Erla Castle
The Erla Castle is located at an altitude of 291 m above sea level. A. in the center of the Erla district of the municipality of St. Pantaleon-Erla in Lower Austria . It consists of the buildings of the former Benedictine monastery Erla, the oldest women's monastery in Lower Austria.
history
The Benedictine convent Erla was founded around 1130 by Otto von Machland . The old family castle of the Lords of Erla served as the basis and seat of the new monastery. The sister of the main founder, Gisela von Machland, became the first prioress. Otto I was also referred to as the Vogt of the Erla Monastery.
As recently as 1196, the monastery, which before the Danube regulation (1823–1835) was located directly on the river bank and was an important transshipment point for goods, including wood and cattle, received an important toll privilege. This allowed him to be exempt from tolls for his goods transported on the Danube. Over the next two centuries, the monastery experienced a heyday, which was reflected, among other things, in the construction of the church during the 15th century. Elisabeth von Eitzing , who worked there as abbess from 1437 to 1466 , succeeded not only in making large donations through acquisitions, but also in considerably increasing the monastery's holdings.
The nunnery suffered a lot from greedy bailiffs and the chaos of war. It got into great debt, especially during the Turkish Wars in 1529.
In 1583 it was established by Pope Gregory XIII. canceled. As a result, the monastery buildings and the associated estates were assigned to the royal monastery in Vienna by Emperor Rudolf II . The latter was also abolished in 1782, as a result of which the estate in Erla was administered from then on by the state property administration for the religious fund for 50 years. The monastery church was elevated to a parish church after the monastery was dissolved.
In 1832 Baron Heinrich von Pereira-Arnstein acquired the castle and the property belonging to it. It remained in the family for 75 years.
Other owners:
- 1880: Baroness Hard
- 1895: Karl Graf von Coudenhove
- 1907: Hermann Goldschmidt
Hermann von Goldschmidt acquired the former monastery building in 1907, which by that time had long been converted into a castle. He also became the owner of the Donauauen, several houses belonging to the castle and agricultural land.
Until 1939 Goldschmidt ran a large, manorial house with corresponding agriculture and forestry. Many residents of the place were employed as employees and workers. After the end of the Second World War , the castle owner's family returned to Erla from emigration.
In 1970 the Danube meadows were largely sold. Only the beautiful park, the castle building and smaller green areas were kept by the castle's owners.
architecture
The former Benedictine monastery is structurally connected to the former collegiate church and today's parish church of Erla .
literature
- Rudolf Büttner: Castles and Palaces in Lower Austria, Volume 8: Between Ybbs and Enns . Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-85030-009-9 .
- Gerhard Stenzel: From castle to castle in Austria . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1976, ISBN 3-218-00288-5 , p. 172.
- Soffner-Loibl Monika: Catholic parish churches in St. Pantaleon and Erla . Art publ. Peda, Passau 2007, ISBN 978-3-89643-667-2 .
Web links
- The story of Erla
- Entry via Schloss Erla on Burgen-Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eitzing. A lovable community in the Innviertel. Edited by the municipality of Eitzing, Upper Austria. Ried i. Innkreis 2013, p. 46.
- ↑ Monika Soffner-Loibl: Catholic parish churches in St. Pantaleon and Erla. Art Publishing House Peda, Passau 2007.
- ↑ About Erla | St. Pantaleon-Erla. In: st-pantaleon-erla.gv.at. Retrieved April 5, 2016 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 56 ″ N , 14 ° 34 ′ 10 ″ E