Neuhaus Castle in Carinthia
The Schloss Neuhaus in Carinthia (also Neuhausl) is west of Lavamünd on the right bank of the river in the same municipality Neuhaus in Carinthia . The castle is a listed building .
history
In documents from the years 1278, 1279 and 1285 a Gotschalcus de Novocastro appears as a witness. There were castles called Neuhaus in Carniola and South Tyrol , but the document from 1279 was one of Count Ulrich von Heunburg . Since the Gottschalk mentioned here appears in all three documents, Neuhaus in Carinthia is probably meant by it. Nicla von the Newenhavse owner of this castle, mentioned on April 20, 1288, is flawless, especially since this Heunburg document was issued in the nearby Bleiburg . We encounter him repeatedly in documents from the year 1296. An Ulrich appearing in 1298 seems to have been his son or brother. In the end we always see Nicla von Neuhaus in Heunburg documents, and he was therefore undoubtedly Ministeriale of the Heunburg. In 1312 he called the Count of Heunburg his master. He sealed with an N in the shield.
After the Heunburgers, Neuhaus came to the Pfannbergers , later to the Auffensteiners and, after their overthrow in the second half of the 14th century, to the Habsburg dukes of Austria and Carinthia. These left the Bleiburg rule with associated goods, including Neuhaus, to various pawns. In 1481, Neuhaus Castle was set on fire by the Hungarians , but it seems to have been rebuilt soon afterwards. For almost a hundred years we have no further details. At that time it belonged to the Bleiburg rulership, which was held by the Ungnad lords, before it was pledged by the von Kraig lords. The construction of the castle after the destruction in 1481 was probably carried out by Christof Ungnad. In 1493 he was followed by Hans Ungnad.
In the 16th century Neuhaus or Neuhäusl, as it was often called back then, was owned by Georg Freiherr von Herberstein zu Neuberg and Gutenhag, treasurer and hereditary treasurer in Carinthia, provincial administrator of Styria. Around 1570 Georg von Herberstein sold all of his Neuhäusl Gülten, which he inherited from his parents, to his brother-in-law Christof von Kollnitz. In 1571, according to the subjects, the keep of the old castle stable in Neuhäusl was shown. The fence around the churches was considered to be the boundary of the truce against the regional court. In this regard, there had been friction between Herberstein and the pledge holder of the Bleiburg rule, David Ungnad. In 1574 Georg von Herberstein sold Neuhäusl Castle to Erasmus Gall zu Gallenhofen and asked for his loan. The Gallen seem to have called themselves Neuhaus from then on, because in 1576 Andreas von Neuhaus owned the castle after his father Hans passed away. It is also conceivable that the Gallen resold the castle in the year it was enfeoffed.
At the end of the 16th century Neuhaus came into the possession of the Paradeiser and in 1602 Alexander Paradeiser, the Carinthian hereditary land hunter master, called himself Herr zu Grädisch and zu Neuhaus. Neuhaus seems to have come back to the Gallen shortly afterwards, because in 1629 the brothers Christof, Max and Hörwart sold the shelves to Kranichsfeld and Prunberg and their sister Barbara, wife of Andrä Prüggler, that Salome Lamberg, née. Gallen, which fell to Neuhaus Castle. The coat of arms of these beaters can still be found today in the knight's hall of the castle. Around 1676 Johann David Freiherr von Deutenhofen owned Neuhaus, which he had bought for his other castles such as Drasing, Mageregg , Tigring, Ebenthal and Rosenberg.
- Modern times
After frequent changes of ownership (among other things, it belonged to the Edle von Webenau family from 1821 to 1863 and from 1904 to 1910 Franz Kupelwieser , grandson of the painter Leopold Kupelwieser ), the castle was owned by Kajetan Wutte from 1954. After Neuhaus Castle was briefly owned by the Admont Abbey , it was bought by the business expert Herbert Liaunig in 1988 in order to establish his private residence here and to house his art collection in the proper style. Within a very short time, extensive renovation and conversion work was carried out according to the plans of the architect Günther Domenig , which was completed in 1992.
architecture
The rectangular, three-storey building is in a dominant position above Neuhaus . The main front facing east is dominated by two roof-like corner towers. On the northern front there is a chapel extension with an altar panel depicting the Assumption of Mary . The walls and ceiling of the chapel are painted. On the wall opposite the altar is the coat of arms of the counts and above it a picture of the castle.
The rectangular courtyard has arcades with massive columns on the ground floor and first floor on the north-west and south sides. The building generally reflects the architectural character of the 16th century, but there are undoubtedly remains of an older building on the ground floor. The spacious hall on the first floor has a dark, painted wooden ceiling supported by supporting beams (= trams). On the south wall under the sign is painted Andreas Edler von Prüggler, Lord and country estate in Carinthia , and its coat of arms.
See also
literature
- Franz Xaver Kohla, Gustaf Adolf von Metnitz, Gotbert Moro: Carinthian Castle Studies. Rheinland Verlag, Bonn 1973.
Web links
- Carinthia - castles and palaces
- Neuhaus Castle Chapel
- Entry above Schloss Neuhaus in Carinthia on Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 46 ° 38 '31.4 " N , 14 ° 53' 5.4" E