Klement hopper

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Klement hopper

The Schüttkasten Klement is a former granary ( Schüttkasten ) in the cadastral community of Klement in the market town of Ernstbrunn , which is now used as a cultural center.

The bulk box of Klement Castle is west of the castle at the top of a street square.

Construction as a bulk box

The baroque building has three floors of 400 m² each, a detached curved gable with spherical attachments and was built in the 17th century. Particularly interesting are the 32-turned oak columns. He served the storage of grain, which is placed after the harvest on dry soil in wooden boxes bulk was et.

Successor use as a cultural center

The disused bulk box was renovated by the market town of Ernstbrunn from 1988 until it opened on May 30, 1999 and used as a cultural center. In the summer stone carving symposia were held on the forecourt, where sculptures were made and the bulk box served as infrastructure.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Evelyn Benesch, Bernd Euler-Rolle , Claudia Haas, Renate Holzschuh-Hofer, Wolfgang Huber, Katharina Packpfeifer, Eva Maria Vancsa-Tironiek, Wolfgang Vogg: Lower Austria north of the Danube (=  Dehio-Handbuch . Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs ). Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna et al. 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0652-2 , p. 531 .
  2. Marktgemeinde Ernstbrunn Schüttkasten Klement, accessed on August 11, 2009
  3. steinbildhauersymposion.googlepages International Stone Sculptor Symposium in Lower Austria, at Schüttkasten Klement, accessed on August 11, 2009

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Coordinates: 48 ° 34 '3.8 "  N , 16 ° 21' 40.4"  E