Mentlberg Castle
The Mentlberg castle located in the district Sieglanger-Mentlberg the city of Innsbruck in Tyrol .
History of the castle
The castle was first mentioned in 1303. At that time, a Meierhof ( curia ) of the Wilten Monastery was mentioned there . In the 15th century this became the Galwis farm (Galweins, Gallwiese), next to which a tower for chalk fires was built; it served first as a dwelling for the forest ranger and later for the abbot of Wilten as a summer retreat. Henry III. Mentlberger, imperial councilor, city judge and mayor of Innsbruck, bought the property in 1485. He was ennobled by Emperor Maximilian I and the residence on the Gallwiese was elevated to the status of a noble court.
Other owners of the property were the Zott von Berneck , the Heidenreich von Biedeneck , Ferdinand von Khuepach (1629), the Tröstl family, the Wilten Abbey (1661-1807) and in 1861 Countess Therese Spaur. In 1884 new owners opened a modern hotel pension in the manor. In 1879 Ferdinand d'Orléans, duc d'Alençon , bought the property; He was married to the Duchess in Bavaria Sophie Charlotte and the brother-in-law of Emperor Franz Josef I. As an avid hunter, he liked to stay in Tyrol. In 1905 he had the residence rebuilt in the style of the Loire castles . In 1910 his son Emmanuel d'Orléans, duc de Vendôme inherited the castle and lived here until 1914. During the First World War , the castle was confiscated as enemy property by the Austrian military administration and a hospital was set up for soldiers with lung disease. After that, the castle was used alternately as a home for apprentices, an inn and barracks. In the Second World War - or better: in the time of National Socialism - the Reich Labor Service was housed here. Then the French occupying forces moved into the building. From 1948 the castle became a home for students and apprentices again.
Mentlberg Castle today
The main building has three floors. It has a stone gate, arbor , balustrades and an entrance tower with a large pyramid roof and corner cores covered with tent roofs. A clock and the client's coat of arms are attached to the tower facade. The western front is bordered by two lower, gothic corner towers. Only a paneled room on the ground floor remains of the once magnificent interior.
The first chapel on the Mentlberg was built in 1622 on the site of the demolished Kraid Tower. During the Thirty Years War , the imperial officer Christoph II von Khuenpach brought a carved Pietà from Holzheim and set it up in the Mentlberg chapel. Soon a pilgrimage to this Sorrowful Mother developed on the Gallwiese , who was looked after by the Wilten Monastery. The chapel next to the castle today was built in rococo style by Michael Umhauser in 1770 based on designs by Konstantin Johann von Walter. The facade is structured by pilasters and niches and has facade turrets; The ceiling paintings by Matthäus Günther (Gindter) are famous .
The property has been owned by the State of Tyrol since 1928. The castle was temporarily used as refugee accommodation. Since autumn 2018, the castle has been used by the Tyrolean University of Education as an alternative accommodation during the renovation of the main PH building.
literature
- Georg Clam Martinic : Castles and palaces in Austria . Landesverlag in Veritas Verlag, Linz 1991, ISBN 3-85214-559-7 .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Mentlberg Castle on Burgen.tibs
- Mentlberg Castle at Burgen-Adi
- Entry via Mentlberg Castle to Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 47 ° 14 ′ 55 " N , 11 ° 21 ′ 46.9" E