Gröming Castle
The abandoned Gröming Castle was located in the district of the same name in the Gaspoltshofen municipality in the Grieskirchen district of Upper Austria (near the Schlosstaverne in Gröming 1).
history
The residence was built in the 12th or 13th century as the seat of followers. The first of this family by name was Dietmayr's follower in 1189. This was a miller's son from Ried im Innkreis and a follower of the Duke of Bavaria in the crusades against the Turks. The Oberhaimer were named here in 1390 and 1454, and in 1464 a Michael Oberhaimer. At that time Gröming was a sovereign fiefdom . Another owner was Hans Schwickart in 1459, although it is not clear whether he worked as a carer or as a pledge holder.
In 1537 the Jörger von Köppach took over the rule of Gröbming. From Wolfgang V. Jörger, Gröming came to Hans Adam Innerseer (1557–1585). This put Wolfgang Jörger on as his heir. The Jörger were then owned by Gröbming from 1587 to 1632. After Karl Jörger's death in 1623, Gröming passed to his daughter Anna Magdalena, married Countess Harrach. In the course of the violent recatholicization , Anna Jörger and Maria Salome , who were staying at the castle , were robbed by Count Herberstorff's 30 Croatians on November 20, 1623 . The rule of Gröming then passed to Maria Elisabeth von Weissenwolff, née Jörger. Helmhart Christoph von Weissenwolff received the dominions of Köppach and Geboldskirchen from Countess Harrach in 1673 and Gröming in 1674. The daughter Maria Anna Josepha von Weissenwolff married Johann Wilhelm Reichsfürst von Trautson in 1722 , and Gröming came into his possession. His daughter Maria married Prince Carl Josef von Auersperg .
After this change of ownership, the castle was uninhabited for some time. In 1730 it was sold to the landlord Johann Teisinger. He had the castle torn down and the building material used to rebuild the tavern, which had existed since at least 1622. The remains of the castle, including a massive vaulted cellar , were completely demolished in 1864.
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Gröming Castle then and now
The building of the castle probably originated in the 16th century. As can be seen in the engraving by Georg Matthäus Vischer from 1674, Gröming Castle was a three-storey complex covered with a hipped roof and surrounded by a moat . The castle had four corner towers. Outside was the Meierhof , which today is as little as the demolished castle.
The tavern (today Gasthof Kaiserlehner), which was expanded with the building materials from the castle, has a castle-like character. The previously existing upper windows with wrought iron window baskets have come off.
literature
- Georg Grüll : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria, Volume 2: Innviertel and Alpine foothills . Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1964.
- Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria then and now . Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Sons, Horn 1975, ISBN 3-85028-023-3 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 40.6 ″ N , 13 ° 40 ′ 51 ″ E