Rosenburg (Linz)

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Rosenburg in the magic valley of Linz

The Rosenburg in Linz is a castle built by Edward Schiller in a historical style, which comes from the Danube and stands at the entrance to the Magic Valley (Zaubertal 6). The name Rosenburg derives from the favorite flower of the builder's wife.

The property on which the Rosenburg was built is what is known as the Kletzengütlwald . It was acquired in 1908 from Edward Schiller, a lawyer from the city of Linz. The building of the Rosenburg was subsequently erected on a 20 m high rock in a historicizing manner. The idea was to build the building on the model of an early medieval fortified seat. In addition, it was important to the client that the walls were built from rock that had broken on the spot, that the pitched roof was made of wood that was felled here and that appropriate door and window frames were made from local material. In addition, architectural parts and spoilage were collected from the demolition material from various houses in Linz (e.g. Hauptplatz No. 14, former Gothic three-window house, Adlergasse 10, Hauptplatz 13) (late Gothic window and door frames, beams from the 17th century, entrance portal to the gate tower , Corbels, steps) and built into the building. Further components were acquired through the antique trade (stone fountain grander, door locks, Renaissance wall fountain).

In the main living room, the so-called Nibelungenhalle, there is a picture by the painter Maximilian Liebenwein , who depicts the marriage scene of the king's son Giselher with the daughter Dietlinde of Margrave Rüdiger von Pöchlarn in the presence of his wife Gotlinde from the Nibelungenlied .

  • Rosenburg (Linz)
  • Driveway to the Rosenburg
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  • Entrance to the Rosenburg

The house had to be sold in 1920 for financial reasons. The first successor in the possession was the Salurn wine merchant Johann Khol, he was shot by his wife with a hunting rifle. Then came Robert and Maria Reschner, whose marriage soon fell apart because of the purchase of the castle. Maria Reschner was able to get the right to live in the castle; she died on Christmas Day 1942 together with her second husband, Prince Albrecht von Schaumburg-Lippe, allegedly of smoke poisoning, although a double suicide is more likely. The subsequent son Felix Reschner was killed by an unsecured handgun in 1943. His father Robert followed him in the property. Felix Reschner had, however, signed a rental and advance booking agreement with the city of Linz. In 1947 the union of community workers was able to build a union school in the building.

The Rosenburg is currently used privately and cannot be visited.

literature

  • Edward Schiller: The Rosenburg . Yearbook of the City of Linz 1957, pp. 312–340. City Archives (Ed.): Linz 1957.

Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 23.1 ″  N , 14 ° 15 ′ 27.3 ″  E