Limberg Castle (Lower Austria)
The Limberg castle lies in the plane to the east of town of the same in the town of Maissau in Lower Austria and is in accordance with decision of the Federal Monuments Office under monument protection ( list entry ). The castle is privately owned and is not generally accessible.
history
A castle owned by the Zinken was mentioned in a document as early as 1294 in Limberg. This " Veste Limburg zu Limberg " was located in an elevated position near the parish church and was already in ruins in the 16th century. It was completely or partially surrounded by water. The portfolio of the Franziszeische cadastre from 1823 shows a large pond at this point, which was later filled with the remains of the ruined castle.
At the site of today's castle there was probably a manor house or noble seat belonging to the castle , which was expanded into a castle around 1570.
In 1755 the property went to Altenburg Abbey and served as a reading courtyard in the middle of an orchard. The current owner bought it from the monastery.
Building description
main building
Outside
The two-storey, two-storey four-wing complex with brick hipped roofs and a tower was expanded around 1570. An inscription above the portal on the south facade shows this year. The castle was originally enclosed by a defensive wall, only parts of which have survived today.
The southern nine-axis main front is symmetrized by a laterally protruding extension and structured by a cornice between the floors. The windows on the upper floor have cornice roofs and some sills . Above the gothic portal from the first quarter of the 19th century, part of the final meander frieze has been preserved below the eaves. A sundial from the second half of the 18th century is located between the first and second window axis on the upper floor.
The south wing is dominated by a tower with a slender pyramid roof , red ashlar ashlars from the early 17th century and a final baroque top with cross oval hatches under the roof from the second half of the 18th century.
On the other facades there are renewed, painted cast stone blocks and square cordon ribbons in red from around 1700.
On three sides of the courtyard there are colonnades under open monopitch roofs from the 16th century, in the west on late Gothic consoles of the first building core, in the south on niche arcades and in the east as a two-storey colonnade with beamed ceiling.
Inside
The passage is vaulted by cross vaults with stuccoed ridges, the adjoining area of the first building core has a barrel vault. On the courtyard side, the passage is closed off by a round arch portal on a late Gothic beveled pillar.
On the ground floor there are still barrels with stucco caps from the first building core (beginning of the 16th century) with stucco ridges. In the stairway to the tower there are remains of a fresco from the beginning of the 16th century depicting a crucifix with an assistant figure.
Outbuildings
Stöckl (tower)
In the garden next to the castle there is a two-story tower-like building from the end of the 16th / beginning of the 17th century. There is a chimney at the southwest corner of the curved pyramid roof . The building is provided with a renewed painted Orstein frame and a square eaves band. On the west side of the sloping ground floor there is a narrow arched portal, traces of former arched openings in the manner of a garden casino can be seen on the other facade sides. The upper floor is divided by rectangular windows.
Bulk box
In addition to several other farm buildings, there is a partly baroque two-storey bulk box with wide windows on the site . The building has a gable roof , the facade is structured by pilaster strips and wide bezels .
Other objects
In the castle park there are other objects that are under monument protection:
- An 18th century quatrefoil fountain bowl. Two round and two cube-shaped bases in relief on the edge of the basin carry baroque stone garden gnomes.
- A stone statue of St. Florian from the 18th century on a high plinth from 1817, renovated in 1802 .
literature
- " Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Lower Austria north of the Danube. “Edited by Evelyn Benesch, Bernd Euler-Rolle u. a. Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0652-2 , pp. 1097f.
- Schlösser und Burgen , issue 3 of the series Das Weinviertel , self-published by Kulturbund Weinviertel, Mistelbach 1979
- Gerhard Stenzel: From castle to castle in Austria. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1976, ISBN 3-218-00288-5 .
Web links
- Entry about Limberg Castle in Lower Austria Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
- Entry via Limberg to Burgen-Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Limberg Castle on the website of the Maissau community
- ^ Dehio , p. 674
- ^ From lock to lock in Austria , p. 194/195
- ^ Dehio , p. 675
Coordinates: 48 ° 35 '46.6 " N , 15 ° 51' 55.9" E