Riedau Castle
The former Riedau Castle dates from the 14th century and was located in the village of the same name . The palace was demolished in 1982.
history
Details about the builder and the origins of the castle are not known. In 1326, Chunrad von Zell received the property from the Count of Schaunberg as a fief. The place Riedau itself was raised to a market by an initiative of Bernhard II von Zell in 1515 by Emperor Maximilian I , who was on a journey from Regensburg to Wels. The Zell family died out with Christoph Zeller in 1550 in the male line. From the two daughters Susanne got half the seat in Riedau; Riedau came to this by marrying Christoph Adam Retschan von Feldegg. The other half at the Riedau seat went to the widow of Georg Zeller (the brother of the aforementioned Christoph), through whom this share came to her second husband, Andreas von Tannberg. This share was bought in 1564 by the Counts of Alten-Franking, who in turn left Riedau to Baron Bartholomäus Dietrichstein, who had married Elisabeth von Franking. On January 23, 1569, Emperor Maximilian II awarded the Riedau market with the coat of arms that is still valid today. It symbolically represents the castle and the market in the "Au".
In 1630 Heinrich von Salburg acquired the united rule of Riedau. The castle remained in the possession of this family for about 130 years. In 1764 the knight Johann Zach von Sonnenstein bought the castle from the Counts of Salburg. Zach's widow sold the property to Josef Krieger in 1802. Until 1843 the castle changed hands six times. With the acquisition by Felix Lavasori della Motta in 1843, Riedau came back into firm hands. The daughter Amalie des Lavasori married Rudolf von Peßler in 1848 and Riedau passed on to him. Riedau, formerly in Bavaria, has belonged to Austria since 1814.
During the Nazi era, Riedau Castle was a camp of the National Socialist People's Welfare .
Structure
The castle formerly located opposite the parish church in a park was a two-storey three-wing building. The palace area was closed off from the street by a picket fence between large brick pillars. A wide driveway led to the castle through a meadow with fruit trees. In the entrance to the inner courtyard was the only staircase to the upper floor with the living and representation rooms. Above the entrance was a balcony with a handsome diamond lattice. Each window had a curved ledge. The hipped roof had attics and a curved ornamental gable at the height of the entrance gate.
The castle was demolished in 1982 due to decay in favor of a faceless and historic housing estate.
literature
- Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home. 1976 (3rd revised edition), Linz: Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schoißengeier: National Socialist People's Welfare 1938–1949. (PDF; 130 kB) Upper Austrian Provincial Archives, 1968, accessed on November 21, 2011 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 9 ″ N , 13 ° 38 ′ 3 ″ E