Krippach Castle

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Krippach Castle in Absam

Krippach Castle is located in the municipality of Absam near Hall in Tirol in the Innsbruck-Land district in Tirol (Stainerstraße 4, 4a).

history

Abzanes is mentioned for the first time in books of tradition of the diocese of Bressanone around 995 AD . At that time, the Augsburg bishopric owned most of the land in this area. The Augsburg property in North Tyrol was administered from the Obristmajerhof , today's Kippach Castle. Around 1711 the castle got its present baroque appearance. During construction work at the end of the 20th century, building fabric from the 13th century was also discovered.

Sigismund the Rich in Coin achieved that in 1454 Cardinal Peter von Augsburg awarded the residence to Hans den Krippen, councilor and kitchen master of the duke. His father of the same name donated the Salvatorkirche in Hall in Tirol in 1403 , which is still looked after as a family foundation by the Kripp family. In 1458, Sigismund also lent his council Berneck Castle and the Prunberg Fortress below Tyrol Castle (family property until 1828); Hans Kripp was married three times and got the tower at Hirschegg through his first wife Eufemia von Eben. The Kripps were ennobled in 1453 and were allowed to call themselves "von Krippach" from 1529, which they did from 1591. In 1803 Krippach was allodified and has been in the same Tyrolean family for more than 560 years.

The late medieval building was well reinforced for a Tyrolean residence, also with roundels for the artillery . Krippach was badly damaged by three earthquakes in 1670 , 1671 and 1689. The late Gothic round tower was built in the fourth quarter of the 16th century and provided with an onion dome when the castle was rebuilt in 1711. In 1701 the mansion collapsed when Böller near the castle was shot down. The 77-year-old owner of the castle Adam Franz von Kripp was killed. Josef Dominik Kripp had Krippach rebuilt in its present form in 1709/10. Only the square main tower in the east was no longer erected, as it was no longer necessary to be able to defend itself. But the attic was expanded and the chapel was set up on the third floor of the west tower.

Architecture and equipment

The castle is an elongated, three-story building. On the west side there is a tower with a baroque onion dome. The building has seven window axes. In the west there is a side projection with a round arched main portal. The facade decoration consists of a painted corner cuboid and painted window and portal frames. The dungeon , exposed only through a slit in the wall, has been preserved on the ground floor of the west tower . The upper floor of the tower houses the castle chapel. It was vaulted and furnished in a neo-Gothic style in the 19th century. The wing paintings of the altar are by Franz Hellweger (1812–1880). The altar and a carved Madonna are by the carver Josef Miller .

The castle is located in a park with a garden wall and a baroque garden pavilion.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alfred Anthony von Siegenfeld: Genealogical paperback of the noble houses of Austria , p. 379.

Coordinates: 47 ° 17 ′ 45.4 ″  N , 11 ° 30 ′ 15.4 ″  E