Thallhofen Castle

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The abandoned Thallhofen Castle was located in the so-called Upper Suburb of Linz (Kaisergasse 9).

history

As early as 1688, a “Seelamtsstiftung” of Elisabeth Klara Zehnerin von Thallhofen, widow of Lorenz Zehner, local carer, is known. The Landschlösschen itself was built in 1717 by Johann Benedikt Zechner von Thallhofen, chief toll collector. As the owner are: Johann Benedict Zechner (1717-1730), Josef Zächer of Sunstone, kk District and District Chief of Traunkreis (1771-1798), Franz and Michael Plank (1798-1813), Franz Plank (1818-1825), Daniel Bauer, Ferdinand Bauer and Emma Berndl (1825–1841), Maria Anna Bauer (1842), Kaltenböck (1959).

Thallhofen was a castle-like baroque building with a particularly rich gable design.

Thallhofen today

In city maps of Linz Thallhofen led the designation Untere Vorstadt 148 (1771-1801) and Untere Vorstadt 39 (1801-1812). Later, Kaisergasse 9 is given as the address. This address no longer exists today.

During the Second World War , the stone figures in the palace park were bombed and then removed. The lock itself was broken off. In this area of ​​the city, there are buildings with apartment and commercial buildings.

literature

  • Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home . 3. Edition. Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1976, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .
  • Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria then and now . Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Sons, Horn 1975, ISBN 3-85028-023-3 .
  • Hanns Kreczi: Linz, city on the Danube . Book publisher of the Democratic Printing and Publishing Society, Linz: no year, p. 255 (Thallhofen).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Ebner, Monika Würth Inger: Catalog of parchment certificate portfolio (before 1783). In: New archive for the history of the Diocese of Linz. Volume 15, issue 2, Linz 2002, p. 77, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at

Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 30.5 ″  N , 14 ° 17 ′ 38.2 ″  E