Batthyány Castle (Ludbreg)
Batthyány Castle (Croatian: Baćan ) is a Baroque castle in Ludbreg in Varaždin County in northern Croatia .
A fortress is mentioned in 1320 where the castle is today. During the Turkish wars , the fort belonged to the Turoczy family and was square in plan with round towers at the corners. At the end of the 17th century, the Croatian Ban Adam II. Batthyány and his wife Eleanore Strattmann became the owners, who initially thought only a few rooms were suitable for residential purposes.
A comprehensive renovation of the palace was initiated by Prince Ludwig Batthyány in 1745 and took several decades. It is attributed to the important Styrian architect Josef Hueber , who converted the old fort into the new baroque palace complex. The new palace also has a square floor plan with an inner courtyard and originally had a monumental mansard roof instead of the current top floor .
The chapel of St. Cross is located in the castle , where, according to legend, a miracle of conversion turned blood into wine in 1411. Today's chapel contains baroque wall paintings, which the painter Michael Peck from Nagykanizsa created in 1753 .
Next to the castle there are two outbuildings, of which the one in the west is the more important. This was originally the seat of the city judge. In it is a sallaterain (or sala terrena ), in which there are wall paintings that probably date from the same period as those in the chapel.
Ludbreger Castle was renovated in the 1990s and houses the Croatian Institute for Restoration.
literature
- Mladen Obad Šćitaroci, Dvorci i perivoji Hrvatskoga zagorja . Zagreb, Školska knjiga, 1993. ISBN 86-03-00509-5
- Mladen Obad Šćitaroci, castles and gardens of the Croatian Zagorje . Zagreb, Školska knjiga, 1992. [translation without the annotation apparatus]
Coordinates: 46 ° 15 ′ 5.8 " N , 16 ° 37 ′ 10.9" E