Schielleiten Castle
Schielleiten Castle is a castle in the municipality of Stubenberg in the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district in Styria and is one of the federal sports and leisure centers Austria .
history
The baroque palace was built between 1720 and 1730 by the imperial count Wurmbrand-Stuppach . These were owned by Schielleiten Castle , strategically located above the castle on the valley flank. However, the castle was abandoned in favor of the palace. This was laid out in the style of the Viennese high baroque in the form of a central pavilion with side wings. However, the imperial counts had taken over financially with the construction. The construction was stopped early, only the middle risalit , the two wings and the western risalit were completed.
The castle remained in the family's possession until 1906. By marrying Anna Maria Imperial Countess Wurmbrand-Stuppach, Schielleiten Castle came into the possession of Marchese Tacoli, whose heirs sold it to Frank Whitehead, business partner of Lammerbank in Zell am See, in 1921. Frank was the son of the industrialist and torpedo manufacturer John Whitehead in Fiume / Rijeka and brother of Agathe Whitehead , the first wife of Georg Ludwig von Trapp , who later became the founder of the legendary Trapp family . When Frank Whitehead lost most of his fortune as a result of the global economic crisis and the bankruptcy of Lammerbank , the estate was divided up and sold to the Republic of Austria around 1935 . In the same year, the missing eastern risalit was added in style and adapted to the existing wing . The possessions were handed over to the Austrian Gymnastics and Sports Front.
During the Second World War , Schielleiten was available to the NSDAP and was used as a Gau sports school. It then served as an alternative quarters for the St. Anna Children's Hospital in Graz and finally as a military hospital . From 1945 to 1947 it was under German military administration as German property.
Usage today
The castle served as a federal sports school with short interruptions. The federal sports and leisure center Schielleiten is the largest and oldest such facility in Austria with 43 hectares of sports facilities in the castle park. The facility has been continuously expanded since 1960. Today it has 200 beds and numerous seminar and sports facilities.
The castle is also known for the concert series “Schielleitner Barockabende”. It was also the venue for several hot air balloon European and world championships.
literature
- Martin Gschwandtner: Auguste Caroline Lammer (1885-1937). The only female bank founder in Austria to date. Your turbulent history in a time of crisis. Munich Ravensburg Norderstedt 2007, ISBN 978-3-638-73631-2 , reprint with color images 2010.
- Sandra Maria Rust: The Styrian castles Schielleiten (approx. 1720-1731) and Gösting (1724-1728). Building in the countryside in the area of tension between the manor house and the pleasure palace . In: INSITU. Zeitschrift für Architekturgeschichte 4 (2/2012), pp. 207–220.
Web links
- Web presence of the Federal Sports and Leisure Center Schielleiten Castle
- Schielleiten Castle as an interactive 360 ° × 180 ° panorama photo (requires Adobe Flash )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry about Neu-Schielleiten on Burgen-Austria
- ↑ Schielleiten at Von-Wurmbrand-Stuppach.com
- ↑ Sportschule Schielleiten ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 47 ° 13 ′ 49 ″ N , 15 ° 49 ′ 35 ″ E