Utzenaich Castle
The former Utzenaich Castle is a moated castle in the municipality of the same name in the Ried district in the Innkreis of Upper Austria .
history
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Utzenaich was the seat of the Utzenaich family. A deed of donation from the Vornbach monastery from 1140 shows that Pilgrimus de huceneiche donated his property near heldensperge (today's hamlet of Helmannberg near Aurolzmünster ) to the monastery. The Stockers (Stocket) followed the Utzenaich. Kaspar Stocker, who appeared in 1400, and his two sisters Katharina and Dorothea called themselves “on Utzenaich”. Heinrich Stocker, who worked in the Obernberg am Inn market in Passau around 1420, was probably a son of Kaspar. On July 14, 1468, Hainrich Stokcher zu Utznaich sealed it in a document. Heinrich's heir was his eldest son Sebastian. This is mentioned in a mortgage note dated July 19, 1492. Sebastian was also the keeper and keeper of the bridge tower at Schärding, which no longer exists today . Since in the following generations there were only female successors in Sebastian's family, Utzenaich came to his brother Kaspar, district judge in Erlach. From him the property went to his son Melchior († 1551), who called himself Utzenaich and Thurnholz . His youngest son Hans († 1568) took over the paternal inheritance. He was married to Maria von Trennbach at St. Martin Castle. The marriage remained childless. The wealthy widow († 1613) married Veit von Tattenbach († 1593) in 1575, whereby the Utzenaich property came to the Tattenbachs. Hans Ardolf took over the maternal inheritance from their children and expanded his property by marrying Jakoba, daughter of Freiherr von Tattenbach auf Exing. By Duke Maximilian of Bavaria , Hans Ardolf was given the status of hereditary imperial baron in 1623 and by Emperor Ferdinand III. Elevated to the rank of imperial count in 1637. Before his death, he had merged St. Martin Castle in the Innkreis with Utzenaich Castle and Hofmark as well as other possessions (Einburg, Raab Castle , Münzkirchen, Eberschwang, Maierhof and the Herrschaft Valley in Upper Austria) to form a Fideikommiss . Since Hans Ardolf and Jakoba died without children, the entire property passed to his nephew Gottfried Wilhelm († 1687). Gottfried Wilhelm was the founder of the older line of the Tattenbach family, in whose possession Utzenaich remained until 1802. Successors in a straight line were Ferdinand Josef († 1712), Max Franz († 1762) and Josef Ferdinand († 1802). Since the latter was childless, ownership passed to another branch (Wolf's line) of the Tattenbachs. After Heinrich Christian Joseph Ignatz († 1821), who also died childless, the entire property passed to his cousin Count Maximilian von Arco-Valley († 1875). This was the last noble owner of Utzenaich.
The year the castle was built is unknown. But when the associated wooden Meierhof burned down in 1689, it was already referred to as a castle; the castle itself was not damaged in the fire. As the seat of the Utzenaich family, however, it must be much older.
After 1848, Utzenaich Castle was taken out of the Fideikommiss and became farm property. Around 1860 parts of the castle were demolished and used for building houses in the Utzenaich Hofmark.
The part of the castle that is still preserved stands opposite the Utzenaich municipal office. Most of the ponds that used to surround the castle were filled in in 1960. A last remnant has been preserved in the form of the so-called "Winkelweiher". A previously existing tower has been built into the base of the courtyard wing.
Today there is a slaughterhouse in the former castle building and the other additions.
literature
- Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home. 3rd edition . Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1976, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .
- Franz Buchinger; Monika Würthinger: Utzenaich . Ed .: Utzenaich municipality. Landesverlag Druck Ried i. I., Utzenaich 1990.
Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′ 34.5 " N , 13 ° 27 ′ 42.2" E