Göpfritz Castle
Göpfritz Castle is a castle in Göpfritz an der Wild in the Zwettl district in Lower Austria . The listed building was built in its current form towards the end of the 18th century.
Building description
The castle is an elongated, two-storey baroque building with a gable roof and two massive three-storey corner wings with high mansard roofs , a narrow central projection with a gable and an early historical facade structure, which was built in its current form towards the end of the. The ground floor is vaulted . On the upper floor is a former monastery chapel from 1928 with a barrel vault , rounded stitch caps and stuccoed transverse ribs . Other features include the oval windows and the secessionist staircase.
history
According to Dehio, the first documentary mention goes back to the year 1454, according to other sources to 1303. Due to its location on the "old Kaiserstraße" Vienna - Prague - Berlin , the castle has always been a popular base. The castle was owned by the Mallenthein family from 1682 to 1732 and has changed hands frequently since then. From 1919 to 1957 it served as a Dominican monastery . It has been community property since 1979 and is used as a community hall and for chamber music concerts.
literature
- Evelyn Benesch, Bernd Euler-Rolle , Claudia Haas, Renate Holzschuh-Hofer, Wolfgang Huber, Katharina Packpfeifer, Eva Maria Vancsa-Tironiek, Wolfgang Vogg: Lower Austria north of the Danube (= Dehio-Handbuch . Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs ). Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna et al. 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0652-2 , p. 294 .
Web links
- Entry about Schloss Göpfritz on NÖ-Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 48 ° 43 '29 " N , 15 ° 24' 3.6" E