Schwanberg Castle (Styria)

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The western front from Schwanberg Castle
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The Schwanberg Castle is in the market town of Bad Schwanberg in District Germany mountain in Styria . The castle is a listed building .

history

A castle was built around 1200. After a fiefdom from Brixen , the castle was owned by the Pettauer from the 13th to the 15th century . According to the year on the portal , a new building was built in 1581 with Wilhelm von Galler . In 1778 the chapel of the castle was consecrated. The castle has been owned by the Province of Styria since 1891.

Around 1920 it was planned to set up a " Rosegger teacher recovery home" in the castle .

Nursing home

In 1892 a state hospital for the mentally ill was established.

In 1941 the foster people were murdered in the Nazi killing center in Hartheim in particular . In February 1942 it was written: "With the removal of 145 patients, we now have the opportunity to have various urgently required whitening work carried out in the prison premises."

In July 2006, a memorial in the form of a granite stele was erected in memory of the victims of the Nazi murders .

In 2010 the facility had 164 beds.

In autumn 2010 the West Styrian state nursing home was checked due to a criminal complaint. The nursing director was suspended on allegations of ill-treatment and several employees were investigated. The head of a care unit was convicted.

On July 1, 2015, the Schwanberg state nursing home was closed. The residents were distributed to three new locations. There was a takeover guarantee for the 119 employees.

architecture

The castle is an almost trapezoidal square courtyard , with the north-west corner being pulled forward to the north and west, so that a kind of risalit appears in the western front on the left . Noteworthy is the trapezoid is Laubenhof with column arcades on all four sides. The castle has numerous stucco ceilings around 1710 and 1790.

There is a well with a stone parapet from the beginning of the 18th century.

Furnishing

There is a baroque altar in the chapel . The altarpiece of the Annunciation with the signature P. Bonifaz. Pinxit 1912 was restored in 1977.

literature

Web links

Commons : Schwanberg Castle (Styria)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://korso.at/korso/DStmk/feldhof1200.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.lph-schwanberg.at/cms/beitrag/10301910/2111251/?qu=
  3. ^ Background: Schwanberg State Nursing Home. In: DiePresse.com. September 22, 2010, accessed August 11, 2019 .
  4. ↑ https://diepresse.com/home/panorama/oesterreich/596729/Schwanberg_Guertelschlaege-fuer-PflegeheimPatienten
  5. ↑ https://kurier.at/chronik/oesterreich/pflegeheim-schwanberg-ex-mitarbeiter-schuldig-gesoked/28.338.178
  6. ↑ Thomas Wieser: Farewell to the Schwanberg Castle nursing home. Today the last residents are leaving the nursing home in Schwanberg Castle. This is the end of an era that has lasted more than 120 years. There is joy, but also sadness. Kleine Zeitung , July 1, 2015
  7. ↑ Schwanberg nursing home is closed. In: steiermark.orf.at. March 13, 2012, accessed November 10, 2018 .

Coordinates: 46 ° 45 ′ 23.1 ″  N , 15 ° 11 ′ 24.6 ″  E