Sonneck Castle (St. Bartholomä)
The Sonneck Castle , also called Buschenschlössl , is a castle in Sankt Bartholomä in Styria . Its current appearance comes from the second half of the 18th century and a recent renovation. Today the PAYER Group's headquarters are located in the building .
location
The castle is located in the municipality of Sankt Bartholomä. It is located east of the Kreuzeck on the steep slope sloping in a south-easterly direction that separates the Liebochtal from the Södingtal .
history
The history of the property can be traced back to the 14th century. At that time there was a small, fortified, noble seat of the Ligister family on the site of today's castle . In 1404 a "Ligaster Hoff" is mentioned for the first time under the "Sunnekh". In 1445 Friedrich Lugaster was sitting in the yard. The Ligister later sold the property to the Counts of Saurau . Various relatives of the Saurau sat on the property until 1592. Due to high debts, the estate was sold in 1592 according to the will of Marusch von Neuhaus. Towards the end of the 16th century, Lorenz Weser can be verified as the owner, whose son sold the property to Anna Maria von Pranckh . From this it passed to the Wottgo family.
In 1694 Maria Beigna von Wottgo sold the property to Christian Völkher, the guardian of the Wottgo heirs. There were several changes of ownership by 1884. In 1884 Josef Kaiser bought the estate and had it expanded to its present form. The PAYER Group has been using the building as its headquarters since 1959 .
description
Most of the building that is preserved today dates from the second half of the 18th century, although older parts of a previous building have been included. The entrance portal is decorated with sandstone figures from the Graz town hall, which was demolished in 1888 . The weir systems are no longer recognizable.
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- Robert Baravalle: Castles and palaces of Styria . Leykam, Graz 1995, ISBN 3-7011-7323-0 , p. 179 (first edition: 1961).
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Cadastral communities: Jaritzberg | Lichtenegg | St. Bartholomew
Locations: Jaritzberg | Lichtenegg | Reitergg | Saint Bartholomew
Village: Sankt Bartholomä Rotten: Rehregg • Kreuzegg Scattered Houses: Jaritzberg • Lichtenegg • Michelbach •
Other locations: Fuchs • Glanzmühle • Hafenbergmühle • Haflingerhof • Krones • Rutzbauer • Sansenmühle • Sonnegg Castle • Stuhlbacher • Teufenbacher • Trölp
Counting district: Sankt Bartholomä
Coordinates: 47 ° 3 ′ 32.2 ″ N , 15 ° 16 ′ 11 ″ E