Castle Erb
The Castle Erb is located in the district Untererb the community Lengau in District Braunau in Upper Austria .
history
1150 is believed to be the year Erb was built. The original builders are not known. After a renovation in 1365, Erb is called a castle in the Friedberger Urbar . Alexius Rainer zu Erb und Teichstätt owned the castle in 1483. The Rainers were owners until 1608. Erb was a Bavarian fiefdom; In 1608, Duke Max I of Bavaria lent heir to Sophia von Lerchenfeld, the widow of Baron Albrecht von Lerchenfeld, née Stockhausen. She died of the plague on August 27, 1649 . Anna Violante, daughter of Sophia, brought the estate into her marriage to the imperial baron Lorenz von Alt- und Neufrauenhofen.
In 1650 the castle chapel was built and consecrated in honor of the “Maria Hilf” festival; the high altar bears an image of Mary. At the beginning of the 18th century, Erb was owned by the Freiherrn von Frauenhofen. In the second half of the 18th century, Erb came to the Counts of Törring (1768, August Graf Törring) by marriage. In 1815 the seat was allodialized . Between 1831 and 1852, Erb was owned by Heinrich Edlen von Bohn. Josef Berner bought the castle from him (until 1863). He was followed by Johann Berner (1863–1911), then Martin, Mathias and Maria Berner (1911–1920). Subsequently, the castle came to Franz and Maria Erlach (1920–1924). They sold the property to the Schneegattern glassworks, which used the residence as workers' accommodation (1924–1939). The following years were marked by decay: the grounds belonging to the castle were gradually sold and various stone monuments were removed from the castle.
In 1939, Baron Achim Haebler bought the building and began to renovate it again; it was followed by Erna von Haebler (until 1944) and then Alexander, Beatrix and Achim Haebler. Today Schloss Erb is owned by Mr. Haupt-Stummer from Vienna.
Schloss Erb today
The castle is on one level, directly on Kobernaußer Strasse. In Michael Wening's engraving , it is called the “seat”. So Erb was not a defensible castle, but a knightly residence . The construction dates mainly from the 17th century.
The main building can be recognized by its high hipped roof. Single-storey wings flanked by towers are attached to this three-storey building and enclose a narrow courtyard. While the main wing was used for residential purposes, the side wings were used for commercial purposes. On the third floor of the main wing there is a knight's hall and a bay room with a coffered ceiling. All windows are provided with wrought iron diamond bars. There is a sundial above the main entrance to the castle. The left corner of the gate wing is formed by an advanced pentagonal tower.
On the fourth corner is the projecting choir of the palace chapel. The barrel-vaulted chapel is decorated with stucco; the stucco comes from Vierthaler (1730), the altar and choir grille from 1721. The castle chapel was restored in 1980/81 and is open to the public for a Saturday evening mass between the east and Advent.
The castle is surrounded by a park with baroque figures.
Garden side
Group of figures in the garden
sundial
literature
- Georg Clam Martinic : Castles and palaces in Austria. Landesverlag in Veritas Verlag, Linz 1991.
- 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 .
- Georg Grüll : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria, Volume 2: Innviertel and Alpine foothills . Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1964.
- Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria then and now. Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Sons, Horn 1975, ISBN 3-85028-023-3 .
Web links
- Entry via Schloss Erb on Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 48 ° 1 ′ 3.2 ″ N , 13 ° 15 ′ 32 ″ E