Vöslau Castle
| Vöslau Castle | ||
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 Entrance to the castle, now the town hall |
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| Creation time : | 1740-1753 | |
| Conservation status: | renovated | |
| Place: | Bad Vöslau, Austria
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| Geographical location | 47 ° 57 '55.4 " N , 16 ° 12' 54.8" E | |
| Height: | 252 m above sea level A. | |
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The Schloss Vöslau is a former moated castle in Bad Vöslau .
Origin and owner
The castle was originally built in the early 12th century. The noblemen of Veselove are known as the first owners . The subsequent owners of the pollen councilors were expropriated because of their participation in an uprising against Duke Friedrich the Fair and the Hailpechen family became new owners.
In 1483 it was devastated by the troops of Matthias Corvinus . In 1502 the castle became free property.
In the second half of the 16th century the castle belonged to the Sinzendorf family . At that time the castle was a focus of the Reformation in the whole area.
During the second Turkish siege in 1683, the castle was in such poor condition that it could not be used as a refuge. It was only later that the castle was converted into a palace using old building material. The baroque renovation was carried out under August von Wöber in the years 1740 to 1753. The architect Franz Anton Pilgram is believed .
From 1761 the current castle belonged to Count Johann von Fries . The architect Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf von Hohenberg installed a staircase as well as a ballroom and vestibule.
With a few interruptions, the castle was owned by Count Fries from 1773 to 1887. In 1826 the Fries family had to file for bankruptcy and Georg Simon von Sina , who was among other things a pioneer of the southern railway , bought the castle from the bankruptcy estate. Johann Heinrich von Geymüller bought it from him . He founded the Vöslauer Kammgarnfabrik in 1833 , but also went bankrupt due to his lavish lifestyle. Even before that, in 1837, the castle came back into the possession of the Fries family, namely Count Moritz II von Fries . In 1901 the rule and the castle came into the possession of Moritz von Gutmann (1872–1934), a son of Wilhelm von Gutmann . In the course of Aryanization , the community became the owner of the castle and restituted it in 1947. During the war, the building was used, among other things, as a hospital . In the following occupation it was badly damaged and devastated by the Soviets. During this time in 1951, the municipality finally acquired the castle. After a renovation, the castle has served as the town hall since 1974 .
construction
In the castle there is a large hall that extends through two floors. A small hall is notable for its early Classicist paneling.
Castle Park
Hetzendorf von Hohenberg created artificial mountains and grottos in the park. At the garden gate there are groups of putti that, like the four stone vases, come from the Palais Pallavicini in Vienna . The vases were created by Franz Anton von Zauner in 1783 and 1784 . They represent the four continents of Asia, Africa, America and Europe.
Asia
Europe
America
Africa
Web links
- Entry via Castle Vöslau to Burgen-Austria
- History of construction and ownership (PDF; 72 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chronicle of Bad Vöslau ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 4, 2009.
- ↑ Baden Jewish Community: Families Ritter von Gutmann and Freiherr Meyer von Ketschendorf ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed on Nov. 17, 2015
- ^ Burgen-Austria: Vöslau ; accessed on Nov. 17, 2015
- ↑ a b Entry on Vöslau Castle in the database Gedächtnis des Landes for the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich ), accessed on June 2, 2011
