Wasserleonburg Castle
The Wasserleonburg Castle is a castle in the Nötscher cadastral Saak in Carinthia , which on a plateau above Nötsch at the foot of Dobratsch is.
history
The predecessor building of the castle, which was located east of today's complex, was first mentioned in a document in 1253 as the Bamberg fiefdom and referred to as "Löwenburg", "Lewenburch" or "Leumburg", to which the Nötsch coat of arms refers. The castle was badly damaged by the earthquake of 1348 . The quake also triggered a landslide on the Dobratsch, whereupon the Gail dammed up below the castle to form an elongated lake; probably the name "Wasserleonburg" arose as a result of this event.
In the second half of the 14th and the beginning of the 15th century, a new building was erected; the oldest part of today's facility is the keep in the east wing. In 1522 the Villach merchant Wilhelm Neumann bought the Wasserleonburg estate with all its affiliations such as authorities, freedoms, fish pastures, etc. from the brothers Hans, Andrä and Christoph von Ungnad Herren zu Sonnegg. Anna von Liechtenstein, née Neumanin, inherited the property after her mother in 1572, which she managed for five decades. After her death, Wasserleonburg came to her great-great-great-nephew Georg Philipp Proy von Burgwalden in 1635 after a decade-long inheritance process.
The oldest components of the system were in the 16./17. Expanded westward in the 19th century. The late mannerist courtyard facade, which was built around 1650, is significant . The chapel dates from around 1753/54 and was built at the same time as the very decorative horse stable, which today serves as a representative event hall. The renaissance arbor and the castle chapel are remarkable . From June 5 to September 7, 1937, the abdicated British King Edward VIII (Duke of Windsor) and his wife Wallis Simpson spent their honeymoon here.
Wasserleonburg is privately owned and can be visited by groups by appointment. The courtyard, chapel, dining room and outbuildings are rented out for events.
literature
- Wilhelm Deuer: Schloss Wasserleonburg and its history . Wasserleonburg Forest Management, Nötsch 1999.
- Walther Fresacher: Wasserleonburg - Arnoldstein. A restless neighborhood . In: News from Alt-Villach 40, 2003, ISSN 0258-8382 , pp. 83-103.
- Wilhelm Neumann: Wasserleonburg. Geography and name history . In: News from Alt-Villach 40, 2003, ISSN 0258-8382 , pp. 65-82.
- Wolfgang Wieland: Anna Neumann von Wasserleonburg. The mistress of Murau . 2nd Edition. Self-published, Murau 1999, ISBN 3-9501004-0-7 .
Web links
- Wasserleonburg Castle www.wasserleonburg.at
- Entry via Wasserleonburg on Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 46 ° 35 ′ 32.9 " N , 13 ° 37 ′ 44.2" E