century as well as old pewter objects, carved nativity figures and other things were lost.
Museum concept
In the museum, the earlier rural life and living forms of the Pongau should be brought to life . The collection of old furniture, household items and clothing compiled by Nora Watteck is used for this purpose and has been placed in a suitable living environment. Pongauer Perchten or old sports equipment from the early days of skiing were also collected. A number of rural objects and old houses are shown in old photographs.
There is also the magnificent knight's hall of the castle, which dates from the 16th century and was commissioned by Count Christoph von Schernberg in 1536 . The ceiling of the hall consists of 107 mostly square fields containing 137 coats of arms. The coat of arms of the ceiling are designed according to the quaternion theory , which illustrates the corporate hierarchy of the Archdiocese of Salzburg . In addition to the eight Salzburg suffragary dioceses ( Regensburg , Freising , Passau , Brixen , since 798 subordinate to the Salzburg archbishop as a metropolitan , the diocese of Gurk has been founded by Archbishop Gebhard since 1072 , and the dioceses of the Diocese of Chiemsee (1216), the Diocese of Seckau (1218)) and Diocese Lavant (1218)) and the two infested monasteries St. Peter and Admont depicts the 24 members of the Salzburg cathedral chapter and 38 members of the Salzburg rural nobility. The coat of arms in the middle contains an alliance coat of arms of those von Schernberg (from a golden crown a growing silver dragon head with neck) and von Goldegg (in red a golden, ascending tip).
The walls are richly decorated with frescoes, which u. a. Show hunting scenes, biblical scenes or the homage of the Graf von Schernberg family to the secular authorities. In addition, the living and sleeping quarters, which have been preserved in their original state, and the bower of the castle equipped with wooden planks can be viewed .
literature
- Nora Watteck: The Pongauer Heimatmuseum. In the office of the Salzburg regional government - cultural department (ed.): Reformation - Emigration - Protestants in Salzburg. Exhibition May 21 - October 26, 1981. Scholl Goldegg - Pongau - Land Salzburg , pp. 194 - 195.Salzburg 1981.
- Friederike Zaisberger: The knight's hall in Goldegg Castle. Salzburger Land. Office of the Salzburg Provincial Government, Salzburg 1981.
Web links
- Homepage of the Pongauer Heimatmuseum , accessed on June 3, 2019
- Nora Watteck on Salzburg-Wiki, accessed on June 3, 2019
Coordinates: 47 ° 19 ′ 9 ″ N , 13 ° 6 ′ 1 ″ E