Bleiburg Castle
Bleiburg Castle ( Slovene Grad Pliberk ) stands elevated on a protruding hill above the town of Bleiburg .
history
The former castle was probably built at the beginning of the 12th century. In 1228 the "Pliburch" was named as the seat of the Counts of Heunburg . After the Heunburgs died out, the castle came to the Aufenstein family in 1322. In 1378 the dukes Albrecht and Leopold of Austria besieged the castle. It came into the possession of the two dukes, who pledged it from time to time. In 1507 Count Julian Lodron , the keeper of Maximilian I , was allowed to build 400 guilders into the fortress. Ungnad von Sonnegg, who was related by marriage to the Lodron, expanded the castle further. In 1601 it came to Hans-Ambros Graf von Thurn and Valsassina , who converted it into a palace in the style of the late Renaissance and Mannerism . The castle is still owned by the Thurn-Valsassina family today.
Building description
From the old castle from the 12th to the 15th century still clustered around the irregular court system and individual components such as the eastern are the keep , the northwest tower and located in the western tract Palas present. Most of the three-story castle dates from the early 17th century. The southern rustikaportal made of green basalt is marked with 1606. The ten-axis south wing has windows with lintels and, above the rustikaportal, a double coat of arms of Thurn-Rosenberg painted in al fresco with an inscription, which is indicated by a chronogram with 1747. In the courtyard, the east wing has ground floor arcades and biforic windows on the two upper floors , with arched corridors running behind them. On the second floor frescoes from the beginning of the 17th century show hunting scenes. In some of the halls on the first floor, foliage stucco from the early 18th century has been preserved on the flat ceilings, while foliage and band stucco from around 1720/1730 have been preserved on the second floor. The library set up on the second floor of the north wing has an early Baroque coffered ceiling and three doors, some of which are inlaid, from the early 17th century, which originally come from Landskron Castle . The living rooms are furnished with furniture from the 17th to 19th centuries, tapestries from the beginning of the 17th century and painted paper wallpapers from around 1780 .
Castle chapel
The chapel, consecrated to the Apostle Paul , is a Gothic building attached to the east with a two-bay baroque groin vault and a polygonal choir. The west portal with lintel is from the beginning of the 17th century, the two-lane tracery windows from the 19th century. Parts of the former, figural vault painting of the 17th century have been exposed above the western oratory.
The high altar from the end of the 17th century is a triumphal arch altar with a small base, a blown segment gable and a small aedicule with a staggered double column as an attachment. In the center is a statue of the Virgin Mary from the first half of the 17th century, flanked by the statues of Saints Bruno and Joseph . The top picture shows the Holy Family with two other saints and is crowned by the Archangel Michael . A small side altar bears a painting of the Coronation of Mary from around 1720/1730 . A large bronze epitaph depicting the family of Count Wolf Thurn under the crucifix in high relief was created in Ljubljana in 1595 and has been in the castle since the end of the 19th century. Another small brass epitaph with a coat of arms and inscription is marked 1618.
See also
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 58 f.
- Wilhelm Deuer: "Castles and palaces in Carinthia". Verlag Johannes Heyn, Klagenfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-7084-0307-6 , pp. 246–248.
- Wilhelm Deuer: Jauntaler Kulturwanderungen - An art-historical companion through the Völkermarkt district. Verlag Johannes Heyn, Klagenfurt 2001, ISBN 3-85366-977-8 , p. 79.
Web links
- Entry via Bleiburg to Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 46 ° 35 '22.1 " N , 14 ° 48' 3.9" E