Röthelstein Castle
The Röthelstein Castle is an early baroque castle on the slope of the monastery Kogels south of the market Admont in Styria .
history
Röthelstein Castle was built in the years 1655–1657 by Urban Weber, abbot of Admont Abbey , on Klosterkogel and served the abbots and their confreres as a summer residence . When the Admont Abbey burned down in 1865, the Röthelstein Castle served as alternative quarters for the monks. Until the beginning of the Second World War , the castle housed a painting gallery comprising 370 pictures. The remains of the former collection of paintings are now hanging in the chapter house of Admont Abbey and in the museum there. In 1938 Röthelstein was taken over by the German Reich. It served as a holiday camp for the Association of German Girls . In addition, Heinrich Himmler's picture collection was deposited here. The castle was owned by Admont Abbey until 1974. A total restoration took place from 1974 to 1977 under the direction of the Viennese architects Eisenhofer & Gnilsen.
architecture
Röthelstein Castle is a two-storey, rectangular, almost symmetrical complex around a pillar arcade courtyard that is now roofed over. The castle is dominated by an octagonal chapel tower in the east and two protruding, polygonal corner towers in the west. All towers have onion helmets with lanterns .
The western atrium of a shooting chart wall and roundels surrounded by tent roofs.
Forecourt
patio
Access
Loopholes wall
Interior design
The once splendid interior from the early baroque has been partially preserved.
Castle chapel St. Benedict
On the ground floor of the east tower which is the Holy Benedict consecrated chapel . It is decorated with lunette images and richly adorned with baroque stucco . Saint Benedict is glorified in the ceiling frescoes and in the altarpiece .
Other equipment
- Knight's Hall: The ceiling painting in the former dining room shows the image of the Glory of St. Benedikt and Blasius , on the walls there are painted wall coverings with a cycle of pictures from the story of the prodigal son .
- Riflemen's room: In the riflemen's room, under a simple wooden coffered ceiling, there is an ornate iron stove from the time the castle was built.
- Smoke kitchen: The extensive rock cellars and the large smoke kitchen to the right of the entrance have also been preserved.
Knight's Hall - Glory of St. Benedict and Blasius - detail
Knight's Hall - Wall Hanging - Detail
Rifle room
Rauchkuchl
Todays use
In 1974, the Styrian Youth Hostel Association (today: JUFA Holding GmbH, which emerged from the Styrian Youth Hostel Association and Youth Hostel Association) acquired Röthelstein Castle, restored it in an exemplary manner and expanded it into a youth hostel .
literature
- Ferdinand Krauss: The bronze mark . A hike through the Styrian Oberland. Laykam, Graz 1892, p. 73-75 ( online version [accessed December 31, 2010]).
- Benedictine monastery Admont, Stiftspfarre (Hrsg.): Stifts- und Pfarrkirche St. Blasius in Admont . St. Peter, Salzburg, S. 42-45 .
Web links
- Entry via Röthelstein Castle to Burgen-Austria
- Röthelstein Castle, the educational center and wedding castle in the Gesäuse National Park
Coordinates: 47 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ N , 14 ° 27 ′ 8 ″ E