Waldenfels Castle
The Forest Rock Castle is a castle in the Mühlviertel in Upper Austria . It is located 500 meters south of Reichenthal above the valley of the Kettenbach . The first castle was built in the 13th century, rebuilt several times and has been owned by the Grundemann-Falkenberg family since 1636 . The current appearance was created in the 16th and 17th centuries.
history
According to tradition, the first castle was built around 1290 by the brothers Heinrich and Eberhard von Wallsee . However, Waldenfels was first mentioned in documents in 1380 as a fief of Duke Albrecht III. In 1390 he bought the estate and in 1396 pledged it to the Starhembergers . Between 1449 and 1461 the pledge came to the Lower Austrian Plankensteiners , because in 1461 a Hans von Plankenstein handed over the castle to Reinprecht von Polheim . In 1474 Waldenfels was besieged by Jaroslav Lev von Rosental , chief steward of the Kingdom of Bohemia, and the outlawed free town patrician Zinispan.
In 1584, the last pledge holder, Joachim Stangel, bought the castle from Emperor Rudolf II and the family remained in possession of the castle until 1636. In 1636 Konstantin Grundemann von Falkenberg bought the rule and the castle has been owned by the family ever since.
After the Second World War , the castle was temporarily inhabited by around 700 Soviet soldiers, and the damage caused by the occupation was repaired in the following 12 years. The current owner is Dominik Grundemann-Falkenberg.
construction
The castle is on a flat slope. It is an extensive, irregular group of buildings made up of components from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque periods. The present appearance was given to the castle at the beginning of the 17th century. A courtyard with a fountain from 1702 is formed by two-storey wings from the 16th century, some of which are divided into arcades. Part of this inner courtyard is bounded by the mighty, square tower with a baroque onion dome and a crenellated wall. The residential buildings are two-story. The coat of arms of Count Grundemann is placed above the stone portal, which consists of a one-man hole and a large gate.
The medieval stronghold was incorporated into the existing palace construction. The south-western terrace, the so-called "tournament yard" from the 17th century is now a garden. It is surrounded by an arched wall. In one wing there is an artificial cave with stalactites and a female figure.
See also
literature
- Klaus Birngruber: Waldenfels in the Mühlviertel. Investigations into the history of the manor and its owners. In: Communications from the Upper Austrian Provincial Archives. Volume 21, Linz 2008, pp. 249–423, esp. Chapter 3. The beginnings of Waldenfels and early owners. (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at, chapter 4. Pawnbrokers and owners of Waldenfels until 1636. (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at, chapter 5. Waldenfels under the sign of feuds, peasant wars and religious turmoil (13th to 17th centuries) ( PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
- Benedikt Pillwein (Ed.): History, geography and statistics of the Archduchy of Austria above the Enns and the Duchy of Salzburg . With a register, which is also the topographical and genealogical lexicon and the district map. Geographical-historical-statistical detail according to district commissariats. 1st edition. First part: the mill circle . Joh. Christ. Quandt, Linz 1827, 34 Waldenfels District Commissariat , p. 418 ff ( Google eBook ). 2nd edition 1843 ( Google Book )
- Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces of Upper Austria. Wilhelm Ennsthaler, 2nd edition, Steyr 1992, ISBN 3-85068-323-0 .
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Upper Austria. Vienna 1958, p. 357.
- Literature about Waldenfels in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
Web links
- Waldenfels Castle website
- Entry via Waldenfels to Burgen-Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birngruber 2008, p. 273.
- ↑ Birngruber 2008, pp. 272 and 275.
- ↑ Birngruber 2008, p. 279.
- ↑ Birngruber 2008, p. 283.
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 ′ 22 ″ N , 14 ° 23 ′ 20 ″ E