Wanghausen Castle
The Wanghausen Castle is a castle in the town of Hochburg-Ach , District Braunau , Upper Austria .
history
The castle was first mentioned in writing in 1240 in the " Monumenta Boica " and in 1280 in the Meier Helmbrecht epic (as Wanchusen). But Wanghausen is older; it was the seat of the Acher, of which the first appeared in documents as Herbordus de ache as early as 1180. Georg Acher had the castle built on one level in the 12th century. After the Achern, the Kemater followed in 1406. The last Kemater was Christoph Kemater (died 1585); his widow Felizitas then married Georg Viktor Stückl; he sold the castle in 1623 to Erasmus G (K) ratzer. He was followed by Christoph Scharz and then Freiherrn Prielmayr. In 1848 it was sold to Baron Wening-Ingenheim. The castle then came into the possession of the manufacturer Heinrich Nitzel, followed by a pharmacist Christensen from Landau an der Isar and, from 1861 to 1863, a Leon Bachem. This was followed in 1870 by Rudolf Graf Hoyos , who in 1887 sold the castle to Countess Amalie Lesconitz von Reichenbach. In 1893, Wanghausen came into the possession of the mine owner Paul Ziegler from Pilsen or, as a succession, to his son Walter Ziegler (1859 to 1932). This was followed by his daughter Waltraud von Gruber-Rehenburg, who sold the castle with the former hunting lodge in 1962 to Brunnhölzel from Burghausen.
Until 1799, when the Innviertel became part of Austria, it belonged to the Burghausen judicial district , which is located on the opposite side of the Salzach.
description
The castle is on the right side of the Salzach by the new Salzach bridge that leads from Burghausen to Ach. The floor plan forms a blunt rectangle, the four-storey quarry stone building has a smooth facade and a high pitched roof. A stepped gable was built on the east side in the 19th century . On the ground floor there is a granite vault, which rests on a central column with an octagonal capital. Some rooms on the upper floors have coffered ceilings. In the Gothic portal of the castle entrance are the coats of arms of Prielmayr and Wenings. There are further coats of arms on two marble columns. It is worth mentioning a wall fountain made of red marble with a lion's head.
The building is now privately owned and cannot be visited. The rose garden of the castle is freely accessible.
literature
- Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria then and now. Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Sons, Horn 1975, ISBN 3-85028-023-3 .
- Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home . 3. Edition. Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1976, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .
- Herbert Erich Baumert, Georg Grüll : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. Volume 2: Innviertel and Alpine Foreland. Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-85030-049-3 .
Web links
- Entry via Wanghausen Castle to Burgen-Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c burgenkunde.at: Wanghausen Castle , accessed on September 21, 2013.
Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 0.1 ″ N , 12 ° 49 ′ 18 ″ E