St. Gotthard Castle
The St. Gotthard Castle is a small castle in the twelfth Grazer district Andritz . Its history goes back to the 12th century.
location
The castle is located in northern Graz, a little west of St. Veit , at the foot of the Admonter Kogel . The St. Veiter Schlössl is in the neighborhood . It is located at Andritzer Reichsstrasse 160.
description
The former Meierhof and the church were rebuilt between 1654 and 1659 according to plans by Domenico Sciassia . In the following years the farm was gradually expanded into a castle. A description of the castle is known from 1791. At that time, a brick corridor connected the castle with the church. There was a large courtyard between the castle and the Meierhaus . Both buildings were surrounded by a wall. A wine shop and the arched courtyard also belonged to the castle.
The church and the passage to the castle were demolished at the beginning of the 19th century. The church was then about 60 meters long and 12 meters high. The nave had twelve glass windows and was paved with stones. It was spanned by a probably baroque vault. The roof was covered with stones and tiles. There were two bells in the small church tower. The interior of the church included eight wooden statues and ten pews.
history
Originally, St. Gotthard Castle was an estate and was called "Weinzierl". First mentioned in 1147 as belonging to the Rein Abbey , the farm was then acquired by the St. Lambrecht Abbey and lent to the Stubenbergers . For the year 1319 a family of Hofmeister with the name "zu Weinzürl" is documented. A chaplain is also mentioned from the same time, although the first evidence of an own chapel dates from 1373. Erhart Crel von Spiegelfeld, a servant of the Stubenberger, later had to pledge the property and sold it in 1386 to the Lambrecht monastery. The pen dissolved the farm and used it as a yard . In 1532 the court was destroyed by the Turks. It was not until the end of the 16th century that the monastery had the courtyard rebuilt. Between 1654 and 1659 the manor and the church were rebuilt. 1673 the estate of Emperor was Leopold I visited. From this time on, the name “St. Gotthard ”and it was gradually expanded into a castle. It served as a residence for the abbots during the grape harvest until the Lambrecht Abbey was dissolved in 1786 .
After the abbey was dissolved, the castle became the property of the religious fund and was thus under the rule of the state. At the beginning of the 19th century the church and the connecting passage to the castle were demolished. In 1804, Franz Moss von Sonnegg acquired the property. In the following time the castle changed hands frequently until it came into the possession of the Barons von Ecker-Eckhofen in 1870.
swell
- Robert Baravalle: Castles and palaces of Styria . Leykam, Graz 1995, ISBN 3-7011-7323-0 , p. 13-14 (first edition: 1961).
- Reinhard Möstl: The St. Gotthard Castle. In: Sights in Stattegg, St.Veit, Graz-Andritz and the surrounding area. edu.uni-graz.at, accessed on September 13, 2011 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Robert Baravalle: Castles and palaces of Styria . Leykam, Graz 1995, ISBN 3-7011-7323-0 , p. 13-14 (first edition: 1961).
- ^ Reinhard Möstl: The St. Gotthard Castle. (No longer available online.) In: Sights in Stattegg, St.Veit, Graz-Andritz and the surrounding area. edu.uni-graz.at, archived from the original on May 15, 2014 ; Retrieved September 13, 2011 . 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: 47 ° 6 ′ 41 ″ N , 15 ° 24 ′ 10.7 ″ E