Thurnhof Castle (Zweinitz)
Thurnhof Castle is a listed Renaissance building near Zweinitz, a village in the community of Weitensfeld in the Gurktal in Carinthia . It got its present form in the second half of the 16th century.
history
A residence at this point was first mentioned in 1140 as Pregrat (later Prägrad ). The term means something like "area in front of the castle", so that apparently a property in front of the castle itself, which could have carried the name Thurnhof, was meant. Meinhalm de Praegrat , mentioned in the document of March 25, 1140, was Ministeriale of the Gurk diocese and was entrusted with looking after the extensive diocese possessions in this region. The Thurnhof, first mentioned at the beginning of the 13th century, was also a Gurk fief . In the years 1246 and 1269 an Engelbert de Turris (tower) was mentioned in documents. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the estate was owned by the Hofman von Wald family.
The present castle was built in the 16th century and got its present shape in the second half of the 16th century. Around 1550, the Gurk cathedral chapel attorney, Veit Jochner, sat here, who initiated the expansion of the property. Around 1700, the Leoben councilor Paul Egger jun. took over the property and had the interior of the castle renewed. From then on, the castle remained in the possession of the Counts of Egger for around 200 years . After the death of Paul Egger jun. His nephew, the lawyer Ferdinand Egger (1693–1753) inherited the castle. The property then passed by inheritance to the son of Ferdinand Egger, Maximilian Thaddäus von Egger, and finally to his eldest son Franz von Egger (1768–1836) with a distribution agreement of February 22, 1799. With the death of Franz von Egger, the castle passed to his son and universal heir Gustav von Egger (1808–1884). Around 1890 the Hungarian timber company Uilaky-Hirschler & Sohn bought the property, in 1899 Karl Funder bought it, and the property remained in his family until 1989. The castle has belonged to the Treppo family since then.
Building description
The castle is located to the west outside the village in a dominant position on a small terrace above the north-facing Gurkufer. The massive, three- to four-storey and almost cube-shaped building was attached to an older defensive tower. The facades are each four-axis. At each corner there is a turret protruding from the roof. Of the four storeys, the top storey storey is considerably lower and has small windows. A crenellated wall shields the building on the valley side.
There is a heavy, rustic portal on the west side. It is marked with the year 1560 and a lion mask is depicted on the keystone. Above the portal is a relief of the coat of arms of the families of Veit Jochner and his wife Barbara (née Raidhaupt) framed by pilasters from 1585, as well as a fresco from the same period. Above, as on the south side, there is a double window in the style of the Renaissance . The remaining window openings are partly from more recent times.
literature
- Dehio Carinthia 2001 . Verlag Anton Schroll & Co., Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 1105.
- Siegfried Hartwagner : Carinthia. The district of St. Veit an der Glan (= Austrian art monograph, Volume VIII). Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1977, ISBN 3-900173-22-2 . P. 243
- Werner Sabitzer: Nobility in the Gurktal . In: Kulturgemeinschaft Weitensfeld (Hrsg.): Weitensfelder Kulturbote . No. 2/2016 . Weitensfeld im Gurktal February 2016, p. 6-8 .
Web links
- Entry via Thurnhof Castle (Zweinitz) to Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 46 ° 51 ′ 55.6 ″ N , 14 ° 13 ′ 37.9 ″ E