Grubegg Castle
Grubegg Castle is a historic, listed building in Bad Mitterndorf in the Styrian Salzkammergut in Austria .
Location and shape
Grubegg Castle is located on a small hill about 1.5 kilometers south of the community center of Bad Mitterndorf in the Neuhofen district. The ascent of the Grimming massif begins at the same distance to the south . To the west are the buildings of the former Meierhof .
After the castle, the surrounding area belonging to Neuhofen is also called Grubegg.
Grubegg Castle is a two-storey rectangular building with a wooden hipped roof . Each side has six window axes, which are partially covered by wooden bay windows that extend over both floors.
history
1591 began Ausseer merchant and owner of shares in hammer mills Andrae Grueber the construction of a castle-like building. In 1606 the family received the title of nobility “von und zu Gruebegg” and the palace became the seat of the Gruebegg (later Grubegg) rule. After two fires in the 17th century, the house was rebuilt without its former fortifications.
Engraving from 1681
Grubegg at the end of the 19th century.
Postcard from 1909
After numerous changes of ownership, Grubegg finally came to the Hallamt Aussee in 1758, the princely saltworks administration , so became state.
In state ownership, it later housed the administration of the Austrian Federal Forests in the Hinterberger Valley . In 2006, after years of vacancy, it passed into private ownership and, after careful renovation, serves as a holiday home.
Web links
- Grubegg Castle in the Austria Forum
- History of Landhaus Schloss Grubegg
- Entry via Grubegg Castle to Burgen-Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of listed objects in Bad Mitterndorf
- ↑ Detailed description of the successes in ownership on Grubegg according to the Admont Abbey Archives
Coordinates: 47 ° 32 '31.3 " N , 13 ° 55' 28.9" E