Söllheim Palace

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Söllheim
Söllheim Palace as a whole.JPG
Alternative name (s): Selhaim
Creation time : 12th century (?), Baroque extension 1689–1702
Castle type : Hillside castle
Conservation status: inhabited
Standing position : Manor house
Place: Hallwang - Söllheim
Geographical location 47 ° 50 '14 "  N , 13 ° 4' 44"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 50 '14 "  N , 13 ° 4' 44"  E
Height: 450  m above sea level A.
Söllheim Palace (State of Salzburg)
Söllheim Palace

The Söllheim castle stands in the municipality Hallwang near the city of Salzburg and is an old baroque castle , which is privately owned.

history

"Söllheim". Franzisco-Josephinische Landesaufnahme , sheet 31–48 Salzburg , around 1900

The first owner of Söllheim is said to have been Adelheid de Saldersheime in the 12th century. Söllheim came from the Tannern to the archbishopric at the end of the 14th century . On February 23, 1455 Friedrich Gauchsperger sold the seat in Selhaim to Hans I. Prätzl . He was followed by Hans II as the caretaker of Radegg in 1565. Around 1510 Hans III. the residence and acquired the Radegg Castle. On January 3, 1539, Cardinal Matthäus Lang enfeoffed Jakob Strasser, judge of the Dompropstei, with Söllheim, who had bought it from the Prätzl heirs. On June 25, 1576, the curators of Strasser's estates returned Söllheim to the archbishop to pay off outstanding debts. On October 29, 1650, the butcher Matthias Reitsamer bought Söllheim; at that time the court chamber demanded that the court be returned to the court house, since it had left Tanner's office.

The widow Eva Reitsamer sold in 1684 to Johann Kaufmann from Meran , who, according to a legend, should have made a large fortune in Venice. He had the residence performed in its current form (1689–1702), which had emerged from a medieval defensive or residential tower . At the same time, Kaufmann built the Antonius Chapel. In 1694 he was ennobled with the title of Söllheim . His only daughter Anna Maria married Johann Christoph Pauernfeind von Eys in 1696. In 1710, Kaufmann set up a Fideikommiss for his grandchildren , which Johann Christoph Cajetan Pauernfeind von Eys took over as majorate. He was followed by his son Johann Franz Christoph Ignaz, who died in Söllheim in 1782. As early as 1778 he had handed over the majorate to his younger brother Johann Franz Anton. After his death, his underage son, Johann Burkhart, became major councilor. He then fought in the Austrian army, from which he retired in 1811; He left Söllheim to his sister Maria Anna Mayr, née von Eys. Below her there was also a medicinal bath for women in this castle. The Fideikommiss was repealed by the Bavarian government in 1812.

The other owner of the freely own castle Söllheim with Mayer and Mesnerhaus were on May 18, 1832 Franz Schwarzacher (by purchase) on 10 August 1839 Georg Weikl (for auction), on 20 July 1843 Marie Countess of  Thun-Hohenstein , born Freiin Mladota von Solopisk , and on January 27, 1879 Ernst Graf von Thun-Hohenstein. On October 15, 1904, it came to Rudolf and Mathilde von Thun-Hohenstein and on September 8, 1941 to Mathilde alone. Karl Ledóchowski-Thun , Deputy State Office Director , inherited the property from her on October 26, 1964 . He handed over Söllheim on December 16, 1968 to his daughter Eleonore Gruchmann-Bernau, b. Ledóchowska tuna.

  • Side view of Söllheim Palace

  • Entrance portal of Söllheim Palace

  • Söllheim Palace: side view with blind window

  • Coat of arms stone in the garden of Söllheim Palace

Söllheim Palace today

The castle is a rectangular building with a base and two upper floors and is closed off by a mansard roof. In the basement there is a gate with a simple marble framing in the east and west facade. The windows are barred. The storeys are delimited by bezels that separate storeys, the windows have bezels with ears and keystones, and on the second floor they are decorated with wide volutes. Some of the windows are designed as blind windows in order to preserve the symmetry of the building. Inside there are stucco ceilings. In the western part there are still remnants of the medieval predecessor building.

Coat of arms stone

At the edge of the gravel square there is a mighty coat of arms made of Untersberg marble . It comes from the outermost Linzertor, the so-called Ravellintor, built in 1704. The coat of arms refers to Prince Archbishop Johann Ernst von Thun and Hohenstein, who ruled from 1687–1709 . After the demolition of the Revallintore in 1894, the coat of arms stone, which was actually designed to face soffit, was placed on a low plinth in the park of Söllheim Palace.

Anthony's Chapel

In the vicinity of the castle is the Antoniuskapelle, today's branch church of St. Anthony of Padua and the former sacristan's house, which is known today as the “Pfefferschiff” restaurant. The chapel was built by Anton Kaufmann. He had bought a ship laden with pepper, believed to have been lost, from his employer. He swore to Saint Anthony to build a chapel if the ship should still arrive. When the ship actually arrived in Venice a little later, he built the chapel. The chapel was built in 1685/86 by Gaspari Zugalli on an oval floor plan with an oval dome and roof turret. Opposite is a statue of St. Johannes Nepomuk, which was created by Josef Anton Pfaffinger in 1727 . The inscription on the base refers to the client Johann Christoph Pauernfeind von Eys.

  • Schoss Söllheim: Antonius Chapel

  • Söllheim Palace: sacristan's house

  • Söllheim Palace: Nepomuk statue by Josef Anton Pfaffinger

  • Söllheim Palace: Meierhof

  • Adoration of the shepherds in the Meierhof of Söllheim Palace

  • Epitaph of Maria Elisabetha Pauernfeind von Eys in the Müllner Church

The former sacristan's house next to it is equipped with a hipped roof that used to have a ridge ditch. A clock tower serves as the roof turret, the wooden coat of arms of which refers to Hans Kaufmann and is marked with the dates 1686 and 1964.

The castle building also includes the dairy farm in the north, a mighty one-yard complex with a brick living area, a rectangular portal and a crooked roof. The side walls are decorated with wall paintings ("Adoration of the Shepherds" and "Adoration of the Magi").

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Günther Rauch: «Johann Kaufmann from Meran: the builder of the baroque palace Söllheim and the chapel of St. Anthony of Padua ». In: Arx 36, 2014, pp. 19–24.

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