Ehrnegg Castle
Ehrnegg Castle is located on a mountain slope southeast of St. Kollmann in the municipality of Griffen .
The word egg is an old name for field. Ehrnegg therefore means field of corn. The property is called Rzenegg in the Slovenian dialect. Rz is the name for rye, therefore Rzenegg stands for rye field.
history
In 1158 an "Arnek" was first mentioned in a document. The present renaissance castle was built in 1586 by the Bamberg keeper to Weissenegg, Eberhard Erdtl von Haimstatt. Around 1660 the castle was owned by Neidhart Julius Freiherr von Staudach zu Freyenthurn and Ehrenegg. In 1670 it was acquired by Franz Graf von Dietrichstein , who had the second upper floor redesigned in the early Baroque style with late Mannerist elements. Count Polykarp von Christallnigg sold Ehrnegg in 1771 to Baron Franz Josef Kaiserstein. In 1774 the plant came to the baron Max Thaddäus Egger, in 1886 to the barons of Helldorf. In 1979 the pharmacist family Edgar and Lieselotte Piskernik bought the castle and had the baroque gardens reconstructed.
Building description
The stately three-storey, six-axis Renaissance building stands on a rectangular floor plan. On the valley side, the castle has two diagonally positioned corner towers, two corner towers protruding like a bay on the slope. The double coat of arms of the Dietrichstein Paradeiser, marked 1673, is affixed in oval cartouches above the rustikaportal on the east facade . The central axis is accentuated on the second floor by round-arched triforic windows from the Renaissance.
In the northeastern room of the first floor there is a carved and painted beam ceiling from the time it was built (16th century). The continuous central hall on the second upper floor has a stuccoed mirror vault from the end of the 17th century. There are also parts of a renaissance chimney with Hermen pilasters from the construction period in the hall .
In the walled, reconstructed, historical garden there are two hexagonal, tower-like garden pavilions with remnants of the early baroque architectural decor.
See also
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia. Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 751.
- Wilhelm Deuer: Jauntaler Kulturwanderungen - An art-historical companion through the Völkermarkt district. Verlag Johannes Heyn, Klagenfurt 2001, ISBN 3-85366-977-8 , p. 147.
Web links
- Owner's website
- Entry via Ehrnegg on Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 46 ° 41 ′ 10.8 ″ N , 14 ° 46 ′ 7.1 ″ E