Röcklbrunn Palace
| Röcklbrunn Palace | ||
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 Röcklbrunn Palace after an engraving by Michael Diesel from 1730 |
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| Creation time : | 12th century (first documented mention), 1644 | |
| Conservation status: | abandoned (since 1944) | |
| Standing position : | residence | |
| Place: | Gnigl , municipality of Salzburg | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 48 '41.2 " N , 13 ° 3' 52.1" E | |
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The Röcklbrunn castle was located in the city of Salzburg in the district of Gnigl (now Röcklbrunnstraße 6). It was built in 1644 by Archbishop Paris Lodron as a noble residence for his family.
history
The Gut Röcklbrunn (Reckenprunnergut, named after the brook "Reckenprun") is mentioned as early as 1150. This property was acquired by Archbishop Paris Lodron in 1636, and a small castle with a park was built here in 1644 as a summer residence and family seat for his brother.
Only a few years later (1648) the palace was given to the cathedral chapter as the summer residence of the cathedral provost. During this time it was redesigned according to the taste of the baroque. An engraving by Michael Diesel around 1730 shows Röcklbrunn as a three-storey building with a roof lantern in a carefully laid out baroque garden. The garden rose in terraces and was structured by wall balustrades decorated with stone vases. Ponds and fountains enriched the ensemble. The palace was lined with avenues of trees and shielded from the outside world. In 1698 a Maierhaus was built and in 1791 an own gardener's house.
The high repair costs caused the cathedral provost and the cathedral chapter to auction the castle on October 18, 1803. It was auctioned in 1803 by the merchant Johann Rauchbichler . He had a brandy distillery and liqueur factory built here.
Röcklbrunn Palace today
Since the Röcklbrunn castle was in close proximity to rail facilities, it was in the Second World War destroyed by a bomb attack in 1944 and never rebuilt. The associated Maierhof was also demolished after the end of the war.
A villa was built on the site of the castle, which is reminiscent of the castle in appearance and size and is equipped with curved window bars on the ground floor. A faceless housing estate was built on the area of the former park in the 1960s. Röcklbrunnstraße is still reminiscent of the former palace.
literature
- Martin Zehentner: Castles, manors and residences in Gnigl . In Sabine Veits-Falk; Thomas Weidenholzer (Ed.): Gnigl. Medieval mill village - parish on the railway - Salzburg district (pp. 226–241). District Association Gnigl and City Municipality of Salzburg (series of publications of the Archives of the City of Salzburg, vol. 29), Salzburg 2010.
- Liselotte Eltz-Hoffmann: Röcklbrunn and Minnesheim: The two country seats of Archbishop Paris Lodron . Bastei, 2011, Vol. 60 (1), pp. 15-18.
