Frein Castle
The Castle Frein is located in the district Frein the community Frankenburg am Hausruck in District Vöcklabruck of Upper Austria .
history
According to a document from Mattsee Abbey , Frein was owned by Chunrad der Schedinger in 1370. In 1444 a Greiff Schöttinger resident in Mattsee was the owner of Freyn. 1485 awarded Emperor Friedrich III. the Hans Gewmann was the desolate has become seat. 1560 Sebastian Huber owners, showing he replaced the Zärtl of Geboltskirchen owned. His son Ludwig bequeathed the castle to the estates of the state ob der Enns in 1584 . From these it was again acquired by Christoph Geymann including the estate in 1593. At that time Frein was just a “woodworker”. Christoph's son of the same name was one of the Protestant rebels against the emperor and had to flee in 1620. The confiscated property was sold by Emperor Ferdinand II to Franz Christoph von Khevenhüller in 1626 .
Between 1674 and 1684 the property belonged to Freiherr Veit von Gera, then it came back to Khevenhüller until 1810. The property combined with Schloss Kogl was owned by Dr. bought from Pausinger . Franz Schaupp bought the castle with the forest and estate of Frankenburg from the Pausinger-Frischberg family in 1849. Schaupp was one of the co-founders of the Zipf brewery . The brewery dynasty remained the owner until 1942, when the last of the family, Emilie Schaupp, died childless. The former baron family Limbeck von Lilienau, the grandchildren of Wilhelm Schaupp, were appointed heiress by the last name bearer.
From 1850, Frein Castle was the administrative center for the diverse tasks of the Schaup and Lilienau large-scale business. During and shortly after World War II, the castle provided accommodation for refugees from the countries of the former Austro-Hungarian monarchy. A school with two classes was also housed in the premises at this time, but it was closed in 1950. As a seat for administrations, etc. a. Forest and Gutsverwaltung Frankenburg as well as the archive of the Heimatverein Frankenburg, it was also used. Renovation work was carried out on the castle in 1965/1966.
The owner and lord of the palace, Christian Limbeck-Lilienau, who lives in Vienna, hit the headlines in 2007 because he gave the Zogaj refugee family free accommodation in the building.
In the fall of 2017, Christian Limbeck-Lilienau, a by-related descendant and heir of the Schaup dynasty, sold the property to Green Finance GmbH. With the takeover of the property, Green Finance renovated the listed castle jewel in spring 2018 in accordance with the highest quality standards in order to enable modern and contemporary living in a stylish ambience. During the general renovation, the main focus was on sustainability, and eight large family apartments and four offices were built in the castle in cooperation with the monument office.
One of the largest bat colonies in Upper Austria lives in Frein Castle in Frankenburg. Between 600 and 800 mouse-eared females spend the summer here and raise their young. The preservation of the quarter is therefore of particular importance, as there is no suitable replacement in the wider area. During the renovation of the roof structure, care was taken to preserve the bat colony's breeding ground - at the same time, extensive precautions were taken to guarantee a trouble-free living experience for the tenants. The protected bats are looked after by the Upper Austrian Nature Conservation Union.
description
Frein Castle is a three-storey building with a high hipped roof built on a rectangular base . Frein was originally a moated castle , but its moat was filled on the access and the road side. The current building dates from the 16th and 17th centuries. A water-bearing trench has been preserved at the rear. Access to the palace interior provides a round portal of granite . Above the portal there is a balcony resting on two columns , from which a double door leads into the interior. The wrought iron balcony grille is artfully executed. Above the gate axis there is a round gable with a clock and an attached turret. The facade is structured with reddish flesh , and the windows are framed in the same color. The castle was renovated in 1950 .
The attic has also been home to hundreds of bats for years .
Trivia
In the story Descendants of Adalbert Stifter , the castle is likely to be integrated through the Firnberg castle .
literature
- Herbert Erich Baumert, Georg Grüll: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. Volume 2: Innviertel and Alpine Foreland. Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-85030-049-3 .
- 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 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "The Franconians are happy that it is finally over". In. Oberösterreichische Nachrichten of June 16, 2010 , accessed on March 26, 2013.
- ↑ New protection for bat colony on ORF from April 24, 2018, accessed on April 24, 2018.
Coordinates: 48 ° 4 ′ 1.8 ″ N , 13 ° 28 ′ 57.8 ″ E