Neudenstein Castle
The Neudenstein Castle (Slovenian: Črni degrees ) stands on a rocky peak above the north shore of Völkermarkter reservoir in the municipality of Völkermarkt . Because of its dark walls, the complex is also known as the "Black Castle". This is also what the Slovenian name of the castle refers to.
history
The castle was built in 1329 under Konrad von Auffenstein. The walls of the south and east wing are still preserved from this time. Because of an uprising in which the Auffensteiners were also involved, the castle fell to the Carinthian dukes in 1368 , who gave the castle to loyal followers one after the other, including the Himmelbergers, the Lords of Graben , the Plumeggers, the Windisch-Graetz , the Kemetter and the Mandorff . In the 16th century, renovations and extensions were probably carried out under Ursula Plumegger. In the second half of the 17th century, the castle underwent another redesign under the Kemeter family. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Carinthian landscape painter Gilbert von Canal lived here , and some of his works are still in the castle today. In 1970 the Comelli-Stuckenfeld family acquired the facility.
Building description
Today's castle rises above an irregular, varied floor plan. The inner courtyard is enclosed by wings of different heights. The round arched south portal bears the coat of arms of Freiherr Johann Karl Kemeter and his wife Freiin von Pranckh with an inscription stone from 1675. The dates 1329 and 1673 can be seen above the courtyard-facing archway. On three sides of the courtyard there are column arcades from the 16th century on the first and second floors.
Interior
On the first floor of the south wing, the ceiling of the central room is equipped with stucco fields from the late 17th century. On it, putti heads are depicted with festoons . The wall is decorated with busts of Roman emperors from the late 17th century, probably symbolizing the age of three, and with painted flowers, garlands and medallions. In the same room there are two canvases painted by Antonio Biepo in 1682 or 1687 depicting the fall of Icarus and the fall of Phaeton from the sun chariot. The eastern hunting room has a coffered ceiling and a Biedermeier oven, another Biedermeier oven with acanthus decorations is located in the western room.
In the middle of the second floor, putti with the four seasons are depicted in stucco fields. The canvas paintings by Antonio Biepo show Orpheus in the underworld, putti with the four elements and Aeneas with Anchises on the run from the burning Troy .
Castle chapel
The castle chapel with its protruding apse is located on the second floor of the east wing. The flat-roofed room is perforated on the east wall in a pointed arch to the polygonal, ridge-vaulted apse. Remains of Gothic wall paintings have been preserved in the arches . On the left are the symbols of the evangelists and two saints. On the right is a fragment of the Annunciation from the 14th century, above the Apostle Andrew from the second half of the 15th century. On the left wall of the apse are the Deësis , the Lamentation of Christ and a family of donors from the second half of the 15th century. The scenic glass painting was made in Tyrol in the 20th century.
The columned retable altar with side parts over a base and blown segment gable with a simple three-pass frame as an attachment dates from the third quarter of the 17th century. The saints Katharina , Ursula and Barbara are depicted on the altar panel, and the Holy Family on the top picture . A Holy Spirit dove forms the top of the altar. St. Ursula is depicted on the painted antependium from around 1700 . The pews were assembled from parts of a cabinet from 1695.
See also
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia. Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 572 f.
- Wilhelm Deuer: Castles and palaces in Carinthia. Verlag Johannes Heyn, Klagenfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-7084-0307-6 , pp. 241–243.
Web links
- Entry via Neudenstein to Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 46 ° 38 ′ 42.8 " N , 14 ° 35 ′ 10.2" E