Feldegg Castle
The Feldegg castle was rebuilt in the 16th century on the site of a previous castle and is located in the same district of the municipality Pram in Grieskirchen .
history
A previous building of today's castle was probably located on an island in the pond at the foot of today's castle (the foundations of this have been preserved). The castle or the later palace was first the seat of the Pilch (Pillich). Hans I. Pilch vom Baumgarten, caretaker at Wernstein am Inn , is mentioned in a document in 1414. In 1442 a Toman (Thomas) Pilch zu Feldeck and Paumgarten († 1460) is mentioned, so he has already named himself after Feldegg and he built the second castle north of today's castle directly on the Pram . The first castle stood about 500 m south and was simply called "Am Feld". Toman Pilch (Pillich) was married to Katharina Mamlinger to Mamling . In 1461 Hanns II Pillich († 1488) inherits the Feldegg rule. The last of the Pilch in the male line was Stephan Pilch († 1494); his daughter Barbara Pilchin brought the property into her marriage to Caspar von Retschan († 1545), imperial pledge holder of the Wolfsegg estate . Her grandson Christoph Abraham von Retschan built Schloss Feldegg from scratch between 1589 and 1594. The old pond house is said to have supplied some of the building materials for the new palace. He also had an epitaph rich in figures for his ancestors on the northeast side of the parish church of Pram. After his death († December 1, 1604) the castle went to his sister Rosina, who was married to Ferdinand von Hochberg from Styria . Her son Christof Melchior von Hochberg auf Feldegg, Riedau and Zell was married to Euphemia von Bergheim († 1615). The son of this marriage, Christoph Ferdinand von Hochberg († 1640), who mostly lived at Schwarzgrub Castle , remained unmarried. Ehrenreich Baron von Pranckh († 1646) bought the property from the estate in 1642. His son Franz Adam Gottlieb von Pranckh, who was in the service of the Archbishop of Salzburg, succeeded him in possession in 1648; In 1713 he sold Feldegg to Johann Achaz Wiellinger von der Au zu Feldegg and Hinterndobl († 1738), a grandson of the famous farmer's leader. Under his successor Johann Achaz Wiellinger († 1760) Feldegg was auctioned in 1760 and came to Franz Karl Pogner, who soon afterwards (1768) sold it to Beneventura von Roo († June 9, 1809), who came from a Dutch aristocratic family. He was succeeded by his son Felix von Roo. In 1811 a fire broke out in the castle, which destroyed the attic, the onion dome of the castle, the chapel and the hunting lodge. In 1826 Franz Manzador bought the castle from the inheritance of Felix von Roo by auction.
In the 19th century, the castle and estate often changed hands, including: Franz Maximilian von Heyß (1836), also the owner of Innersee Castle and Hinterndobl Castle , Karoline Hauer, the grandmother of the Bohemian Forest poet Karl Faustin Klostermann (1851), Josef and Anna Mayrhofer (1853), Angelo Saullich (1855), Johann Niedermayr (1861), Eva Ringl (1864), Johann and Rosa Ringl (1867), remarried to Josef Mühlböck (1878), Josef and Maria Berger (1910) and Josef Irger -Berger (owner of the Furthmühle and mayor of Pram). In 1913 the real estate dealer and "goods butcher" Georg Kaisinger wanted to have the castle demolished after he had already demolished three sides of the farm building and sold the land. In 1916 the property came to Josef Witzeneder. During the First World War , the castle served as accommodation for 120 Trento refugees from 1915, who were quartered in the castle with their own priest, Father Angelo Cazzanelli. Then came another 68 Galicians and another 80 Trientines, who after their departure in 1917 left the castle in an almost demolished condition.
In 1917 the castle came to the art historian and collector Alfred Walcher Ritter von Molthein (1867–1928), who saved it from destruction and began extensive renovations of the castle. His son Johann Georg Walcher von Molthein († 1969) took over his father's inheritance in 1929. During the Second World War , the castle was undamaged and spared from billeting. The widowed wife Anselma, b. von Wellenheim, des Alfred died on April 30, 1945. Their son and two daughters remained unmarried and without a successor. Her son Johann Georg, known as "Schlosshans", bought the property in 1964 to Georg Hanreich , who owes the preservation and various revitalization of the castle. In 2002 his son Bernhard Hanreich, a furniture restorer trained in Florence, took over the ownership of the castle from his mother Liselotte. The building history of the castle is documented and illustrated in detail by Hanreich (2003).
Feldegg Castle today
The castle is at the highest point of a gently sloping park. It is a three-storey square building with a square tower and a steep roof. The chimneys protruding 10 m above the attic are partly made of clay. The building is given a special touch by the windows with shutters that open outwards and are painted red-white-red. The rooms on the ground floor, two rooms on the first floor and the staircase are vaulted. The year 1593 is written above the house entrance on the south-east side and on the rear side of the castle, in the basement 1589. The front facade as well as the north and west sides are entwined with ivy.
In front of the castle is a small chapel with two pillars bearing the letters CAVR. You can also see a water bowl with the year 1797 and a small coat of arms with a crown and the initials MP
The castle is in a park that leads to a pond. A former duck barn by the pond is being replaced by the upper floor of the barn of the former Schönmühle in Gstöcket. The history of the castle is presented in the context of European history on the back wall of a 36 meter long tent by the pond as the “Feldegger History Trail” and is freely accessible to visitors from the beginning of May to the end of September.
The studio furnishings of the Viennese sculptor Gustav Gurschner († 1970) went to the castle owner in 1968, who exhibited some objects in the castle, but passed most of the materials on to the Museum of Military History and the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK).
In 1992 a grain box from 1726 from Engelhartszell was set up as a "gallery in the troad box" for exhibitions at the castle. The "Galerie im Troadkasten", which is freely accessible during opening times, shows temporary exhibitions of mostly contemporary Upper Austrian artists in cooperation with the Innviertel Artists' Guild. Bernhard Hanreich's furniture restoration workshop has been located in the castle's farm building to the north since 1993. In 1998, the painting studio of Lilly Hagg, the youngest daughter of the castle owner, who now lives in Oberschützen in Burgenland, is expanded in the attic of the farm building.
With a cultural program with exhibitions, readings and lectures, the association "Friends of Feldegg Castle", founded in 2001, contributes to the intensive public use of the castle. The owner's children and grandchildren also contribute to the guest-friendly atmosphere at Schloss Feldegg.
South-east side of the castle with tower
Entrance portal
Chapel at the entrance to the castle
Farm buildings
literature
- 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.
- Georg Hanreich: The building history of Schloss Feldegg in old and new pictures . Verlag des Museumsverband, Edition Feldegg, Pram 2003, ISBN 3-900432-21-X .
- Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria then and now. Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Sons, Horn 1975, ISBN 3-85028-023-3 .
- Angelika Aspernig, Walter Aspernig: Castle history (s) region Wels-Hausruck. Sources and representations on the history of Wels, special series for the yearbook of the Wels Museum Association . tape 12 . Catfish 2010.
- Alfred Walcher von Molthein: Castles and palaces of Upper Austria (Feldegg Castle) . In: Heimatgaue . 6th year, issue 3 & 4. Linz 1925, p. 190–198 ( online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).
- Franz Steinböck: PRAM history-stories-pictures home book . Moserbauer Druck- & VerlagsgesmbH, Mattighofen 1993.
Web links
- Feldegg Castle open-air museum. In: www.ooemuseen.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
- Entry via Schloss Feldegg on Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ 18.1 ″ N , 13 ° 35 ′ 39.5 ″ E