Puchenau Castle

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Puchenau Castle today

Puchenau Castle is located in the municipality of Puchenau in the Urfahr-Umgebung district in Upper Austria (Karl-Leitl-Straße 1).

history

The beginnings

The castle was built by Count Ernst Christoph Schallenberg as the administrative seat for his Upper Austrian estates. As such, Puchenau never performed a defensive function. The builder was economically ruined by the building of the palace, and so he had to sell the palace and the associated Meierhof in 1693 to Baron Augustin von Ehrhard (Erhart). In 1695 he was able to raise Puchenau to a noble country residence. Via his daughter Maria Theresia († 1697 without children), Puchenau and the Gallspach rule came to Count Ehrgott von Khueffstein in 1704. Since his marriage was childless, Puchenau came to the Lobgott and Maria Franziska von Khueffstein siblings, married Thürheim. In 1713, the aristocratic rulers operated a Danube crossing and a ferry trip to Linz. Christoph Ernst von Schallenberg already had a Fergen in his service. The property came from Maria Franziska to the Thürheim family .

Loss of meaning

Joseph Gundaker von Thürheim united the two lords of Puchenau and Hartheim and relocated the administration and court to Hartheim, which meant a devaluation of Puchheim. In 1752 he sold the castle and the Meierhof to the landlord and master brewer Reichart Arminger. As a result, Puchenau became a farm and lost its previous rights of rule. Since then, the castle has been a relatively unpopular addition to the Meierhof. During the Austrian War of Succession and the French Wars , the castle was occupied by Bavaria and the French and served as a military hospital.

As a result, there were frequent changes of ownership. Other owners to be mentioned are: Count Josef Wenzel von Thürheim (1793), Prince Georg Adam von Starhemberg (1803), pastor Johann Georg Pühringer, also caretaker von Helfenberg and Gustav Hartmut (1877–1901). His daughter Eleonore, married Krüzner, sold the castle to Johann Bill from Moravia. Oskar Streit followed suit. After 1920 Erwin Dubler from Aargau was the owner. His son sold Puchenau in 1961 to the brickworks owner Karl Leitl from Eferding , who set up the administrative center of the Leitl works here in 1973. From this Puchenau came into the ownership of the real estate company Amisola of the Billa founder Karl Wlaschek . This sold Puchenau to the company Sare GmbH and to the Business Park Schloss Puchenau GmbH. Both companies are owned by Ernst Seyr and Rainer Lehner as well as the Swiss pension fund.

Todays use

The castle was fundamentally renovated and redesigned after 2009 . Apartments and commercial space were created in the building. The Puchenau community's wedding hall is also located in the castle and can also be used for other cultural purposes.

description

The castle is located above the village of Puchenau on the Donauleiten. It is a relatively unadorned and massive building that forms a fake square with the associated farm buildings . The castle is a three-storey complex. This can be entered through a magnificent entrance made of stone .

In the palace gardens there is a late Baroque fountain of unknown provenance, acquired in the Viennese art trade in 1973, with a male and a female river allegory . On the ground floor there is a marble plaque with the following inscription:

" CXC CIC. XXIV. FLOS. HORT ET VALLIS ROSAR. AMOR ET LVBENTIAR MUSIS CONSECRAT GENTIALIB. Georg Christ. de Shallnperg et posterit Sub Floret Sapientae 1619 Translation: Dedicated to the wishing flower and the valley of joys and love, to the muses of nuptial pleasures. Georg Christoph von Schallenberg and his descendants blossom in wisdom "

- Quoted from Oskar Hille (1975, p. 203)

Original parts of the facility (stables) have been destroyed by fire and have not been rebuilt.

  • Puchenau Castle from Donauuferstraße

  • patio

  • Portal to the courtyard

  • entrance

literature

  • Eva Berger : Historic gardens of Austria: Upper Austria, Salzburg, Vorarlberg, Carinthia, Styria, Tyrol Gardens and parks from the Renaissance to around 1930 (Volume 2) . Böhlau, Vienna 2003, ISBN 978-3-205-99352-0 .
  • Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home. 3rd edition . Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1976, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .
  • Georg Grüll : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria, Volume 1: Mühlviertel . Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1962.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Puchenau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Castle Puchenau: Sale should bring 100 jobs to the community OÖ-Nachrichten of September 9th, 2009
  2. ↑ Schloss Puchenau Business Park

Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '43.7 "  N , 14 ° 14' 4.4"  E