Castle Höch

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Main house, front side

Main house, front side

Creation time : 11th century (revised early 17th century)
Castle type : Hillside castle
Conservation status: in use (event center)
Place: Reitdorf / Höch
Geographical location 47 ° 22 '1 "  N , 13 ° 22' 5"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '1 "  N , 13 ° 22' 5"  E
Height: 977  m above sea level A.
Höch Castle (State of Salzburg)
Castle Höch

Höch Castle was built as a residence in the 11th century in Höch (municipality of Flachau ) (Höch 1). Today it is in the Renaissance style.

location

The castle is not far from Altenmarkt im Pongau at the entrance of the Flachau valley , at about 975  m above sea level. A. Height at the foot of the Blümck  ( 1695  m above sea level ), a secondary peak of the Hochgründeck- Stock. It is remote 1½ km southeast of Reitdorf , but still belongs to the cadastral municipality of Höch.

Neighboring locations
Neighboring communities
Steinbach Mayerdörfl

history

We have known who owned the Höch Castle since the 13th century. However, it is unclear whether the Hohenvelde residence mentioned in a document is identical.

In 1608 the castle was sold by the then owner Kölderer to his great-nephew Jocher. Jocher, with the first name Karl, was one of the richest trades in Lungau at the time, and was apparently also involved in the Flachau ironworks. He gave the castle its current hoof-like shape and furnished it richly. When his granddaughter married, the property came into the possession of the Counts of Plaz in 1657 .

Alois Rohrmoser , ski manufacturer in Altenmarkt, bought Höch Castle in 1989, and since 1999 - after its bankruptcy - it has been owned by the Flachau community. The purchase price including the approximately 44.3-hectare property was 28.75 million  shillings (€ 2 million). It has been used for cultural purposes since 2002.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Höch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Acquisition of the Schloss Höch property . In: Flachau community news . December 2000 , p. 3 (pdf, Flachau.salzburg.at; 1.2 MB).