Bach Castle (Sankt Urban)
Bach Castle is a Renaissance building in the municipality of Sankt Urban in Carinthia . It is located on a slope north of the Sankt Urbaner See near the Rotte Bach.
history
The castle in its current form was built in the 16th century. The previous building, a medieval ministerial tower, was first mentioned in documents in 1192 as the seat of a ministerial (Wigant de Bach) and in 1433 as "turm ze Pach" owned by the Mordax family. After 1569 Hannibal Eghk von Hungersbach was the owner. In 1596, Christoph Freiherr von Egkh had the old castle rebuilt into today's Renaissance palace. The arcade between the palace and the farm building was added in 1609 under Carl Freiherr von Egkh. The latter had to leave the country as a Protestant in 1614. Subsequently, the noble seat had different owners. In 1739 a castle chapel was consecrated, which, together with the farm buildings, fell victim to a fire in 1890. The interior was restored between 1997 and 1999. The walled arcades of the eastern loggia were opened and frescoes on the second floor were exposed.
The listed building is privately owned and is not open to the public. Rooms are rented out for meetings and other events.
description
Bach Castle is a mighty, irregular building complex consisting of towers, bay windows and arcades , covered with a high, shingle-roofed hipped roof . There is a protruding square tower at each of the northeast and southwest corners, and an oriel on corbels at the other two corners on the top floor . In the middle of the north side there is a short wing with coupled windows . The current facades date from the 16th century. The arched, profiled main gate in the south of the building is made of red sandstone. Twin windows are installed on the second and third floors on the north and south sides.
A cross-vaulted hallway runs through the ground floor . On the second and third floors, a hall each extends through the entire length of the building. The ceilings on the upper floors are coffered ceilings . They are designed with so-called flat paper, a decoration made of glued-on woodcuts with wood grain framed by ornamental ribbons, which was rare for the Renaissance period of the 16th century.
See also
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia. Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 28.
Web links
- Entry via brook to Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 46 ° 44 ′ 57.6 " N , 14 ° 9 ′ 38" E