Friedberg Castle (Volders)
| Friedberg | ||
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 Friedberg Castle from the southwest |
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| Creation time : | around 1230 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | receive | |
| Place: | Volders | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 16 '47 " N , 11 ° 33' 46" E | |
| Height: | 660 m above sea level A. | |
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Friedberg Castle is a spur castle above Volders in Tyrol , Austria . Despite later renovations, the listed castle has well preserved its medieval character.
location
Friedberg Castle is located around 100 m above the valley floor of the Inn Valley southwest of Volders on a quartz phyllite rock in front of the Kleinvolderberg , which slopes gently in the north and west, but steeply in the east to the deep gorge of the Voldertalbach .
history
The strategically favorable elevation above the Inn Valley, from which you can see the Martinswand in the west and the Kaisergebirge in the east, was probably settled before Roman times, as found fragments suggest. A castle was first mentioned in a document in 1268. It was built around 1230 by the Counts of Andechs , who held the county of Unterinntal as a fief. Originally it was probably only a fortified tower house as the seat of a princely provost for monitoring Urbar income. Over time, more towers were added, in which administrative officials also resided. Heinrich Spiess managed to unite all offices in one hand. Subsequently, the individual towers surrounded by a common wall were connected by intermediate structures.
After the princess Margarethe Maultasch handed over Tyrol to the Habsburg Rudolf IV in 1363 , the Bavarian Wittelsbachers , who raised claims to Tyrol, raided the Inn valley several times and tried in vain to conquer Friedberg.
In 1410, the Lords of Spieß joined a revolt by the Rottenburgers, supported by Bavaria, against Prince Frederick IV ("Friedl with the empty pocket"). Friedberg was quickly recaptured by Duke Friedrich without it being damaged.
In 1491, the later Emperor Maximilian I enfeoffed Hans Fieger with Friedberg, which was in poor condition. The Fieger , who became rich through their participation in the Schwaz silver mining and for a long time belonged to the most powerful and influential families in Tyrol, renovated and expanded the castle, built a bastion and laid out gardens. In 1500 was keep increased by 30 meters and provided with four bays.
After the Fieger family died out in 1802, Count Trapp bought the castle for 40,000 guilders in 1845. Ludwig Graf Trapp had the dilapidated facility renovated between 1847 and 1854. The residential buildings were raised by one storey, whereby the battlements fell away and the defensive character of the castle was lost.
Between 2006 and 2009 the castle was extensively renovated. Today Schloss Friedberg is the residence of the owner Gaudenz Graf Trapp and is used for events. Some of the historical rooms can be visited on guided tours.
description
The various buildings of the castle are grouped around an inner courtyard with arcades and a fountain, from which the various rooms are accessible. The complex is dominated by the massive keep, which has four two-story oriels positioned across corners at the corners. Inside, a late Gothic spiral staircase without a central support leads up.
The knight's hall has a fresco that was exposed in 1968 and ran across all four walls, which was created around 1510. The panorama , possibly from Jörg Kölderer , the court painter of Emperor Maximilian, and his journeymen shows scenes from chivalric life such as hunting and tournaments, as well as the siege of Friedberg in 1410. The “Roman Imperial Room” takes its name from 24 Roman busts painted on marble Emperors and their wives from the 17th century.
The St. The castle chapel, consecrated to Bartholomew , was first mentioned in 1469 and rebuilt in the late Gothic style at the beginning of the 16th century , adding the pointed arch portal, the ribbed vault and the sacrament niche . The altar comes from the Baroque era , the altarpiece painted around 1660 shows the Virgin Mary between the apostles Bartholomäus and Andreas.
In the smoke-blackened castle kitchen, carved into the rock, there are old cooking utensils and medieval roasting devices with which skewers were driven by hand, hot air or clockwork.
literature
- Beatrix and Egon Pinzer: Castles Palaces Ruins in North and East Tyrol . Edition Löwenzahn, Innsbruck 1996, ISBN 3-7066-2122-3 , p. 127-133 .
- Erich Egg (ed.), Friedberg Castle and the Fieger in Tirol. Tyrolia Verlag, Innsbruck-Vienna, Athesia Publishing House, Bozen 1987, ISBN 3-7022-1625-1 .
Web links
- Friedberg Castle
- Entry via Schloss Friedberg (Volders) to Burgen-Austria