Weitwörth Castle

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Weitwörth Castle

Weitwörth Castle is a castle in the village of Weitwörth in the municipality of Nußdorf am Haunsberg in the Austrian state of Salzburg and is located between the Weitwörth-Nußdorf stop on the Salzburg – Lamprechtshausen railway line and the village of Schlößl, which belongs to Nussdorf .

history

The grounds on which Weitwörth Castle was built, which is located today in the Nussdorf cadastral community of Weitwörth, was originally the Oberpichl manor in the Haunsberg nursing court. It was purchased on February 12, 1665 under Archbishop Guidobald von Thun and Prince Archbishop Max Gandolf von Kuenburg built a hunting lodge on it in 1671. An extensive park that still exists today was created around this. Originally the castle was to be named Gandolphswörth after its builder ; but this name could not prevail. In 1726 the castle was changed for the first time by Archbishop Franz Anton von Harrach and extensively rebuilt in 1777. In 1790 stones from the dilapidated Haunsperger castle near Nussdorf were used for this purpose. The former inventory consisted of portraits (for example of the cathedral dean Christof Clam, 1700) and beautiful ovens from the 18th century. The large stables were built by Johann Georg Laschensky. In the 19th century the castle was rebuilt by the builder and architect Valentin Ceconi .

After the Rupertiwinkel was separated from Salzburg, Weitwörth Palace served as the seat of the court from 1821 to 1867. In 1863 it was bought by the Auersperg family , who still own it today. In the second half of the 19th century the building was extended, a new staircase was added on the west side and a single-storey wing was added on the east side. In 1892 a chapel was built on the north side and connected to the castle by arcades. The former chapel used by the archbishops was on the second floor of the old hunting lodge.

present

In 1960 Weitwörth Castle was badly damaged by floods. In addition, it suffered from long vacancies and the use as a warehouse for a barbed wire producer. In 1988/89 a general renovation took place. In the process, the desolate porches of the terrace were removed so that the structure comes into its own today. However, the many renovations have meant that a uniform architectural concept for the palace building is not recognizable. The view from the south is most impressive. Due to private use, the castle cannot be visited generally.

  • East view of the castle

  • Park view

  • West view with the coat of arms of Prince Archbishop Max Gandolf von Kuenburg

  • North view with the chapel extension

literature

  • Bernd Euler, Ronald Gobiet, Horst R. Huber, Roswitha Juffinger: Dehio Salzburg, Dehio-Handbuch, Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs. Salzburg: city and country. Vienna 1986, p. 334.
  • Georg Clam Martinic : Austrian Castle Encyclopedia - Palaces, castles and ruins. A & M, Salzburg 2007, ISBN 3-902397-50-0 , p. 294.
  • Friederike Zaisberger , Walter Schlegel: Castles and palaces in Salzburg. Flachgau and Tennengau. Verlag Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus, St. Pölten 1992.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Weitwörth  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 55 ′ 36 ″  N , 12 ° 58 ′ 24 ″  E