Halbenstein Castle
The Halbenstein mansion in Hörbranz -Backenreute ( Bregenz district , Vorarlberg ) - formerly also known as Halmstein - was a medieval manor that was later also called Schlösschen. At its former location at the beginning of the path to Ruggburg on the valley side, only a small, meaningless wall remains to be seen today.
history
The beginnings of the estate are in the dark.
It is known of the Counts of Montfort that they were in possession of Halbenstein and that they were given to their servants . From 1252 to 1425 the Knights of Lochen were fiefdoms, including a Junker Locher, citizens of Bregenz. A captain Klauß von Halbenstein is mentioned in 1646 in connection with the capture of the last Raitnauer Franz Andreas in Hofen Palace . Other owners were the Gerlin (1550), Fauber von Randegg (1590), Scherrich (1603), von Stotzingen (1615), Imler (1847) and Hehle families. During the Thirty Years War , Swedish troops looted the castle in 1647. The castle, which was no longer inhabited for a while, was finally taken over by Austria.
The former castle was described as old and unsightly in 1847. In 1859 there were only a free-standing 12 m high round tower on the north side and a crumbling wall. The turrets on the west side, recognizable in older drawings, were already missing. In 1863/1864 the owner Franz Josef Immler had the masonry demolished and used the stones for the construction of the Halbenstein inn.
Mentions
Franz Joseph Weizenegger's first chronicle of the state of Vorarlberg from 1839 highlights several properties on a journey in the lower Leiblach Valley from Hohenweiler to Lochau: Gwiggen Castle, Altschönstein ruins, "the old" Ruggburg, then Halbenstein Castle , Alt - and Oberlochen (Alt -Hofen and Schloss Hofen) as well as the Wellenburg. Halbenstein must have made a striking impression on the lower Pfänder slope with a view of Lake Constance. Even Joan of Isser Großrubatscher , the Tyrolean castle illustrator who from 1823 on behalf of the Innsbruck Ferdinandeum documented stately homes of former Tyrol and neighboring countries in detailed views, was impressed by Half stone so that she recorded it on two trips in different states, first in 1827 yet undamaged together with the Ruggburg ruins on the Pfänder slope. On the second visit, the former castle showed signs of deterioration. The picture should therefore come from the time after the Thirty Years War.
literature
- Benedikt Bilgeri: Hörbranz. A study of the history of land and settlements , in: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings , 67th year 1940, pp. 197–255 ( digitized version )
- Franz Josef Huber: Small Vorarlberg Castle Book . 2nd Edition. Verlag Buch Spezial, 1985
- Johann Jakob Staffler : Tyrol and Vorarlberg topographically with historical notes . Innsbruck 1841, p. 28 ( digitized version )
- Franz Joseph Weizenegger , M. Merkle (Ed.): Vorarlberg, from the papers of the priest Franz Joseph Weizenegger, who died in Bregemz . Wagner'sche Buchhandlung, Innsbruck 1839, p. 48 ( digitized version ) - first chronicle of the state of Vorarlberg, in it mention of Halbenstein Castle in the section on Hofrieden
Web links
- Halbenstein Castle Ruins In: Austria Forum
Individual evidence
- ↑ Possibly the web link to the not yet evaluated work by Benedikt Bilgeri: 222 Hörbranz. An investigation into the history of the land and settlement .
- ↑ a b see literature Franz Josef Huber: Kleines Vorarlberger Burgenbuch
- ↑ see web link Halbenstein Castle Ruins in the Austria Forum
- ↑ see web link Johann Jakob Staffler : Tirol and Vorarlberg
- ↑ see web link Franz Joseph Weizenegger: Vorarlberg Chronicle
- ↑ The information in the description of the picture stored in the Austrian National Library in Vienna is unlikely to be correct, because in addition to the alleged creation date around 1827, Alt-Schönstein Castle near Möggers / Hohenweiler is erroneously mentioned. Then had here already pointed out on February 25, 2013 Thomas Marte.
Coordinates: 47 ° 32 ′ 36.3 " N , 9 ° 45 ′ 51.6" E