Sitzenthal Castle
Sitzenthal Castle belongs to the market town of Loosdorf and is located approx. Two kilometers northeast of Loosdorf an der Pielach .
History of Sitzenthal Castle
The name Sitzenthal refers to Count Sighard von Schalla, who was a feudal man here in the 12th century. The short form and nickname Sizo was transferred to the new foundation. The town and Sitzenthal Castle were first mentioned in 1287 when Otto von Scheuertberg sold his court in Sitzenthal to Hartwig von Wasen. The property changed hands frequently in the following centuries.
In 1843 the Imperial and Royal Chamberlain Anton Ledóchowski became the castle owner. His daughter Theresia was later beatified. Another daughter, Julia Ursula , was canonized. The castle was rebuilt in the 16th century and in 1835. The former residential tower is likely to have fallen victim to the renovations carried out by Count Ledóchowski. The walled moat was filled in in 1899. From the once very large hook-shaped farm yard from the first half of the 17th century, only the single-storey wing on the mountain side remains. Later additions made it to a four-sided system. Several interiors of the castle are provided with arches. On the first floor there is a six-bay, cross-vaulted hall with round arches resting on columns. It was built at the turn of the 16th to the 17th century. The St. The palace chapel, consecrated to Joseph, was only established in 1869 and is furnished in the style of the time. Sitzenthal Castle was known for its high quality interior. It is surrounded by an extensive English park that extends to the Pielach.
The estate then passed to Baron Helge Hammerstein-Equord via Count Falkenhayn. His son Hans von Hammerstein-Equord , who became famous in the interwar period, was born in the castle. After the early death of the father, the mother sold Sitzenthal Castle to the family of Count Braida in 1897 . This family still owns the estate today.
Since the castle is privately owned, it cannot be visited to the public. The state of preservation of the castle and the farm buildings is, however, in great need of improvement. Today, however, the local group Loosdorf organizes events for children's friends in the castle .
The settlement near Sitzenthal
Sitzenthal is one of the five cadastral communities of Loosdorf. At first there was no village at the castle and estate, only a few houses for the servants. The owners of the estate owned the land around the castle and farmed and farmed livestock for their own needs. Allegedly, during the time of Maria Theresa , released convicts were settled here in Sitzenthal, who worked for rehabilitation in the meierhof of the castle. The rulers had built houses for them, which they passed on to the employees with small, narrow fields, so-called bifang , as part of the remuneration. A small row village was created up the slope, which was expanded by a second row of houses over time. Some Sitzenthaler were employed in the Meierhof or had other "resident" jobs. About ten families began to engage in various migratory trades in order to be able to stay afloat, because they hardly had any land to cultivate. As rag collectors, scissors grinders, umbrella makers and peddlers, they had to register these as trades and were checked by the gendarmerie. Year after year, the travelers and the entire family pulled in their carriages on fixed routes to certain places to stay. The bad reputation of the Sitzenthalers is due to the equation with Roma and Sinti, who were downright feared by the population. The Sitzenthaler had also adopted the language of the travelers, the Yenish , which was wrongly equated with the Rotwelschen as a rogue language.
Since the fifties and sixties of the last century there have only been stories in Sitzenthal about the earlier circumstances and conditions. The manageable population (there are 111 inhabitants in Sitzenthal) is now active in a wide variety of professions and has converted, expanded or rebuilt its houses. The dreaded Sitzenthaler of earlier centuries, disreputable as a knife stabber, no longer exists.
literature
- Rudolf Büttner: Castles and palaces in Lower Austria. Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1973.
- Richard Kurt Donin : Dehio Lower Austria: Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Lower Austria. (5th edition). Munich 1976, Schroll.
- Georg Clam Martinic : Austrian Castle Lexicon. Castles and ruins, mansions, palaces and palaces. Landesverlag, Linz 1991. ISBN 3-85214-559-7
- Gerhard Stenzel: From castle to castle in Austria. 1976.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry about Sitzenthal Castle on Burgen-Austria
- ↑ Entry about Sitzenthal Castle in Lower Austria Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
- ↑ Sitzenthal archived copy ( memento of the original from January 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 40.8 " N , 15 ° 25 ′ 14.1" E