Mannersdorf Castle on the Leithagebirge
The Mannersdorf am Leithagebirge Castle is in the borough Mannersdorf am Leithagebirge in District Bruck an der Leitha in Lower Austria . The castle in its current use as a municipal office is a listed building .
history
In the 14th century the estate of Trauttmansdorff existed , which was united with the dominion of Scharfeneck in 1390 and thus belonged to a Hungarian fiefdom. In 1500 the court went to the knightly order of St. George , and after its abolition back to the rule of Scharfeneck and finally to the sovereign. After Scharfeneck Castle fell into disrepair, the courtyard was expanded into a mansion in the 16th century.
After lien holders Polheim and Breuner as the personal belongings of two imperial widows, the castle was sold in 1701 and went to Christoph Ernst Graf von Fuchs zu Bimbach and Dornheim in 1705. From around 1719 until 1740 at the latest, the palace was expanded to create a baroque palace under Maria Karolina Countess von Fuchs-Mollard , the widow of Christoph Ernst and Chief Chamberlain of Maria Theresa . With the rule of Scharfeneck, the castle remained in their possession until Countess Fuchs' death in 1754. The countess' daughters sold the rule with the castle to Emperor Franz Stephan of Lorraine . The palace remained in imperial private ownership until 1918, after which the war victims' fund, the Habsburg family fund and, during the Nazi era, the army administration followed as owners. The castle has been owned by the municipality since 1942; today it is used as the seat of the city office, as an event location and as a residential building. Since 2006, the castle has housed the museum collection of the Edmund Adler Gallery.
architecture
There is hardly any reference to the appearance of the previous buildings. The current structure was only partly built in the 16th century. The expansion to the late baroque palace complex took place after 1719, when Maria Karolina Countess von Fuchs-Mollard took over the rule from her deceased husband Christoph Ernst. The building should have been completed in style no later than 1740. A renovation phase dated back to the 1750s can be ruled out.
The interior of the castle was adapted to apartments and offices in the 20th century. The Maria-Theresien-Saal as a ballroom was built around 1720 to 1740 and is located in the main wing, it is two-storey and rectangular, the walls show a double pilaster structure with stuccoed capitals, painted architectural structure and marbling. The mirror vault with a ceiling painting (restored in 1967/1968) shows Apollo in the sun chariot, surrounded by allegories of the seasons and ages. The coves show views of Mannersdorf, Sommerein , Hof am Leithaberge and Au am Leithaberge , which belong to the Scharfeneck rulership , and are supplemented by extremely detailed scenes from life in the 18th century.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . Mannersdorf am Leithagebirge, Mannersdorf Castle, No. 48, Municipal Office, pp. 1269–1270.
Web links
- Entry via Schloss Mannersdorf am Leithagebirge to Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 47 ° 58 ′ 27.5 ″ N , 16 ° 36 ′ 14.2 ″ E