Messenbach Castle
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The expired Messenbach Castle was located in the district of the same name in the Vorchdorf municipality in the Gmunden district of Upper Austria (Messenbacher Straße).
history
The castle or castle Messenbach was a seat of the Messenbacher (Mössenbäcken, Messenbeken, Mezzenpekch). This family immigrated from Bavaria at the beginning of the 12th century and then settled in Linz since the middle of the 15th century . In 1180 Euphemia von Messenbach married Ulrich II von Polheim . At the time of the interregnum , the Messenbachers were the absolute masters in the Vorchdorf area. In 1295, Wernhard von Mössenbach was the first court master of Duke Albrecht of Austria . Maybe this Wernhard is the builder of Messenbach. The Messenbach family is believed to have died out in the male line around 1450. The property was pledged to the Volkenstorfer in 1330 and to the Geymann in 1346 because of existing debts . In 1395 the Walsee acquired the property.
Thereafter, the Lords of Lerochen (Lerchen) from Stadl take over the property. Hanns Leroch acquired it around 1460. From this family were some "Stadlschreiber", i. H. Salt ministers. Kilian der Leroch zu Messenbach was the city judge in Gmunden in 1469 . In 1525 they sold Messenbach to Hans Segger († 1550, his grave is in the parish church of Gmunden) from a Swabian noble family. In 1514 this Mautner was in Gmunden. Since the sons of Hans Segger (Hans Jakob, Hans Christian, † 1617 zu Schleißheim ) remained single, the property was sold to cousin Christoph Fernberger zu Eggenberg , who also owned Hochhaus Castle . Due to the accumulated debts of Hanns Christoph Fernberger († 1630), the property was handed over to the main creditor Hanns Albert Paumgartner. The latter ceded his rights to Messenbach to Gregor Händl, who owned the property. Messenbach gave his heirs to one of Handel's guardians, namely Count Leopold Khemetter von und zu 1651 Triebein. His widow, Anna Maria Khemetterin, née Stöttnerin zu Grabenhof, became the owner of Mössenbach and Hochhaus. In 1652 she sold both properties to Hans Ludwig Graf von Kuefstein, who was also the owner of Eggenberg. In 1659 his son, Count Preißgold, sold Messenbach and the high-rise building to Abbot Balthasar Rauch von Schlierbach . Messenbach Castle stayed with Schlierbach until it fell into disrepair.
Messenbach Castle then and now
On the basis of the descriptions available, Messenbach was a residential tower or a “permanent house”. The building was about 15 m long and 11 m wide. The wall thickness on the first floor was 1.4 m, the first floor 1.28 m and the third 0.96 m. The castle lay on an advanced slope spur.
There are only minor wall remains of the former castle, which have been impaired by the road construction. Today the Villa Kitzmantel is on the site of the former castle.
literature
- Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home . 3. Edition. Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1976, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .
- Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria then and now . Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Sons, Horn 1975, ISBN 3-85028-023-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Grabherr, 1976, pp. 83f.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 0 '2.8 " N , 13 ° 55' 4.5" E