Eggendorf Castle

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Eggendorf Castle

The Eggendorf Castle (formerly written Egendorf (f)) is located in the town of Eggendorf in District Linz-Land (Schlossstraße 1).

history

Eggendorf Palace after an engraving by Georg Matthäus Vischer from 1674

The first mention of Eggendorf refers to the brothers Ortolf and Heinrich von Egendorf, who were named in 1224 as servants and private individuals of the Kremsmünster monastery . They are followed by the knight Hermann von Eggendorf. The last of the Egendorfer was Johann von Egendorf, who died as a clergyman in Grein without descendants in 1361. The fiefdom of Egendorf had already been passed on to Engelschalk Moser from Schloss Weyer am Bach in 1330, as Johann von Egendorf was unable to lie as a priest. Engelschalk Moser remained in the possession of Egendorf until 1356. In 1451 an Otto Moser is named as the owner. In 1483 Heinrich der Lew was named as the successor to Otto Moser at the seat in Egendorf. Then the property comes back to a Bernhard Moser (1508).

From this the property passed to Jakob Ostermayr from Nördlingen . The court judge Florian Ostermayr from Garstner had the old building demolished in 1580 and the present castle built. The ownership of the Ostermayr passed to Georg Nikolaus Pucher von Meggenhausen , who is named as the owner in 1633. Since the middle of the 17th century Eggendorf was united with the rule Hueb . In 1660 Count Christoph von Schallenberg acquired the castle. His daughter Christine brought it into the marriage with Johann Ludwig von Polheim . In 1698, Count Max Spiller von Mitterberg acquired Egendorf from the Polheim inheritance. A quick change of ownership followed, including: Georg Adam von Hoheneck (1709), regimental chief Johann Adam von Wendt (1710), Franz Egon von Wendt (1716), Johann Thomas Freiherr von Gartner (1740), von der Seeauschen Guardianship (Count von Seeau) ownership passed to Franz Ignaz Maierhofer in 1767. The Maierhofers were owners until 1851, when the castle was sold to Edmund Holenia. In 1885 Egendorf came into the possession of the Fischer von Ankern family.

The castle has been owned by the antique dealer Jürgen Hesz from Wels since 1998 .

Eggendorf Castle today

The castle is located on a small hill in the village of Eggendorf. It dates from the 16th century. The main building is three-story. This is followed by an arcade wing at right angles, which is closed off by a three-bay Gothic chapel. A covered staircase leads to the chapel entrance. The castle chapel was Eggendorf's parish church from 1784 until the parish was founded in 1912. The wooden onion helmet has been removed from the chapel today; he stands in front of the castle in the meadow. Three relief panels from around 1500–1505 from the former Eggendorf castle chapel are now in the Linz Castle Museum.

The arcade that connects the castle with the church has four arcades on the ground floor and ten arcades with graceful columns on the upper floor.

The residential wing has a remarkable Renaissance portal with stone pillars attached to the side. Above that there are two coats of arms that extend to the lower edge of the double window that crowns the portal. The left coat of arms is that of the von Ankern family (year 1885), the right that of the Egendorf family. The window is crowned with a round gable. In the main wing there is a recessed corner that is covered by the roof. There was a corner tower that was demolished due to its disrepair. It can still be seen in the engraving by Vischer (1674). At the back of the castle is a round tower whose conical roof does not protrude above the roof. The windows on this side of the castle are protected with wrought iron bars.

In the past, the castle was closed off by a wall with a corner tower and other round towers. A round tower is still preserved. But it is dilapidated. Parts of the wall are still there, but much lower than originally. Below the castle there is an overgrown park with two ponds. The ponds are separated by a fence, which corresponds to the previous situation. A flight of stairs leads from the castle to the ponds. Outside the fence there is a stone sculpture of St. Florian .

  • Castle chapel

  • Hood from the chapel tower

  • Florian figure on the garden wall

literature

  • Eva Berger : Historic gardens of Austria: Upper Austria, Salzburg, Vorarlberg, Carinthia, Styria, Tyrol Gardens and parks from the Renaissance to around 1930 . tape 2 . Böhlau, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-205-99352-7 .
  • Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria then and now. Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Sons, Horn 1975, ISBN 3-85028-023-3 .
  • Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home . 3. Edition. Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1976, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .
  • Georg Clam Martinic: Castles and palaces in Austria. Landesverlag in Veritas Verlag, Linz 1996, ISBN 3-85001-679-1 .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 48 ° 7 '54.3 "  N , 14 ° 8' 54.2"  E