Rastenfeld Castle
Rastenfeld Castle is located southwest of the village of Meiselding (municipality of Mölbling in Carinthia ) on a hilltop sloping to the east, a foothill of the wooded Gunzenberg. To the northeast of the castle is the Johannes Nepomuk chapel belonging to the complex . Both buildings are under monument protection .
History of construction and ownership
In the 13th century, the Raspo family from Friesach built a castle on the site of today's palace. A "Raspo" was mentioned in a document in 1241, the complex itself was only mentioned in 1432 as "Raspenveld" ( veld = fortress). Later it came into the possession of Wilhelm von Perneck (Pernegk), who sold it to the Gurk diocese in 1469 . Emperor Friedrich III. renounced his feudal sovereignty in 1478 , so that Rastenfeld became a free owner with a keep . It remained the property of the diocese until 1530, when the castle was converted into a chateau. Other known owners include Martin and Wolfgang von Feistritz (from 1530), Sidonie Franziska Countess von Herberstein (1688) and, in the 18th century, the Barons von Schluga. In the 19th century the owners changed frequently, most recently it belonged to the Viennese singer Marie Geistinger , who Rastenfeld sold in 1893 to the industrialist Carl Freiherr Auer von Welsbach , the inventor of the incandescent light. The castle is now owned by his descendants. Not far from Rastenfeld, Auer von Welsbach had Welsbach Castle built between 1898 and 1900 .
description
Rastenfeld Castle is a massive, four-storey late medieval building on an approximately octagonal floor plan. All of the building wings were built in the 15th century and renewed at the beginning of the 16th century. A rectangular tower juts out at the southwest corner of the castle, and despite several attached bay windows, the castle looks quite castle-like. Two late Gothic portals lead into a four-sided, irregular and narrow inner courtyard. The round arched main gate, framed by mighty stone blocks with massive wheel deflectors, is still preserved in its original form, and some other gates and windows still have late Gothic profiles. The complex has extensive fortifications in the outer works and kennels , and one of the defensive installations is a rotating loopholes that are particularly noteworthy.
The palace chapel, consecrated to St. John Nepomuk in 1773, is located to the northeast of the palace . The simple little church building was built on the remains of a defensive tower, the former dungeon can still be seen . The chapel has a ridge turret with an onion helmet, its apse is decorated with a painted canopy . The tabernacle altar dates from 1774.
swell
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 669
- Siegfried Hartwagner: Carinthia. The district of St. Veit an der Glan (= Austrian art monograph, Volume VIII). Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1977, ISBN 3-900173-22-2 , p. 172
Web links
- Entry via Schloss Rastenfeld to Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 46 ° 51 '4.4 " N , 14 ° 23' 40.2" E