Traunsee Castle
Traunsee Castle (also called Württemberg Castle ) is located in the municipality of Altmünster (Pensionatstrasse 74) in the Gmunden am Traunsee district in Upper Austria .
history
Traunsee Castle was built between 1872 and 1875 by Duke Philipp von Württemberg as a summer villa for his wife Archduchess Maria Theresa . Archduchess Maria Theresa was a granddaughter of Archduke Charles , the victor of the Battle of Aspern (1809). The building was therefore given the name Villa Maria Theresia , but has also become known as Württemberg Castle in the Traunsee region . After Duke Philipp's death († 1917), the castle becomes the property of Duchess Marie Therese. In 1927 it was sold to the sons Robert and Ulrich. During and after the First World War it was used as a refugee camp and as a hospital. In 1935 it was leased to the regional association for tourism in Linz , and from 1938 it went to the regional governor of the Upper Danube region .
The architect Heinrich Adam (1839–1905) planned and built the castle, which was built in the French Renaissance style . Approx. 20 hectares of land belong to the area of the castle. The palace chapel was planned and built between 1878 and 1880 by the Viennese architect Heinrich von Ferstel , the builder of the Votive Church in Vienna .
Traunsee Castle today
During the Second World War , a school of the German Navy and the Hitler Youth were quartered in the castle . From 1946 to 1981 an economic secondary school was housed here.
In 1969 the palace and park came into the possession of the Republic of Austria. It is still owned by the Republic of Austria today. However, the castle only houses a boarding school for pupils from the attached Bundesrealgymnasium / BORG Castle Traunsee . In cooperation with the community, the castle is also used for cultural events (concerts, readings, exhibitions, weddings in cooperation with the Altmünster registry office).
The castle is built in the shape of an irregular pentagon. The corner towers are covered by massive gable roofs . A corner tower is designed as a polygonal tower with a pointed roof and lantern.
literature
- Herbert Erich Baumert & Georg Grüll : Castles and Palaces in Upper Austria, Volume 2: Salzkammergut and Alpine Foreland . Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-85030-042-0 .
- Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria then and now . Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Sons, Horn 1975, ISBN 3-85028-023-3 .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 54 ′ 30.5 " N , 13 ° 46 ′ 29.9" E