Götzendorf Castle
The Götzendorf Castle is a historic castle and is located in the municipality Oepping in Upper Austria .
location
Götzendorf Castle was built around 1180 and is located northwest of Sprinzenstein Castle in the upper Mühlviertel . You can reach the structurally well-preserved castle on the road either from Rohrbach via Lanzerstorf and the Fischmühle, or coming from the north via Oepping , Salaberg and Obergahleiten or via Sarleinsbach . A historical footpath called Götzendorfer-Steig leads from the nearby town of Rohrbach across country to the castle complex in Götzendorf.
History of the castle
The history of Götzendorf Castle goes back to 1180 and is characterized by four epochs of ownership:
- Lords of Götzendorf, 1180–1422
- Lords of Vichtenstein / Hauzenberg, 1422–1453
- Lords of Oedt, 1453–1756
- Prince of Lamberg, 1756–1912
The Lords of Götzendorf, von Vichtenstein and von Hauzenberg
The name Walter von Gocynesdorf appears for the first time in 1180 in a parchment certificate from Wilhering Abbey . The name later became Gecynesdorf, Gezendorf and finally Götzendorf. Furthermore, in 1303 a certain Wernhart von Götzendorf appears as a feudal man from Haichenbach and "her Chunrat de Gozenstorf, the first knight" was a district judge on the Enns in 1306. The lords of Götzendorf at that time were ministerials of the Passau bishops and they probably built the former castle on behalf of the Passau people. With Jakob von Götzendorf, the Götzendorfer family died out. One of his two daughters married a Viechtensteiner, the second a Hauzenberger. On November 10, 1422, Götzendorf passed half of the Passau fief by marriage to Messrs Heinrich von Viechtenstein and Jörg the Hauzenberger. In 1453 their sons sold the castle and the manor after 31 years of ownership to Martin von Oedt.
The Lords of Oedt
Martin von Oedt (1453–1480) had been a Passau caretaker at Sprinzenstein Castle since 1450 . On September 10th, 1453 he acquired Götzendorf by purchase and called himself from now on "Merth von Oedt zu Getzendorff". The rule was increased in the following years through further acquisitions. The headquarters of the Oedter was at Hofe Oedt near Aichberg, in the parish of Waldkirchen am Weser. Martin von Oedt was married twice. His first wife Ursula was the daughter of Wolf Jörgers von Lichtenau , which is why Oedter also became the owner of this castle. Ursula gave birth to two children, a son named Mathias and a daughter named Magdalena, but Ursula died very early. In his second marriage, Martin von Oedt was blessed with Anastasia, daughter of Leonhard Herleinsperger, with three children, Marx, Barbara and Margaretha. After Martin von Oedt's death in 1480, his two sons Mathias and Marx shared their father's inheritance.
Mathias Herr von Götzendorf (1480–1526) became Herr von Götzendorf and Marx Herr von Lichtenau. Like his father, his son Mathias set himself the goal of expanding his property further. Mathias married Magdalena Vezinger (Uezinger) and together they had three sons: Georg, Balthasar and Wolfgang and four other daughters. Mathias died in 1526. Balthasar von Oedt (1526–1551) married Benigna in 1534, who was the daughter of the then governor of the Enns, Freiherr Wolf Jörger von Tollet . However, this marriage remained childless. In 1551, Balthasar received confirmation of nobility from King Ferdinand I and from then on he called himself "Oeder von Oedt zu Götzendorf". Balthasar died in 1551 and was buried in the Rohrbach parish church. Since the marriage between Balthasar and Benigna was childless, the son of his brother Wolfgang, Sebastian, got the Götzendorfer property.
Sebastian von Oedt (1551–1583) married the daughter of Erasmus von Rödern from Perg Castle, named Regina, in 1559. This marriage resulted in five children, Hans Christoph, Georg Achaz and Sebastian, as well as two daughters. In 1583 he was buried in the Rohrbach parish church, where a red marble tombstone commemorates his memory. Hans Christoph von Oedt zu Götzendorf (1583–1630) Hans Christoph was the son of Sebastian von Oedt and expanded the castle further. During this time the Meierhof in Götzendorf was rebuilt and the arcades in the courtyard of the palace and the gardens were built. Through an inheritance from his cousin Hans Oedt zu Lichtenau, Sebastian von Oedt came into possession of the Straßfelden Castle near Linz and the Helfenberg outdoor seating area . He had this castle rebuilt and in 1607 it was completed. After completion, it was raised to the status of a baron by Emperor Rudolf II in 1608 and was allowed to call himself “Barons and Panierherren von Oedt” in the future. From his marriage to Sabina only two out of sixteen children survived their father, namely Wolf and Philipp Heinrich. Philip Heinrich von Oedt zu Götzendorf (1630–1655) married Maria Katharina, the daughter of Baron Adam Eusebius von Hoyos, in 1637, and after her death in 1650 he married Maria Maximiliana, who was the daughter of Count von Sprinzenstein. From this marriage, which was blessed with three sons and six daughters, Erasmus Anton became the new owner of the castle. Erasmus Anton Graf von Oedt zu Götzendorf (1655–1719) was in 1714 by the Emperor Karl VI. raised to the rank of imperial count due to his services to the empire in the War of the Spanish Succession . In 1672 he married Caritas Cordula, the daughter of Hans Friedrich von Gneisenau on Helfenberg and they had a son named Johann Christoph Heinrich and three daughters. Erasmus Anton died in 1719 and was buried in the Rohrbach parish church, where a tombstone commemorates him.
Johann Christoph Heinrich Graf von Oedt zu Götzendorf (1719–1750) worked as chamberlain to Empress Eleonore, secret councilor and chamberlain to Emperor Karl VI, monastery councilor and vice governor and regent in Lower Austria . He also founded a benefice in 1719 and a castle chaplain was employed. He was married three times and from his second marriage to Anna Charlotte von Geyersberg the son Johann Karl Donat emerged in 1710. In 1750 he was buried in the family crypt in Rohrbach. The Krida was imposed on the rule of Götzendorf after the death of Johann Christoph Heinrich , because the imperial count was very busy with politics in Vienna and thus neglected his ancestral palace. This now belonged to the underage son, Johann Christoph (1750–1756), grandson of Johann Christoph, son of Joann Karl Donat, for whom Baron Briccius took over the guardianship . Since the minor heir died in 1756, i.e. at the age of twelve, the Oedter family in Götzendorf had died out. The last Count of Oedt, Franz Karl, died in Wilhelmsburg in 1768 and had no male heir. The guardianship sold Götzendorf Castle and the manor to Prince Johann Nepomuk Friedrich von Lamberg.
The princes of Lamberg
Johann Nepomuk Friedrich von Lamberg bought the " Allodial of the Counts of Oedt's rule". The Lamberger family, who originally resided in Steyr , only used the castle as a capital investment , and so the land was sold in small pieces. In 1899 a fire destroyed Götzendorf Castle. In 1901 it was only partially rebuilt, the west wing was z. B. no longer established. In 1912 Reichsgraf Karl Emil von Lamberg sold the castle to the municipality of Oepping , as well as land, which was still owned by the Lamberger, to Franz Böck, butcher and innkeeper in Sarleinsbach . After that, the Maierhof and the land passed to different owners.
Municipality as owner
After the municipality of Oepping had acquired the castle in 1912, the premises were used for the primary school. The castle chapel with the patronage of the Assumption of Mary is used for church services. The late Gothic "Götzendorfer Madonna" is only a copy in the chapel.
History of the former elementary school
The castle housed a primary school, which was taught for the first time on June 3, 1871 and which was closed at the end of the 2010 school year. Prince Anton von Lamberg provided the necessary premises.
At the beginning the school was single-class and 84 Sunday students were taught, who were divided into departments according to their knowledge. The number of pupils fluctuated in the following years between 72 and 113. But in the last year of the school there were only 21 pupils for 4 school levels, which led to the school being closed. At the opening of the school the first district captain von Rohrbach Franz Sanna and the first district school inspector Michael Walz were present. The first teacher at VS Götzendorf was senior teacher Josef Ringler from Kollerschlag. From 1901 the school was divided into two classes. The last director of the school was Maria Roth.
description
Today's castle is a small, irregular, four-winged building, the two or three-story wings of which surround an inner courtyard. The access leads on the north side through a barrel-vaulted entrance into the almost square castle courtyard with arcades on the upper floor of the east and north wing. On the ground floor they are only available in the east wing. A covered staircase leads to the first floor. On the courtyard side, the Oedter coat of arms is attached above the gate . The primary school was then housed in the former “prince's rooms” in the south wing of the palace.
The castle chapel dedicated to the Assumption of Mary is accessible from the courtyard. In the second half of the 20th century, an outwardly protruding apse was added and modernized. The former onion dome of the chapel was replaced in 1931 after a storm damage by today's roof turret with pointed helmet.
On the outside of the castle you can still see the course of the medieval curtain wall, to which the individual residential wings were built. The pond at the foot of the wall is probably a remnant of the former moat.
literature
- Ludwig Irninger: Götzendorf then and now. A home book. Manuscript in the archive of the Rohrbach elementary school, Rohrbach 1922.
- Karl Schützeneder: From the past. Götzendorf Castle . Rohrbach.
- Benefician Castle Götzendorf (Ed.): Castle Guide Götzendorf. Götzendorf 2005.
Web links
- Entry via Götzendorf on Burgen-Austria
- History of the Götzendorf parish on www.dioezese-linz.or.at
- Götzendorf Castle at www.burgenkunde.at
- Say about Götzendorf Castle
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Benefician Castle Götzendorf (ed.): Castle Guide Götzendorf. Götzendorf 2005.
- ^ Diepold, Bishop of Passau, confirms an exchange entered into with the Wilhering Monastery under Abbot Gebhart, concerning the tithe in the Scharten and Arbenberg, which he left to the monastery for some properties in Duringensteten . In: Upper Austrian document book . Volume 2, No. CCLII, Passau, 1180, p. 369 (“Uvalther de Gocynestorf” as a witness).
- ↑ a b c d e History of the Götzendorf parish at www.dioezese-linz.or.at
- ↑ Schützeneder Karl: From the past. Götzendorf Castle . Rohrbach.
- ↑ Götzendorf Castle at www.burgen-austria.com
Coordinates: 48 ° 34 ′ 0.4 ″ N , 13 ° 56 ′ 57.9 ″ E