St. Georgen Castle at Sandhof

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St. Georgen Castle at Sandhof

The castle of St. Georgen am Sandhof is a built around 1584 Castle near the namesake church in the village of Sankt Georgen am Sandhof . Today it is used as a hotel.

History of construction and ownership

Front view with tower
St. Georgen Castle, on the right the St. Elisabeth Castle Chapel

The castle was first documented in 1216 as "St. Georgen undern Zolperg ”(ie“ under the Maria Saaler Berg ”), later also called“ Haus am Sand ”, of which there is no longer any structural substance. The name "Sandhof" is documented for the year 1574, at a time when a Hans von Haus (or Hausser) inherited the property from his parents Christof von Haus and Margarete Lanzinger. This Hans von Haus, from whom a coat of arms stone from 1584 to the right of the portal of the castle chapel announces, is considered to be the builder of the castle. His widow sold the property in 1599, which changed hands several times in the decades that followed. In 1630, Gottfried von Schrattenbach , Commander of the Teutonic Order of Friesach , finally acquired the property, and in 1635 founded the Kommende St. Georgen. His successor, Commander Georg Andrae von Staudach, had the palace chapel to the south of the building renewed in 1652; it served as a burial place. St. Georgen was owned by the order or individual knights of the order well into the 20th century.

In 1856 Franz Thaddäus Ritter von Reyer bought St. Georgen am Sandhof and had it rebuilt until the end of the 19th century. The outer facades were redesigned in the style of late historicism , the west side was extended by a two-axis extension and another wing connected the castle with the previously free-standing chapel.

In 1953, the state of Carinthia acquired the property and set up an institute for applied plant sociology here. After its closure in 1967, St. Georgen returned to private ownership. The Kuess family repaired the castle and ran the property as a castle hotel until 2010. Since May 15, 2010 the new owner Kurt Georg Un.2010 has been running the hotel and carrying out various renovations.

Building description

St. Georgen am Sandhof Castle is located in a large garden southwest of the church of the same name. The two-story building has an angular floor plan. The oldest component is the current south-west corner of the building, built in the 16th century, all other parts were added in the 17th and 19th centuries. The facade has eight axes, and an open arcade loggia is built into its southwest corner. A covered majolica Madonna relief is attached to the south wall . The southern end of the building is the baroque chapel of St. Elisabeth with a wooden roof turret and onion helmet.

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Coordinates: 46 ° 39 ′ 11.7 "  N , 14 ° 19 ′ 45.1"  E