Wagrain Castle (Ebbs)

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Wagrain Castle

Wagrain Castle is located on the northern edge of Ebbs , about six kilometers northeast of Kufstein in Tyrol ( Austria ).

history

The castle was first mentioned in 1421 as the seat of Lords von Ebbs , but it is believed that it was built as a three-storey residential tower as early as the 14th century . The Lords of Ebbs served as judges for the Bavarian dukes, appointed Johann Ebser, Bishop of Chiemsee , from 1429 to 1438, and died out in 1494 with Ludwig Ebser.

Twenty years earlier they had sold Wagrain to Friedrich Reichertzhaimer, who was related by marriage to them and who came from Schönstett near Wasserburg. When Georg Reichertzhaimer died around 1544, Wagrain Castle came to Balthasar von Helmsdorff through the Baumgartner siblings in 1553. In 1573 he sold the residence to Hans Dreyling .

Richard Stadler from Munich acquired the palace in 1971 and had it restored until around 1990.

The Fohlenhof Ebbs , the largest Haflinger stud in Europe, is housed in the former outbuildings, which are no longer part of the castle .

literature

  • Richard Stadler: 700 years of Wagrain Castle: History of a Tyrolean noble residence in Ebbs near Kufstein . Tyrolia, Innsbruck, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-7022-1893-9 ( limited preview in Google book search).

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Coordinates: 47 ° 38 ′ 15.1 ″  N , 12 ° 13 ′ 32.2 ″  E