Ebenfurth Castle
| Ebenfurth Castle | ||
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_Ebenfurth_Schloss.JPG) Ebenfurth Palace 2017 Palace renovation, main facade |
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| Creation time : | medieval, baroque remodeled | |
| Castle type : | former moated castle | |
| Conservation status: | priv., renovation-related | |
| Place: | Ebenfurth , Lower Austria | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 52 '33 " N , 16 ° 22' 8" E | |
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Ebenfurth Castle is a former moated castle in the Lower Austrian municipality of Ebenfurth near Wiener Neustadt .
The large, almost square, essentially medieval, but heavily baroque shaped building initially had the character of a fortress.
The history of the castle
The Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus is said to have planned the siege of Wiener Neustadt from here . After the reconquest by Habsburg troops and the death of the last representative of the owner family, the Pottendorfer, the rule of Ebenfurth fell to the sovereign. As a result, Ebenfurth Castle was pledged several times, but was also expanded as a fortress against Turkish invasions. The Ottoman advance in 1529, which also led to the siege of Vienna , caused considerable damage to the castle. The imperial master builder of the Lower Austrian Lands, Hans Saphoy, is documented at Ebenfurth Castle from 1571.
After the withdrawal of the Ottoman army, the building was generously expanded in baroque form. Frescoes by Franz Anton Maulbertsch have been preserved to this day . From 1747 until well into the 20th century, representatives of the aristocratic Suttner family acted as long-term owners . However, in 1973 Carl Suttner sold the castle, which had already been quite battered after the Russian occupation and which had been devastated by acts of vandalism by the local population in the 50s and 60s (without the surrounding park), to a family of doctors. This was overwhelmed by the ownership of the mighty building, which was actually unsuitable for private residential purposes. The severely endangered castle appeared to be facing a fate of complete decay, similar to that of Pottendorf Castle . Since 2000, however, the psychotherapist Bärbel Langer has been working intensively to preserve the castle and has been able to carry out extensive renovation of the roof. However, over 200 windows and doors were still missing. In February 2010 the castle received new owners. The Serbian folk singer Dragana Mirković and her husband, the general director of a television station, bought the castle and completely renovated it in 2017 and 2018, after which they moved in.
In the course of the restoration in 2020, 28 tombstones and tombstone fragments from the 17th century, which give testimony to the local Jewish community, were found in the fortification.
literature
- Werner Kitlitschka : Franz Anton Maulbertsch's frescoes in Ebenfurth Castle, Lower Austria (Austria) . In: Austrian Journal for Art and Monument Preservation 25, 1971, ISSN 0029-9626 , pp. 42–51.
- Anton Philapitsch et al. (Ed.): Ebenfurth 1945. Review to 1918 - New beginning until 1952. Figures - facts 1945–2005 . Historical archive of the city 2006, Ebenfurth 2006, ISBN 3-902282-10-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jewish tombstones from the 17th century on ORF from June 19, 2020, accessed on July 5, 2020
Web links
- Entry via Ebenfurth Castle to Burgen-Austria
- Site of the castle