Sankt Martin im Innkreis Castle

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Sankt Martin im Innkreis Castle (central projection)

The castle Sankt Martin im Innkreis , also Castle Arco-Zinneberg is located in the district Diesseits in the municipality of Sankt Martin , district Ried im Innkreis of Upper Austria . Today's baroque palace is the fifth castle or palace building at this point. The castle also bore the name Altschwendt .

history

The first documentary mention comes from 1150, at that time the property was owned by the Schwenter (Schwendter). The last of this family was Hans the Schwenter († 1417). In 1430 Ortolf von Trennbach acquired the mansion, which was then still made of wood and surrounded by a pond. From the family of the separation Bacher later Bishop of Passau was Urban separation of Bach († 1598) was born here and spent his youth. In 1584 the Trennbach family died out and Bishop Urban first entrusted Christoph Pienzauer with the management of the property (until 1606).

Through the second marriage of Maria Stocker, née von Trennbach (first married to Hans Stocker von Utzenaich ), with Veit von Tattenbach (Tattenbeck) von Hausbach (1575), the property passed to the latter family. In 1584 Veit von Tattenbach bought Einburg Castle , the Hofmark Raab , in 1588 he had acquired the already dilapidated Murau noble residence . He and his son were shipwrecked on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1593 and drowned. After the separation from the Trennbach heir, the castle passed to the von Tattenbach-Rheinstein family. The owner was Hans Ardolf (Johann Adolf) von Tattenbach-Rheinstein († 1647). This was a master hated by his subjects. During the Upper Austrian peasant uprising , his “service holden” set fire to the castle in 1626. After being rebuilt, it was again destroyed by flames in the same year. The old castle was no longer rebuilt, but the next building was made of stone and brought with it a significant expansion. Johann Adolf was economically very successful, however, he acquired Zell an der Pram Castle in 1617 , Obereitzing in 1638 and Sigharting Castle in 1639 .

Sankt Martin im Innkreis Castle after a copper engraving by Michael Wening from 1721

Johann Adolf's successor was his nephew, Count Gottfried Wilhelm von Tattenbach-Rheinstein († 1687), who, unlike his predecessor, was very popular with his subjects. He was married to Maria Barbara, Countess of Kurtz and Valley († 1703). The Tattenbachers were raised to the baron status in 1620 and the imperial count status in 1637. The next heir was Ferdinand Josef Reichsgraf von Tattenbach. He was shot by hired murderers on October 3, 1712 in a forest near Hart near Sankt Peter. The rumor is not guaranteed that his own son von Tattenbach had him killed in order to get the inheritance earlier. The property then came to Max Franz († 1762). This was also able to enlarge the property considerably. In 1723 another fire broke out in the castle. The reconstruction, completed in 1726, gave it its current appearance. The baroque castle chapel dates from 1726 and is dedicated to St. Consecrated to Florian .

The only son of Max Franz was Joseph Ferdinand von Tattenbach († 1802). Since he remained childless despite two marriages, ownership passed to Heinrich Christian Joseph Ignaz from the so-called Wolf line of the Tattenbach family. He also died without an heir († 1821), but bequeathed his property to his cousin Count Maximilian von Arco-Valley († 1875). Twelve children sprouted from his marriage to the Italian Countess Anna Mareschaldi. It is worth mentioning the marriage in 1865 of Countess Maria Arco-Valley to Sir Acton, a member of the English House of Commons in the castle chapel of St. Martin. After the end of the Second World War , the Spanish Riding School was housed here. Other owners were Maximilian Graf von Arco-Valley and Ferdinand Graf Arco-Valley († 1968). His successor was Ulrich Philipp von Arco-Zinneberg, an adopted son of the previous owner living in Bavaria. In 1970, the interior of the rooms and several oil paintings in the castle were restored. In 1971 Gordon Getty , son of the "oil tycoon" J. Paul Getty , rented the castle.

Sankt Martin Castle today

The castle stands in the middle of a park, which is surrounded on three sides by a wall and is not open to the public. The fence on the fourth side consists of the Antiesen . To the right of the entrance to the castle is another well-tended farm wing, behind the farm wing there is a riding stables and the rider's tavern. The pond that used to surround the castle was drained in 1854.

The castle itself is a mighty square building with a smooth facade. The three storeys are divided by ocher-colored belt ledges, the corners are emphasized by plaster blocks in the same color. The color is also used for the window frames. When Aurolzmünster Castle was sold by the Arco-Valley family in 1926, the furnishings of this castle were moved to the ancestral castle of Sankt Martin, some built-in columns and balconies were also taken away.

A simple gate leads into the courtyard of the castle. Here you will find a sculpture fountain with a young man playing mandolin in the middle of a garden. The rooms on the first floor are richly decorated with stucco ; the fields are colorfully designed with allegorical representations.

A bronze sculpture formerly kept in the courtyard of the palace, showing the pagan god Bacchus and made by Adriaen de Vries , was auctioned by Christie's in December 2014 . The sculpture was auctioned by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam for EUR 22.5 million.

  • Inner courtyard of St. Martin's Palace

  • Side wing of St. Martin Castle

  • Garden figure in front of St. Martin's Castle

  • Entrance to the utility wing

  • Service wing of St. Martin Castle

  • Garden pavilion of St. Martin Castle

literature

  • Franz Buchinger; Monika Würthinger: Utzenaich . Ed .: Utzenaich municipality. Landesverlag Druck Ried i. I., Utzenaich 1990.
  • Norbert Grabherr: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home . 3. Edition. Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1976, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .
  • Georg Grüll : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria, Volume 2: Innviertel and Alpine foothills . Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1964.
  • Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria then and now . Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Sons, Horn 1975, ISBN 3-85028-023-3 .

Web links

Commons : Schloss Sankt Martin im Innkreis  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Showdown in Absurdistan - Causa de Vries Bronze . July 8, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  2. ↑ De Vries sculpture auctioned for 22.5 million euros . December 12, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.

Coordinates: 48 ° 17 '43.3 "  N , 13 ° 26' 17.6"  E