Freisaal Castle

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Freisaal Castle from the north

The Castle Freisaal is nestled in the green belt of land south of the state capital Salzburg in Austria. The natural science faculty of the University of Salzburg is in the immediate vicinity . The castle is located in the middle of a small pond .

history

The name Freisaal is derived from the Freudensaal , where -saal goes back to the Middle High German sal (= residence, house, hall). The name of the building is therefore to be understood as a 'pleasure house' or something similar. Earlier spelling variants are Freyensall, Freysahl, Freudensall and the like.

The small castle was first mentioned in a document in 1392. It already served the Prince Archbishop Pilgrim II of Puchheim as a pleasure house , and the later Prince Archbishops also used it as a country residence. Freisaal Castle was also the place where the newly elected Prince Archbishops received the tokens of their worldly power and where their solemn entry into the city began. In 1491 the castle was sold by Georg Zandl for "60 pounds pfennigs" and in 1549 it was renovated in Mannerist style under the designated Archbishop, Administrator Ernst von Bayern . Since then, at the latest, it is surrounded by a pond as a moated castle .

In 1839 it is reported that the castle is privately owned and the adjacent grounds are used for military training purposes. (In 1898 the Hellbrunn barracks was built in the immediate vicinity, today's old people's home in Hellbrunnerstrasse.) In 1906 the castle, which had been uninhabited for years, was renovated by architect Josef Schubauer (1861–1930) and changed into a villa style on behalf of the owner, Alfred Hyra ; the half-timbered building in the inner courtyard was also built. These changes were later partially reversed. The appearance of the outwardly somewhat inconspicuous castle was impaired in 2008 by an allegedly required, but not in keeping with the style, bank protection by means of block stones instead of willow fascines .

There are wall paintings on the upper floor , with a monumental fresco by Hans Bocksberger the Elder. Ä. (1558), which shows the solemn entry of Prince Archbishop Michael von Kuenburg in 1558, points to the earlier importance of the building. The Salzburg painter Lucas Suppin lived and worked in the castle from 1967 to 1989 . Before 1970, under the direction of the Federal Monuments Office , he tried to restore the frescoes, which had been damaged after 1950, to their original condition after an unfortunate renovation. As an academic painter, he had a lot in common with the castle and its paintings. The attempt by suppin to sell the castle to the city of Salzburg failed due to a lack of understanding from the politicians responsible. The property is therefore in private hands today and not accessible to the public. The owner has been a foundation since 2006, of which Erich Schumann , head of the WAZ publishing group , passed away in early 2007.

  • View from the north

  • View from the northeast

  • View from the south

  • View from the south

  • Front view

  • patio

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Benedikt Pillwein: History, geography and statistics of the Archduchy ob der Enns and the Duchy of Salzburg. Volume 5: The Archduchy of Salzburg or the Salzburg District. Verlag Joh. Chr. Quandt, Linz 1839, p. 347; online on Google books , accessed June 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ The Freisaal Castle near Salzburg. In:  Wiener Bauindustrie-Zeitung , year 1911, No. 22/1911 (XXVIIIth year), p. 173 f. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wbz.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Freisaal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b arbor and the bay window on the western front date from 1906/07. - See individual records at the Freisaal Palace near Salzburg , 1911.

Coordinates: 47 ° 47 ′ 13 ″  N , 13 ° 3 ′ 27 ″  E