Teufenbach Castle
Teufenbach Castle was a manorial seat in today's Unterteufenbach in the municipality of St. Florian am Inn in the Upper Austrian district of Schärding .
location
The castle was built from a former moated castle . It was located in the center of the village of Unterteufenbach and was surrounded by a circular moat . Today the remains are behind the church of Unterteufenbach.
history
Teufenbach Castle was the ancestral seat of a noble family of the same name , the von Teuffenbach family , which was often mentioned as Tiefenbach or Teuffenbäck. This family appeared here from the 12th century (Otto de Tufenpach is mentioned in 1170) and resided at Schloss Teuffenbach until it died out in 1397 (death of Heinrich Teufenpeckh). The most important representative of this family was undoubtedly Ortholf von Teufenbach, who was provost of Stift Reichersberg in the years 1326–1329 and 1335–1346 .
Subsequently, Teufenbach came into the possession of the Lords of Rasp, who also owned the nearby Laufenbach Castle . With Wolfgang von Rasp zu Teufenbach, this gender finally died out in the male line around 1547. The castle came into the possession of Moritz von Hackledt through marriage via the Reicker , and in 1609 to the Pelkoven via his daughter in the marriage route. According to the coat of arms of the above engraving, the latter were still in the possession of the castle at the time of Michael Wening (1721). In the 18th century, Teufenbach also passed to the barons of Neuburg, from whom the barons of Meggenhofen took it over between 1790 and 1799.
At the beginning of the 19th century, Baron Anton von Kern zu Zellerreit appears as the owner of Teufenbach in the Upper Austrian Landtafel. Franz Hartmann acquired the castle in 1840 and sold it to an innkeeper in 1859. A quick change of ownership followed. At the beginning of the 20th century, the castle was already uninhabitable. Teufenbach Castle was largely demolished in 1919 due to its dilapidation. The associated forest and land is now owned by the Hanslauer family.
The burial place of the castle owners of Teufenbach is in the parish church of St. Florian am Inn, where some grave monuments remind of the Rasp and Pelkoven.
The building of the former riding stables of Teufenbach Castle is still preserved, and it is used as a restaurant today.
Owners mentioned in documents (selection):
- 1170 Otto de Tufenbach
- 1503 Wolfgang Raschp to Teuffenbach
- 1557 Sebastian Raickher zu Langquart and Teuffenbach
- 1575 Moriz Häckhleder to Teuffenpach
- 1611 Hans Wolfen Pelkover zu Teuffenbach
- 1799 Max Freyherr von Meggenhofen auf Teufenbach
Building description
The location of Teufenbach Castle can be easily identified in the area through the largely existing circular moat, which is fed by the Teufenbach. Only the northern quarter of the moat was filled, the rest is still well preserved. The Wening engraving and the original map show that the castle was accessed from the west side (roughly where the church is today). At the site of the castle there is now a carriage shed, into which the few remaining remains of the wall have been integrated. From the outside, only a single corbel indicates the age of the walls.
Say
The legend of the Mohren von Teufenbach, which is still often told in the area around Schärding , surrounds the former moated castle . According to this legend, a lord of the Teufenbach castle is said to have traveled to Africa, where a local named Kwamm saved his life. The lord of the castle brought his rescuer to Teufenbach out of gratitude, where he was attacked by the population. According to one version of this legend, Kwamm was finally walled in by the peasants, according to another version the lord of the castle had him brought back to his African homeland. In his memory, a life-size wooden statue of Kwamm was made, which can be seen today in the Schärdinger City Museum.
literature
- Christopher R. Seddon: Noble life paths between Bavaria and Austria. Forms of rule and rulership structures of the landed nobility on the lower Inn in the early modern period. Vienna 2009, pp. 1277–1287 (detailed ownership history of Teufenbach).
- Marktgemeinde St. Florian am Inn (Ed.): Festschrift for the market survey celebration on May 6, 2007. Schärding 2007.
- District school council Schärding (Ed.): Our home district Schärding. Eduard Wiesner Verlag, 3rd edition, Wernstein 1994.
- Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home. 3rd edition, Linz 1976.
- Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria then and now. Berger, Horn 1975, ISBN 3-85028-023-3 .
- Johann Ev. Lamprecht : Historical-topographical and statistical description of the imperial royal town of Schärding am Inn. Self-published by the municipality of Schärding, Schärding 1887. Reprinted in 2002.
Coordinates: 48 ° 24 ′ 11 " N , 13 ° 29 ′ 29.5" E