Marchegg Castle
| Marchegg Castle | ||
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 Marchegg Castle |
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| Creation time : | 14th Century | |
| Conservation status: | Received or received substantial parts | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Place: | Marchegg | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 16 '54 " N , 16 ° 54' 24" E | |
| Height: | 139 m above sea level A. | |
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The Marchegg Castle is a baroque palace in Marchegg in Lower Austria. As one of the five Marchfeld castles , it has been chosen as the venue for the Lower Austrian State Exhibition in 2022. To this end, the castle is being completely revitalized and restored.
history
The original castle was built as a city castle on the northwest corner of the city wall after the battle of Groißenbrunn , in which Ottokar II defeated the Hungarian king Béla IV , and was intended to provide protection on the border with Hungary. The castle was first mentioned in a document in 1346.
The castle, like the city, was conquered for the first time in the years 1426 and 1427 during the Hussite Wars .
In 1502 Niklas Graf Salm received the castle as a pledge . During the first Turkish siege , Marchegg itself was burned down; the castle was not taken, but also badly damaged. With the help that the Salms provided in the defense of Vienna, the heirs in pledge ownership were also confirmed. Niklas Graf Salm died in the nearby Salmhof in 1530 . It was not until 1568 that the castle was made habitable again by Salm's son. At the beginning of the 17th century, however, the castle was again devastated by Hungarian rebels.
In 1621, the President of the Hungarian Court Chamber, Count Paul Pállfy von Erdöd, received the castle from Ferdinand II, initially as a pledge and two years later as his own property. Pálffy also managed to acquire large estates in neighboring Malatzka . Marchegg Castle was demolished except for a tower and rebuilt as a square moated castle according to plans by the imperial engineer and miner chief Lambert Lambion . The planned bastions and ravelins were not built.
On behalf of the Hungarian palatine Nikolaus Pálffy , the master builder Christian Alexander Oedtl carried out a Baroque renovation of the palace around 1715. In the course of this, the moat was filled in. The corner bastion was also removed. The southern front got its current appearance.
For the next two centuries the castle was mainly a hunting lodge and summer residence. Frequent hunting guests were, among others, Emperor Joseph II , Maria Theresa or Franz Stephan of Lorraine .
Karl Graf Pálffy was raised to the rank of prince in 1807.
After the First World War, Nikolaus Pálffy moved to Marchegg after he lost his possessions in Malacky.
After the Second World War , the castle itself was badly devastated and the inventory stolen. In 1947, with the death of Ladislaus Pálffy, the Marchegger line of the Pálffy family died out.
In 1957, the town of Marchegg, with the help of the Province of Lower Austria, acquired the castle after it had already been demolished. The Lower Austrian Hunting Museum was established in 1959 by the state in two renovated state rooms. However, when the holdings in the State Museum were concentrated in 2000 , the exhibition in Marchegg was closed. An exhibition of the city of Marchegg has been held since 2010, “From King Ottokar to Prince Pálffy” . It is open from April to October every year and can be visited from Thursday to Monday. From the adjacent flood protection dam you have an impressive panoramic view of the white stork colonies that nest on the chimneys of the castle as well as on the trees in the castle park or in the March meadows of the Marchegg nature reserve .
On 5th June. In 2018 it was announced that the Lower Austrian State Exhibition will take place in Marchegg in 2022. The decisive factor was that the historic Marchegg Castle is celebrating its 750th anniversary. For the exhibition, the castle is to be extensively renovated by around 15 million.
construction
The building has two floors throughout and is located in a large park. Inside are some rooms with stucco ceilings . The former chapel is also two-story. In front of the castle is a driveway with a wrought iron gate.
literature
- Dehio 1990, 712 ff
- Georg Clam Martinic: Castles & Palaces in Austria ISBN 3-85001-679-1
Web links
- Entry about Marchegg Castle in Lower Austria Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
- Entry via Marchegg on Burgen-Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marchegg on castle history; Retrieved May 16, 2010
- ^ ORF-Online: State Exhibition 2022 in Marchegg ; accessed on June 7, 2018