Hautzenbichl Castle
The Castle Hautzenbichl located in the municipality of Kobenz on the eastern edge of the city Knittelfeld and the family is privately owned Pranckh .
history
Hautzenbichl was first mentioned in a document in 1086. The owner at that time was Margrave Adalbero of Styria. This gave his possessions "apud Huzinpuchli" (the Buehel of Hugo) and other estates of Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg to recover from excommunication ransom because he had trespassed on religious goods. The bishop donated the property to his favorite monastery, Admont .
The Edelfrei Meginhalm from Hucenpuhelen appears around the year 1150 . At that time, today's castle was still a fortified courtyard, which was surrounded by walls and moats and partly served as a road block. These lords of Hautzenbichl, who often appeared as ministerials of the Admonts monastery, are likely to have died out around 1326.
From 1160 onwards, Hautzenbichl belonged to the Seckau monastery . This usually awarded the estate as a fief .
In the 14th and 15th centuries, Hautzenbichl was expanded into a fortification by the Lobminger ministerial family. However, this has expired over time. Between 1540 and 1542 the property was acquired by Joachim Muerer. He had it rebuilt in 1542 in the Renaissance style. It is believed that Muerer hired a French architect from the Loire to build it. It also follows that it is a copy of the architectural style of the Loire castles.
In 1680 Hautzenbichl fell to Provost Maximilian Ernst Graf von Gleispach. Extensive renovation work was carried out on the castle on his behalf. His coat of arms still adorns the facade of the castle today.
In 1735 all fortifications around the castle were removed. After Emperor Joseph II had the Seckau monastery closed around 1782, the ownership of Hautzenbichl also passed to the state's religious fund .
In 1809 the Vordernberg cycling community acquired the castle. Later a Katharina Reicher was named as the owner. In 1870 her son-in-law Franz Forcher von Einpach appeared as the lord of the castle. In 1883 Hautzenbichl fell to the Count Vetter von der Lilie . Today's lady of the castle is Baroness Maria Pranckh , née Countess Vetter von der Lilie (* 1932). Pedigree dogs are bred in the palace complex.
literature
- Elfi Lukas: Knittelfeld - then & now . Self-published, Apfelfeld 2004.
Web links
- Entry via Hautzenbichl to Burgen-Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to H. Dopsch, Werden Steiermarks, the event undoubtedly falls in 1077, before Archbishop Gebhard went into exile.
- ↑ Lords of the castle: Baroness Pranckh. ORF 2 , broadcast on winter time on January 12, 2012. Accessed on January 12, 2012.
Coordinates: 47 ° 13 ′ 32.5 ″ N , 14 ° 49 ′ 41 ″ E