Zarghof Castle

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Former Zarghof Castle

The Zarghof Castle (Zarig Castle) or the current Zarghof farm is located in the Unterurasch district of the municipality of Lichtenau in the Mühlkreis in the Rohrbach district of Upper Austria (Unterurasch 5).

history

The designation "coffin" is documented in 1379 and "Czarig" in 1405. The name is most likely a German education, but a Slavic origin from "zorica" ​​(= clearing) would also be possible. Around 1450 the seat (the Zarg) belonged to a Peter Harwekch. He sold it to Hainrich Viechtenstainer in 1452. In 1456 it was owned by Andreas Viechtenstainer. The seat was a fiefdom of the Wallseer .

The seat later came to the estate of Lichtenau and thus to Heinrich Herleinsperger († 1624), who had inherited Lichtenau in 1621. In 1620 he had the Zarghof rebuilt as a widow's residence for his wife Praxedis von Oedt († 1626). It served as a widow's residence until 1682, at that time for Sabine Schifer, née von Oedt. The name “Witwenschlössl” is still popular today for the Zarghof. This widow's residence was later moved to the north wing of Lichtenau Castle, which, however, fell victim to a fire in September 1945, together with the car depot and the castle brewery. Zarig Castle was also connected to Lichtenau Castle by a 1.3 km long underground passage, which was discovered when the new Lichtenauer Strasse was built in the 1970s.

When the Sprinzensteiners became the owners of Lichtenau in 1656, the Zarghof was used as the caretaker's residence . Siegmund Zarger (* 1497/1514; † 1587) and Hans Erdinger (1607–1612) are known by name as officials.

The property was sold to Martin Hofer and his wife Eva as early as 1700. A successor named Franz Mayrhofer sold the farm to the Welspergs in 1776. In 1800 he was bequeathed to a farm. In the 19th century, Franz Obermüller owned the property, which had now become a peasantry, but had to auction it off in court due to over-indebtedness. It was bought by a certain Neudorfer from Unterthiergrub, who managed more successfully and was able to hand over the property to his son Peter Neudorfer. This could not hold the property for a long time.

Zarghof today

The building was badly damaged by fire around 1800 and then on September 13, 1919.

In the 1970s, the building was still described as a two-story building with a hipped roof , which had retained the type of an unreinforced castle . Fortifications probably existed even earlier, as can be seen from the battlements above the entrance gate. There were also remains of a demolished tower as well as stairs and corridors in the wall. There used to be a prison room with iron rings attached to the wall.

There were wrought-iron window baskets on the house, and there is also an early Baroque door panel in the west wing of the courtyard. The rooms are hall-like and some still have the old ceiling beams. Remnants of coffered ceilings can be seen, but painted over. Some door frames and doors come from the Renaissance , they still have the original fittings and box locks from around 1620. A secular chapel is available and can be recognized by the ribbed vault . A bird barn used to belong to the castle .

Nothing of that can be seen today. Due to several renovations, the Zarghof can now only be addressed as a stately farm.

literature

  • Petrus Bayer: History of the parish St. Oswald near Haslach. Leitner & Höllinger, Rohrbach 2011.
  • 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 .
  • Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria then and now . Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Sons, Horn 1975, ISBN 3-85028-023-3 .
  • Building blocks for local history of the Rohrbach district. Door fitting (door hinge).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christa Hlawinka: Slavic language tracks in Upper Austria . Diploma thesis, University of Vienna, p. 363 ( online ; PDF; 1.9 MB).
  2. ↑ Petrus Bayer, 2011, p. 348.

Coordinates: 48 ° 36 ′ 6.5 ″  N , 14 ° 2 ′ 38.2 ″  E