Liebenau Castle (Graz)
The Liebenau Castle until the mid-17th century, Vatersdorf called in 1854 as a cadet school , was an Grazer castle in the cadet alley in the district Liebenau . From the 1920s, the building was used as a BEA school building from 1854 , then as one of the Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium Graz Liebenau , with considerable extensions.
The history of the area goes back to the 12th century. The shape of currently 2012 comes to a large extent from 1854 and is a listed building.
history
Liebenau Castle is one of the oldest noble residences in Graz and was probably built to secure navigation on the Mur. It was built as a noble farm together with the village of the same name by a servant from Hadmar von Ennstal or Hadmar von Dunkelstein. Around 1164 the farm and the village were owned by Heinrich von Vatersdorf. After Heinrich's death the estate passed to the sovereigns. Pertholdus, a judge from Vatersdorf, named in 1224, was probably an official of the sovereigns whose seat was on the estate. In 1387 Friedrich I. von Graben received the village as a fief. Probably he or one of his servants used the courtyard as a seat.
In 1411 the court was given to Friedrich Egkhler by Duke Ernst . In 1440 the farm and village of Vatersdorf passed to Thomas Gybinger . However, since a farm was lent to Georg Ekerler as early as 1443, it is likely that there were two feudal farms on the estate at that time. It can be assumed that the court that Thomas Gybinger received was the older and thus the real noble court. In 1468 Thomas Gybinger Ekerler bought the farm and united it with his own. Due to the Baumkirch feud , as well as the Turkish and Hungarian wars, he could not take up the fief until March 21, 1500. After the death of Gybinger's granddaughter Elisabeth in 1559, there were inheritance disputes among their three children. In 1561 it was determined that the children's uncle, Sebastian Drikhopf, should receive the fief. However, since he died in the same year, the estate went to Elisabeth's son, Christof Drikhopf, who was now of age. Due to the many lawsuits and disputes, the court was heavily in debt and Christof had to transfer it to David von Lenheim in 1569. Christof received the fiefdom at court in 1572, but died the following year. Christof's heirs sold the farm to Hans Friedrich Hofmann.
In 1591 the estate came to Stephan Speidl. In 1601 Speidl's widow sold the court to the princely councilor Peter Cascal. Cascal bought several pieces of land to enlarge the estate until his death in 1610. His widow Maria Salome sold the property to Vorau Abbey in 1620 . The monastery used Vatersdorf as a resort for sick members of the monastery, built a donjon and gave it the name Liebenau. In 1649 the monastery sold the castle to Count Johann Maximilian von Herberstein. After his death in 1681 the estate went to his daughter Maria Catharina Countess Purgstall. After Maria Catharina's death in 1681 there were again inheritance disputes between her daughter Maria Louise Countess Colloredo and her father Johann Ernst Graf Purgstall, who appointed his second wife Anna Margaretha as heir. In 1695 the estate was awarded to Maria Louise. Her son Camillo Liebenau gradually sold the property before he sold the property to Andree Graf Gaisruck himself in 1756. Fishing rights on the Mur belonged to the property at least in the 18th century .
In 1790 Liebenau was acquired by Count Alois Trauttmansdorff. His son Vincent had to forcibly sell the rule in 1829 due to high debts to Alexander von Kottowitz. On October 22nd, 1852, the military archer bought the castle. From 1853 the castle was rebuilt and on September 6, 1854 an artillery school company was opened. From 1875 a division school and then a cadet school were housed here. In 1919 the cadet school was converted into a federal educational institution for boys. The BG / BORG Graz Liebenau has been located there since the 1970s.
description
The original defense structure was probably not large and was surrounded by a wall and a moat. Around 1680 the noble seat was surrounded by towers, which were demolished by 1852. The exact time of the demolition is just as little known as the filling of the moat.
In 1852 the noble seat was two-story.
The school building of the former cadet school with baroque gate system ( Id. 57032, notification ) as well as the adjoining building ( ID. 57033, notification ) are listed. There is also a listed war memorial near the complex ( ID. 121791, § 2a ).
literature
- Robert Baravalle: Castles and palaces of Styria . Leykam, Graz 1995, ISBN 3-7011-7323-0 , p. 22-24 (reprinted 1961).
- Horst Schweigert: DEHIO Graz . Schroll, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-7031-0475-9 , p. 209 .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 2 ′ 15.3 " N , 15 ° 27 ′ 26.8" E