Dietach Castle

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Dietach Castle

The Dietach castle stands in the municipality of Schleißheim in Wels-Land district .

History of the castle

Diedach Castle after an engraving by Georg Matthäus Vischer from 1674

A Rudolf von Dudich appeared in a document from Kremsmünster Abbey as early as 1170 . In 1260 as a fief holders called Ulrich von Tuedich. Kremsmünster awarded Diedach at the end of the 14th century to Hans von Liechtenstein, the court master Duke Albrechts III. of Austria . But this fell out of favor with his sovereign in 1395 and was taken into custody at Pernstein Castle . As a result, Kremsmünster lost the feudal sovereignty over Dietach.

In 1383, Duke Albrecht III. Ulrich Haunold, citizen of Wels, to set up the seat in Tuedich in stone, but on the condition that “the maur will not become thick”. The Haunolts remained owners of the Dietach sovereign fief until 1429. Then Kaspar Haunolt sold the tower in Dietach to Jakob Gulher. His successor was his son-in-law Jörg vom Laymbach. Via a petition from the widowed daughter of Jakob Gulher, who was remarried to a Pirchinger, to Emperor Friedrich III. the fief came to her son from his second marriage, Hans Pirchinger. 1438 a Clemens Pirchinger is owned by Dietach. The Pirchiger, actually at home in Sigharting, and followers of the Schaunberger, carried out the first extension of the tower. The last Pirchinger on Dietach was Gregor Pirchinger, who died in 1550. Dietach then came to the Segger von Messenbach, who in turn sold the property to Julius von Grienthal in 1593. The Grünthalers were a noble family that had already participated in the crusades and came from the Regensburg area, they remained in Dietach until the middle of the 18th century. The current design of the two-story castle can be traced back to Philipp von Grienthal. In the past, the castle was completely surrounded by a pond.

In 1764 Dietach passed to Count Fieger, who shortly thereafter sold the castle to Count Gottlieb von Clam. Dr. Josef Preuer was the owner of the castle between 1803 and 1842, and ownership changed several times over the next few years. On October 2, 1887, Dietach Palace was given to Baroness von Bees, b. Countess Zdenka Kokorowa sold. Since 1846 the Viennese court attorney Dr. Josef August Eltz the castle. Hermann Josef Kudlich, brother of the “peasant liberator” Hans Kudlich and later a member of the parliament of Frankfurt, lived with his father-in-law Eltz for several years .

Building description

The shape of the castle is explained by the history of the building. A castle was created from a residential tower through various additions. A cornice wall with a tower-like structure with a transverse gable roof , which sits in the middle of the entrance axis, extends over the third floor . Above the dial of the now heavily damaged clock is a small, coupled window, behind which the clock mechanism is housed.

The steep, double gable roof emphasizes the additions to the original residential tower. The original building was an irregular octagon with a parallel building on the widest side. The middle wing is closed off by a transverse tower-like porch, which is covered by a gable roof. On the side facing the pond there is a protruding extension with a hipped gable roof. The window axes are irregular. On the park side, the windows have wrought-iron window baskets. Allegedly there are biblical representations on a ceiling on the second floor and rooms with magnificent stucco work . On the west side there used to be a small tower that was demolished due to its dilapidation. The gate to the castle park with volute gable and three pyramids is striking .

There is a chapel in the vestibule to the left of the castle . A chapel window shows the year 1674. The "Gisela chest" is located in the chapel. There are several stories about a bride Gisela who suffocated while playing in it on her wedding day and was only found years later. The castle is in an overgrown park. It is privately owned and cannot be viewed.

  • Dietach Castle: entrance portal

  • Dietach Castle: window basket on the back

  • Dietach Castle: side view

  • Dietach Castle: entrance gate

  • Dietach Castle: Chapel building

literature

  • Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home. 3rd edition . Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1976, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .

Web links

Commons : Schloss Dietach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Heilingsetzer : Meetings. Helmuth Feigl (ed.), Letters from the estate of the “peasant liberator” Hans Kudlich (1823-1917). In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association - Society for Regional Studies. Volume 148/1, Linz 2003, pp. 285-298 ( PDF (1.3 MB) on ZOBODAT ).
  2. ↑ Legend of the rose of Schellenstein

Coordinates: 48 ° 9 '34.3 "  N , 14 ° 5' 30.4"  E