Urstein Castle

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Urstein Castle (north side)

Urstein Castle is a castle in the district of the same name in the Tennengau community of Puch near Hallein . The castle stands on a rock terrace with a break off towards the Salzach . The gardens around the castle have been partially restored.

history

Urstan was first mentioned in a document in 1151. At that time, Archbishop Eberhard I, at the request of Pabo von Teisendorf, gave the Manse Urstan to the canons of the Salzburg cathedral chapter for their own use. The Ursten estate is mentioned in a second copy of the certificate . This Pabo von Teisendorf became a clergyman and, despite objections from his family members, gave his possessions to the Salzburg Church; he had to compensate his relatives with cash payments. The first owner, who is from Urstein called, is 1,461 Leonhard Golser. Urstein is also mentioned in two other documents from 1477 and 1478, Hans von Waldegk and his heirs appear as the owner. Then the estate came to Cristan Diether, who called himself von Urstain in 1489 and 1498 . Urstein subsequently inherited Rosina Diether (daughter from the second marriage of Cristan with Elpet Specher; the second daughter Regina, married Franking, has been paid off), who brought the estate into her marriage to Paul Altmann († 1558) around 1530. This is followed by the son Felix Altmann, married to Anna Fröschlmoser. His children Paul and Rosina followed suit. Paul's daughter Eva from his marriage to Margaret Maierhoferin married Veit Matthias Spindler of Hofegg . He was married to Elisabeth Gienger von Wolfsegg for the second time . The daughter Maria Clara from this marriage married Franz Dückher von Haslau in 1633 . This family from the Baltic states owned the castle until 1837. Under Franz Dükher von Haslau, the castle was converted into a typical Salzburg trade center with four corner towers.

In its current form, the castle was built between 1689 and 1691 under Alfons von Haslau. Other owners were Johann Ernst Adeodat († 1751), Josef Franz († 1798), his cousin Gualbert († 1822) and ultimately Karl Dismas Dückher von Haslau, Urstein and Winkl . In 1837 the lords of Urstein and Winkl were sold to Anselm Freiherr von Imhof, who received compensation for the loss of rulership through allodialization in 1852 . Other owners were Count Filipp Boos Waldeck (1869), Georg Kuhlmann (1883), Lothar Kuhlmann (1924) and most recently Paula Kuhlmann (1959).

Today's owner is the Akademie Schloss Urstein private foundation , which expanded the castle into a seminar and education center.

  • Urstein Castle

  • South view

  • South and west side

  • Main portal

  • Side entrance

  • East side with garden amphora

Construction

Urstein Castle is a rectangular building with three full storeys and a loft (two round gables with a double window with lateral volutes are located on the north and south sides). The building is structured by so-called front gables above the windows and cranked pilaster strips . The hipped roof is surmounted by two octagonal chimney heads. The main portal made of conglomerate rock is located on the north side, which is highlighted by a projecting cornice and a double window with a round gable above it. On the east side a small flight of stairs leads to the former business entrance of the castle. A stone vase on a pedestal from the 18th century is reminiscent of the castle's former park.

Inside, a central corridor leads to a hall on the ground floor. Some of the vaults still exist on the ground floor; on the southwest corner, a flat-roofed room with a simple stucco mirror is reminiscent of the former palace chapel. On the upper floors there are partly magnificent stucco ceilings from the time the castle was built, as well as original doors and tiled stoves.

Urstein dairy

At the foot of the Schlossberg there is a dairy which originally formed the "old" Urstein Castle. This property was handed over to the Salzburg Cathedral Chapter by Salzburg Archbishop Eberhard I in the 12th century .

In 2006 the dairy was renovated and now houses the social studies course of the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences , the center for future studies of the FHS Research Association and part of the SMBS - University of Salzburg Business School .

  • Dairy at Urstein Castle

  • main building

  • Side view (Stöckl and adjoining building)

  • Former stable building

  • Living and main wing

Construction

The dairy consists of the former residential wing and a former barn in the north, next to it is a well house and the so-called Stöckl , which is connected to the main house by a corridor.

The main house has two full and two attic floors under a steep hipped roof. On the second floor there are oval hatches. The gable front shows a plastered field with the year 1461. The entrance portal has a stone reveal made of Adnet marble , above which a circular skylight is attached. Inside there are vaults with lance-cap barrels and Gothic light niches. On the upper floor, the central corridor has been expanded to form a hall. The former living rooms are partly equipped with tram ceilings or paneled ceilings from the 17th century.

The residential building of the Stöckl dates back to the early baroque period, but was largely rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century and now adapted to the purposes of the university of applied sciences located there.

The two-storey fountain house forms the western end of the courtyard with a chapel-like design. The building is dominated by an octagonal tower tower for a clock; this is a work by Johann Bentele from 1785. The walled-up door openings on the upper floor indicate that it was previously possible to form a battlement here, which together with the courtyard wall made the building a defensible structure. A high stone enclosure wall also belongs to the ensemble.

Transport links

In the immediate vicinity of the castle is the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences and, beyond it, the Puch-Urstein S-Bahn stop of the S3 line , with which the castle can be reached in a few minutes from the cities of Hallein and Salzburg .

To the north of the castle area, on the other side of the educational institutions, is the Puch-Urstein motorway exit and immediately northwest of the castle is the Ursteinsteg, a pedestrian bridge over the Salzach to the Hallein district of Rif .

literature

  • Norbert Hierl-Deronco: From Urstein to Urstein: Thoughts on the Salzburg Rupert knight Franz Joseph Dücker Baron von Haslau on Urstein and Winkl and the Austrian military border . Academy Urstein Salzburg, Krailling 2006, ISBN 3-929884-10-0 .
  • Friederike Zaisberger & Walter Schlegel : Castles and palaces in Salzburg. Flachgau and Tennengau . Birch series, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-85326-957-5 .

Web links

Commons : Urstein Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 28 ″  N , 13 ° 5 ′ 3 ″  E