Grabenhof Castle

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Grabenhof Castle, view from the southeast

The Grabenhof Castle is a raised hide in the Lower Austrian cadastral Gansbach the market town Dunkelsteinerwald . Its history goes back to the early 13th century, but the existing building fabric probably dates from the late Middle Ages and the early modern period . The residence is a listed building and is privately owned. It cannot be viewed.

history

The complex was indirectly mentioned when a Heinricus de Graben was mentioned as a witness in a document in 1200/1208. Initially, the "Sitz zu dem Graben" was a Maissau fief that belonged to Andre Zauchinger before 1400. Around 1404 it was owned by Ulrich Tobler. After the fall of the Maissauer, the property fell to the sovereign, who lent it to Caspar Wiesendorfer and his son Jörg between 1431 and 1454. Mentioned in 1454 as "Sitz im Graben" with the associated pond farm and Meierhof , from 1490 the facility was only called Grabenhof. From that year the Mühlwanger family, who at that time provided the burgraves of Wolfstein Castle, sat in the Grabenhof. In 1547 she sold the property to Hieronimus von Maugis. The sale was the beginning of a long series of changes in ownership in the 16th and 17th centuries, until Georg Ehrenreich Stettner sold the facility to Göttweig Abbey in 1661 . The monastery leased the property, which was hardly maintained at the time, and subsequently fell into disrepair. Around 1800 the buildings were still used as accommodation for farm workers.

In 1951 the monastery donated the dilapidated and in 1945 partly demolished complex to the community of Gansbach, which it sold to Martin Eder in 1969. After the purchase, the remaining buildings were completely restored by him and are now used as a private residence. Gansbach Castle cannot be visited, but is marketed as a film location.

description

The former noble seat is about 650 meters south of the Gansbach town center on the left bank of the Lower Gansbach. It consists of three buildings that surround an inner courtyard. The two corner-connected quarry stone buildings with light plastering on the north and east side of the property are historical. The west side of the courtyard is bordered by modern commercial buildings from 2006. They replaced a wing that was demolished in 1945. To the east and northeast of the castle, part of the former moat has been preserved as a castle pond. It is divided in half by an artificial dam and was previously fed by the Lower Gansbach.

The tower-like north wing is probably older than the east wing and, in its present form, dates from the late Middle Ages. Its three storeys are closed off by a hipped roof with tile covering . Its cellar with barrel vault and key notch still shows something of the old strength of defense. The statement in the Dehio manual that it dates from the 14th century is not certain. The few rectangular windows in the building have partially profiled walls . A pointed arch portal on the south side facing the courtyard leads into the interior of the building, where groin vaults and early modern wooden beam ceilings have been preserved on the above-ground floors .

The two-story east wing with a tiled hipped roof may date from the 16th century, but an older, possibly late medieval building core cannot be ruled out. The east facade has three axes , while the west side facing the courtyard shows a four-part arcature on the upper floor with an arcade behind it. In addition to a few architectural details and a vaulted vaulted cap on the inside, a column in the staircase also points to the 16th century. It shows the year 1560. At the southeast corner of the building is a narrow round tower that extends to the eaves of the rest of the building. It received its current conical roof during the last restoration, before the tower had a tent roof . The remains of a sgraffito can still be seen on the southern end of the east wing .

The south side of the courtyard is closed off by a wall with a central gate and arched gate . It does not belong to the historical building fabric, but follows a historical model, of which a remnant at the southwest corner of the east wing still bears witness.

literature

Web links

Commons : Grabenhof Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Lower Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. January 23, 2019, p. 58 ( PDF ; 1.3 MB).
  2. ↑ a b c Marina Kaltenegger, Gerhard Reichhalter: Grabenhof. 2007, p. 85.
  3. ↑ Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch. Lower Austria south of the Danube. 2003, p. 517.
  4. ↑ a b Entry about Grabenhof Castle in Burgen-Austria , accessed on September 16, 2019.
  5. ↑ Grabenhof Castle on the Lower Austrian Film Commission website , accessed on September 16, 2019.
  6. ^ A b Marina Kaltenegger, Gerhard Reichhalter: Grabenhof. 2007, p. 86.

Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '2.1 "  N , 15 ° 28' 16.8"  E