Riegerting Castle
The Riegerting Castle is located in the district of the same name in the municipality of Mehrnbach in the Ried im Innkreis district in Upper Austria . As Hofmarkschloss , it was the manor of the Hofmark Riegerting. Since the district of Riegerting is not signposted, the castle is a bit difficult to find. Remarkably, the name is pronounced rikertinɡ by the locals , which is more similar to the earlier name ( Rueckering ) than the name it is used today.
history
Riegerting is first mentioned in the Friedburger Urbar in 1363 as Rueckering . The first owner named in 1363 was Hanns Zärtl zue Rueckering . The Zärtls resided here until the sex died out. The Knights von Zärtl Wilhelm (1489–1491) and Christoph († 1543) are also known from 1479, the latter was married to Elisabeth Taimer († 1537) and was the last bearer of the Zärtl names; his epitaph is preserved in the church at Mehrnbach.
He was succeeded by Wolf Scharffseder, who was married to a sister of the childless Christoph Zärtel. Hans Jakob had the castle expanded in 1545. Further sharp pens would be Wolf (1551) and Wolf Siegmund (1554); the latter passed Riegerting on to his sons Stephan and Hans. A Hans Georg died in 1594, his son Johann Jakob (1587–1657) is buried in Mehrnbach. The Scharffseder received the building rights to rule from Elector Maximilian Emanuel of Bavaria . Scharffseder gravestones can be found in Unterdietfurt .
1652 came Riegerting as the marriage property of Christine Cordula von Scharffseder to the baron Otto von Seiboltsdorff, nurse in Braunau (1669–1672) and in Ried im Innkreis (1672–1690 and 1704). In 1697 they had the new palace and the palace chapel performed. The old seat of ruekering, surrounded by water, was located southwest of today's castle chapel; Only the outbuildings of the old complex are still preserved from this building, but on the engraving by Wening (1721) the complex (with the surrounding pond) can be clearly seen. His son Franz Gottfried von Freyenseiboldstorff was also a carer in Ried until his death († 1703). One of his sons, Otto Philipp Graf von Freyenseiboldstorff auf Riegerting († 1720), was a carer in Ried (1715–1720); his brother Herrmann Ludwig became canon in Regensburg in 1726 († 1741).
Maria Barbara von Seiboltsdorff was married to Count Lerchenfeld-Brennberg . She inherited the rule of Riegerting in 1741 from her brother, the Regensburg canon. By marriage, Riegerting passed to the Counts of Wartenburg in 1763 and again to the Count of Lerchenfeld in 1769, who was followed by his widow in 1779. Then Riegerting came to the Count of Haslang († 1803), whose son Max Emanuel died as a 19-year-old student in Munich.
In 1829 Baron Philipp von Venningen acquired the Mairing Castle and half of Aspach . Since then, the estate has been owned by the von Venningen family.
Castle chapel of St. Isidore
The castle chapel dates from 1685 and is consecrated to St. Isidore. The consecration was carried out by Auxiliary Bishop Johann Max Steiner von Plainfelden. The bells date from 1742 and 1797. The lord of the castle founded a chaplain in 1685, which was occupied until 1866. The chapel has a wooden barrel vault (inserted after a fire in 1782), an apse vault with wooden ribs, a keystone and a coat of arms. The altar is made in the style of Thomas Schwanthaler . A way of the cross dates from the end of the 18th century, a statue of Barbara and Catherine from the 2nd quarter of the 18th century. Until 1821, the chapel was only used as a place of worship by the castle rulers and their employees. In 1829 the chapel was made accessible to the population of the surrounding communities. The chapel became largely unusable in 1932 when the floor collapsed. A church building committee made the reconstruction possible. On May 28, 1933, the new chapel was consecrated by Canonicus Karl Schöfecker from Linz.
Riegerting Castle today
The current castle dates from the 17th century, but was largely changed by renovations and additions from 1908. The structure of the interior was left unchanged. Short side wings were added to the two-storey building, which was built on a rectangular base, and the roof structure was fitted into the existing building. The castle is covered with a broken, hipped mansard roof. The new building can be recognized by the different chimneys. On the first floor of the extension on the left, an arbor standing on two pillars with a stone parapet was added on decorative pillars. The entrance gate, which was supplemented by a porch supporting a semicircular dais , remained unchanged . The outside of the castle is covered with trellises.
In the castle area there is a service wing with an entrance portal with granite columns. The castle is surrounded by a well-tended park; The time from which this park originates is not known, but the Wening engraving shows extensive gardens.
The Riegertinger Schlossbrauerei, which used to belong to the castle, was founded in 1689. It was acquired by the Schnaitl brewery in 1981 and then closed.
Side wing
Castle chapel
Economic tract
Entrance portal
literature
- Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria then and now . Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Sons, Horn 1975, ISBN 3-85028-023-3 .
- 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 2: Innviertel and Alpine foothills . Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1964.
Web links
- Riegerting on Burgenkunde.at
- Entry via Schloss Riegerting to Burgen-Austria
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 48 ° 10 '49.9 " N , 13 ° 24' 4.9" E