Bodenhof Castle

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Bodenhof Palace (2007)

Bodenhof Castle is near the St. Stefan-Vorderberg train station in the municipality of Sankt Stefan im Gailtal .

history

In 1501, Emperor Maximilian Bodenhof gave a fiefdom to Christoph Viertaler from Graz , who had already been enfeoffed with the Aichelburg the year before , was ennobled as "von Aichelburg" in 1507 and is therefore the founder of the Aichelburg family . The family still owns the property today. A bronze bracelet from the Latène period was found in the courtyard .

Building description

The castle, the oldest parts of which date from the beginning of the 16th century, was rebuilt several times. In 1644 a restoration took place, between 1890 and 1910 a historicizing redesign, between 1920 and 1930 a general renovation. The north tower was built in 1927.

The two- storey castle building with an attic storey has an irregular floor plan. The west portal and the windows are from the baroque era . In the eastern half a late Gothic shoulder arch portal and the partly late Gothic garments of the ground floor windows have been preserved. The polygonal tower in the southeast corner has late Gothic pointed arch windows and is one storey higher than the rest of the building. The fountain made of reddish marble on the southern outer wall is marked 1633.

Castle chapel

The chapel dedicated to the three wise men and St. Anthony is housed in the substructure of the south-east tower. According to the building inscription at the entrance, the chapel dates back to 1479. The chapel, which extends over two floors, is a two-bay room with a three-eighth end and a late Gothic sacrament niche . The neo-Gothic paintings above the altar with the depictions of baptism and the birth of Christ were probably painted by Johann Martin Schmidt.

See also

literature

  • Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia. Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 60 f.
  • Hermann Wiessner, Margareta Vyoral-Tschapka: Castles and palaces in Carinthia. Volume 3. Hermagor, Spittal / Drau, Villach. Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1986, 2nd edition, without ISBN, p. 9 f.

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Coordinates: 46 ° 35 ′ 52.4 "  N , 13 ° 32 ′ 22.5"  E