Sprinzenstein Castle
The Sprinzenstein Castle is a castle in Upper Austria . It is located near the village of Sarleinsbach in the Mühlviertel . The original castle was built in the 13th century and expanded into a renaissance castle after a fire in 1583 . Today it is privately owned.
history
The knight Siboto von Sprinzenstein is named as the first owner in 1253 . He was a Passau ministerial who came from the Tannberg family. Around 1264 a Chunrad von Tannberg is mentioned as the owner. Because of the disturbance of the peace, he had to hand over the property to Count Albrecht von Habsburg in 1281 . This made it half a sovereign fiefdom . In 1328 the castle came to Ortolf von Marsbach as a Passau fief from the Tannbergers . Hans von Marsbach built the chapel in 1369.
After his death, Wernhard den Grans took over as lord of the castle, and in 1382 Jutta the Marspöckin followed , who married Rudolf von Scherffenberg in 1396 . In 1421 Wolfgang von Scherffenberg sold the royal castle to his cousins Georg, Hans Ulrich, Ruger and Gundacker von Starhemberg . The second, Passauian half was not sold to Dionys Praun until 1525 , who soon afterwards owned the entire castle.
1529 belehnte Bishop Ernst of Passau , on the recommendation of the future Emperor Ferdinand I , Paul Riccio , personal physician of the emperor, with the castle. In 1530 Riccio became a baron . In 1583 a fire caused severe damage to the castle. During the reconstruction, the castle was converted into a homely renaissance castle. In 1591 there was an association of coats of arms on Sprinzenstein with the coat of arms of the extinct Jöchl zu Jöchlsturm family . Around 1602 the castle burned again. By 1632 the castle was restored and given its current appearance.
Baron Wenzel Reichard von und zu Sprinzenstein received under Emperor Ferdinand III. the imperial count (1646) and the hereditary land mint master's office above and below the Enns (1672) conferred. After the castle was uninhabited for many years and increasingly fell into disrepair, because the owners preferred to reside in the more centrally located Neuhaus castle on the Danube or in Linz , after the older Sprinzenstein line died out in 1728, it was under the tutelage of the Barons of Hoheneck 1735–1738 by the Master builder Haiberger completely renovated and rebuilt for the new lord of the castle Franz Ernst von Sprinzenstein . The Sprinzenstein lived in the castle until after the Second World War .
Maximilian Guido Raimund Maria Graf Sprinzenstein was the last of his line, he bequeathed the castle to his grandson Leopold Hieronymus Graf Spannocchi, the son of Lelio Spannocchi . The castle is still owned by this family today.
construction
The castle is located on a rock above the valley of the Kleine Mühl and was adapted to the terrain during construction. In the nearby town of Sprinzenstein is the former castle tavern , which was founded in 1574 by Johann Albrecht von Sprinzenstein with an imperial license. The farm buildings are also on the access road. The former drawbridge was replaced by a stone bridge and the moat was filled in.
The castle is adorned on both sides by semicircular towers. The landmark, a small Sprinz, is located on the highest tower of the castle . The entrance area is reminiscent of the old castle building. The hook-shaped Palas is installed with the west wing. The castle courtyard is adorned by a portico from the 17th century. The Sprinzenstein / Thürheim double coat of arms is attached to the arcades . Inside there is a family archive and library. Much has been preserved from the former baroque furnishings. The palace chapel west of the keep is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The figure-rich altar from 1631 shows the coronation of Mary.
Surname
According to legend, a farmer saw a sprint on a rock. Although he often chased him away, the sprinz kept returning to the same stone. The farmer took this as a sign, dug and found a great treasure. Thereupon he had a castle built on the rock, which he called Sprinz auf den Stein and was raised to the nobility.
See also
literature
- Oskar Hille: Castles and Palaces of Upper Austria , Wilhelm Ennsthaler, 2nd edition 1992, Steyr, ISBN 3850683230
- Regesten of the Sprinzenstein Castle Archives, ed. by Wolfgang Sauber ( Sarilin ) (unpublished)
Web links
- Entry via Sprinzenstein to Burgen-Austria
- Say about Sprinzenstein Castle
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '52 " N , 13 ° 56' 37" E