Strelzhof Castle

West view in the north

The Strelzhof Castle is a castle in a large park in Strelzhof in the town Willendorf in Lower Austria . The castle building is a listed building .

history

At the site there was a previous building with a chapel of St. Mark's ( “capella Strelz” ) named in a document around 1150 and consecrated by Bishop Hartmann von Brixen . The present castle was built from the middle of the 17th century. The Abbey Seckau sold in 1662, the parish of St. Peter in the moss and the estate Strelzhof to the Stift Neukloster in Wiener Neustadt . In the middle of the 18th century, renovations were carried out with the master builder Johann Pauli. In the first half of the 19th century structural changes were made to the interior. In 1920 the diplomat Heinrich von Lützow sold the castle to Credit Foncier Auxiliaire AG Zurich. In 1925/26 damage was caused by a fire.

architecture

The three-storey, irregular, four-wing palace complex around a courtyard was built in the 2nd half of the 17th century to the 1st half of the 18th century. The east wing has a baroque roof turret. In the east, a hook-shaped farmyard was built on the north wing, which was closed to the south with a wide walling that formed a rectangle.

literature

The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . Strelzhof, Strelzhof Castle, p. 2299.

Individual evidence

↑ Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair : Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. Vol. 2: 1140-1200 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-7030-0485-8 , p. 56, no. 439 .

Web links

Entry via Strelzhof Castle to Burgen-Austria

47.79965 16.06896Coordinates: 47 ° 47 '58.7 " N , 16 ° 4' 8.3" E

[1] Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair : Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. Vol. 2: 1140-1200 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-7030-0485-8 , p. 56, no. 439 .