Biberstein Castle (Carinthia)

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Biberstein Castle (2007)
Biberstein Castle (2007)

Biberstein Castle , another spelling is Piberstein, is at the southern entrance to Himmelberg .

history

The builder of the castle, Marchwart der Pybriacher, can be traced back as a district judge in Himmelberg since 1382. In 1396, Duke Wilhelm enfeoffed him with the noble seat. In 1571 the castle went to Georg Khevenhüller through an exchange of goods . In 1662 Katharina Countess Lodron acquired it for 118,000 guilders from funds from the late Prince Archbishop Paris Lodron as the seat of the secondary school . Since then, the property has been privately owned by the Lodron family .

Building description

The castle has a late medieval core. It was rebuilt several times in the 16th and 17th centuries. The three-storey building with an open roof with ox eyes is built over an irregular floor plan and encloses a four-sided courtyard with arcades from the 16th century on two sides and a mobile roof. The entrance to the castle with a covered staircase has a remarkable wrought iron grille, which was assembled from Baroque grave crosses from the 18th century around 1920/1925 .

On the ground floor there are vaults with stucco ridges from the 16th century. The stucco ceiling in a room on the upper floor was probably created by Kilian Pittner around 1735. Diana and Actaion , the triumph of Dionysus and Dionysus in the forge of Vulcan are depicted .

A brick connecting corridor leads across the street to the castle chapel. The altarpiece in the chapel shows the Adoration of the Magi and is a copy after Giovanni Lanfranco . The crucifix and the depiction of the Sacra Conversazione are also worth mentioning .

Some boundary stones have been set up in the castle courtyard. A boundary stone from 1612, originally standing on the north bank of Lake Ossiach and attributed to Martin Pacobello , marked the boundaries between the dominions of Ossiach , Prägrad and Biberstein. Another stone marked 1603 was the boundary stone of the Himmelberg district court.

See also

literature

  • Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia. Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-70310712X , p. 296 ff.
  • Wilhelm Deuer: Castles and palaces in Carinthia. Verlag Johannes Heyn, Klagenfurt 2008, p. 220 ff.

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Coordinates: 46 ° 44 ′ 47.9 ″  N , 14 ° 2 ′ 18 ″  E