Dorfheim Castle

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Dorfheim Castle in Saalfelden
Coat of arms of the dog from Dorfheim according to Siebmacher's coat of arms book

Dorfheim Castle is located on the western edge of Saalfeld on the road to Leogang . The exterior of the building only has the character of a castle with a high hipped roof and the two remaining corner towers facing south.

The origins of Schloss Dorfheim are obscure. The stately residence was first mentioned in documents in 1331 in connection with the Vogtturm in Zell am See . The Hunt family , bastards of the Counts of Plain, was also mentioned, who subsequently - at least since 1369 - made this Schloss Dorfheim their mansion.

Towards the end of the 14th century, the Hunt began to refer to themselves as village with the title of nobility . Hans Hunt, zu Dorf († 1380) was the keeper of Lichtenberg. In 1399 he was followed by his son - also Hans Hunt zu Dorf - as the caretaker of Lichtenberg, after he had previously been a judge in Lofer . In 1449 the castle passed to Wolfgang Hunt, who became the keeper of Mittersill in 1469 . The most important member of this dynasty was probably Wiguleus Hund von Sulzemoos and Lauterbach . In 1582 he published the first printed history of Salzburg in Latin under the title: Metropolis Salzburgensis .

In 1601, Josef Hunt thoroughly rebuilt the castle. He remained without male descendants, which is why Dorfheim Castle (together with Rettenwörth Castle , today Lackenschlössl) passed to his daughter Maria Jakobe Hunt. Her husband, Johann Albert von Savioli from Rovereto, bought the castle in 1628.

The Savioli family became impoverished and in 1660 a Stadlmayr family from Feldkirchen in Carinthia bought both Dorfheim Castle and Rettenwörth Castle. In 1719 a niece of the last Stadlmayr inherited Dorfheim. She was married to Friedrich Ignaz Lürzer von Zechenthal . The Lürzers remained owners of the property with kitchen garden , orchard and two fish ponds until 1860 . During this time, from 1811 to 1815, Dorfheim was the seat of the regional court (after the devastating fire in the Saalfelden market). From 1843 the kk Kreisbauamt was also housed.

Around 1902 the Imperial and Royal Agricultural Society of the Duchy of Salzburg acquired the castle. An agricultural school was supposed to be established, but the project could not be carried out because the building burned down almost completely in 1901. In 1912 the farmer and “castle builder” Martin Hartl bought the ruins and began to rebuild it. Dorfheim Castle became a farm with tenants and tenants.

literature

  • Siebmacher, Johann: Johann Siebmacher's coat of arms book. Volume 28. The coats of arms of the nobility in Salzburg, Styria and Tyrol. Facsimile reprint of the Nuremberg edition 1701–1806. Munich: Battenberg.

Web links

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Coordinates: 47 ° 25 ′ 53 ″  N , 12 ° 50 ′ 7 ″  E