Weidenholz Castle
The castle willow wood is in the same district of the municipality Waizenkirchen in Grieskirchen of Upper Austria .
history
The castle is mentioned for the first time in 1125. At that time it was given as a fief to Dietrich (Tietric) and Rudolf von Weidenholz, who in turn were fiefs of the Schaunberger . In 1276, Hadamar von Starhemberg gave a fief to Ulrich von Weydenholcz and his heirs "das gesäs zu Weidenholcz located near Waizenkirchen". At that time, willow wood was already a sovereign fiefdom, which was given by the Starhembergers as an after-fief. In 1331 the Schaunbergers again forced the lost feudal sovereignty in their favor. After the death of Ulrich von Weidenholz's grandson of the same name († 1373), this family died out. The heirs were Göschl der Lerbühler and Chunrad (Chuntz) von Stegen, probably the sons-in-law of Ulrich. They sold the moated castle in 1375 to Duke Albrecht III. In 1386 Zacharias Haderer, field captain of Duke Albrecht III., Received willow wood after he had already held this property as a pledge. In 1415 Andreas Hörleinsberger redeemed the pledge, from whom it was taken over in 1443 by Lorenz Kraft, caretaker in the rule of Steyr. King Ladislaus lent willow wood in 1453 to Count Ulrich von Schaunberg as a personal asset. In 1460 Duke Albrecht VI pledged it . Willow wood to the Counts of Schaunberg, who later bought the castle.
In 1547, because of his debts, Count Georg II von Schaunberg sold willow wood to Hans Pergheimer (Bergheimer). This was subsequently given lower jurisdiction. The Bergheimer was a zealous Protestant and he donated willow wood together with the Würting lordship to endow the aristocratic landscape school. In 1556, the Bergheimer's son-in-law, Count Achaz von Losenstein , took over the moated castle. Waizenkirchen is raised to market on May 11, 1593 by this; his heraldic animal still appears today in the municipal coat of arms of Waizenkirchen.
In 1612 the Hohenfeld brothers took over the rule from Christine von Losenstein, married to Wolfgang Bergheimer; When the goods were divided, the castle and property fell to Ludwig von Hohenfeld. Because of his Protestant faith, Ludwig Hohenfelder had to emigrate; he sold the property to Count Hans Ludwig von Kueffstein, then governor of the country above the Enns. In 1704, willow wood was occupied and looted during the War of Succession . Weidenholz passed from Kueffstein to Count Johann Weickhard Spindler as a marriage property in 1718. In 1819 the Linz merchant Eder owned the castle. This was followed by a marriage to Count Julius Gilleis. In 1857 weidenholz came to Count Hermann von Attems by marriage. In 1876 the castle burned down. The fire ruins were bought by Josef Aichinger from Peuerbach , who had most of the willow wood restored. Then the castle went to Count Coreth.
Weidenholz Castle today
Willow wood is a moated castle surrounded on all four sides by a moat. One of the front towers of the original castle complex is still preserved. In the 15th century, the two rear towers were demolished for an extension. While willow wood was originally a square plant, the renaissance-era extension turned it into an irregularly rectangular building complex. The four-storey man's wing with a three-storey upper floor has been preserved (but in need of renovation). A small bridge leads to this from the sports field today. The wall closing off the inner courtyard, which can be seen in the engraving by Georg Matthäus Vischer from 1674, no longer exists. The side wing is now a shed, the outer wall of which was the original transverse wall.
The former four-storey gate building has only been renewed on two storeys after the fire of 1876. It is reached via a bridge that leads to a gate hall with a barrel vault and then into the inner courtyard. In the left side wing, arcades have been preserved on the ground floor, the arcades above have been torn out and walled up. On the first floor there should be a hall with a stucco ceiling from the 17th century.
The Waizenkirchen State Music School is housed in the castle today. There are also rental apartments in the castle. Willow wood is owned by the Waizenkirchen community.
Gentlemen's wing with Stöckl
Inner courtyard with arcades
Gentlemen's wing with a moat
Heraldic animal of Georg Achaz von Losenstein
Side wing with moat
literature
- Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home. 3rd edition . Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1976, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .
- Georg Grüll : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria, Volume 2: Innviertel and Alpine foothills . Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1964.
- Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria then and now . Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Sons, Horn 1975, ISBN 3-85028-023-3 .
Web links
- Entry via Schloss Weidenholz on Burgen-Austria
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 48 ° 19 '59.6 " N , 13 ° 51' 10.3" E