Pettenbach Castle
The Pettenbach Castle is located in the same municipality in the district of Kirchdorf an der Krems of Upper Austria (Schlößlplatz 1).
history
Around 777 Pettenbach belonged to the endowment estate of Kremsmünster Monastery ("Petinbach"), which had its own office here. 1236 a miles Heinricus de petempah is called, who was probably fiefdom holder of this office. A Hertel von Pettenbach owned the seat as his own fief. This had killed the Polheim own man Rudolf the thorn . After this Hertel the seat seems to have been abandoned and to have fallen into disrepair. In 1431 Duke Albrecht V allowed Leopold Meuerl zu Leombach to build a chapel on the site of the abandoned seat. This building is still the core of the castle today. In 1469 Ulrich Hassendorfer, judge of the regional court "am Moos", owned the castle. In 1520 Pettenbach came to the Seisenburg rule , at that time owned by the Kirchbergers. In 1605 the Seisenburg and all its accessories came to Achaz Fenzl, in 1615 Felizitas Fenzl inherited the property. Since she was married to Gottlieb Engl von Wagrain , Pettendorf Castle also came to the Wagrain family. In 1670 and 1684 Gottfried and Franz Engl von Wagrain were enfeoffed with Pettenbach. Since 1752, Pettendorf, as part of Seisenburg, was no longer viewed as a separate aristocratic seat and no longer appears in the country table.
Pettenbach Castle then and now
As can be seen in the engraving by Georg Matthäus Vischer from 1674, the castle was a three-story hook building surrounded by ditches and protected by corner towers and a picket fence. A solid bridge led to the castle. The former castle is still a two- or three-story hook building today. On the front of the main wing there are relief coats of arms of the Kirchbergers (from 1573) and Achaz Fenzl (from 1605). A ditch can still be seen on three sides, which makes the former fortified character of the complex clear. Nothing has survived from the earlier towers and the park outside the palace.
In the 19th century, the castle became the Pettenbach rectory. After a new parsonage was built, the dilapidated castle came to the community in 1876, and had it renovated to accommodate the community office. The Pettenbach Music School has been housed here since 1987.
literature
- Herbert Erich Baumert, Georg Grüll : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria, Volume 2: Salzkammergut and Alpenland . Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-85030-042-0 .
- 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 .
Web links
- Entry via Pettenbach Castle to Burgen-Austria
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 47 ° 57 ′ 36.5 ″ N , 14 ° 1 ′ 7 ″ E