Zogelsdorf Castle
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| Creation time : | 16./17. century | |
| Place: | Zogelsdorf | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 37 '7.2 " N , 15 ° 48' 47.2" E | |
| Height: | 385 m above sea level A. | |
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The Zogelsdorf Castle is a Grade II listed castle in the Lower Austrian village Zogelsdorf . It is on the main thoroughfare of the village.
history
The core of the two-storey complex dates from the 16th and 17th centuries. Century and was changed in the 19th and 20th centuries. From 1522 the former manor was owned by noble families. In 1628 it went to Harmannsdorf and was rebuilt in 1670. In 1831 it was used as an inn. In 1839 it belonged to the Suttner family . Baron Karl Gundakar Ritter von Suttner housed the imperial court in 1848 and in the following years the members of the Reich Ministry of War in his castle. Today the castle is owned by the Perko-Greiffenbühl family. In 2009 an order museum was set up in several rooms, which is operated by the IOU Society for Order Studies , Heraldry and Family Research. Exhibits include various decorations , awards, medals and religious insignia .
description
The south front is characterized by a central baluster balcony with volute-shaped consoles and a pent roof that rests on two Tuscan columns . The main post of the balustrade has sculptural tendrils from the beginning of the 18th century. The south and east facade is broken up by profiled stone wall doors and windows, some of which are dated to the 17th century. The two-story arcades on the south and east sides of the inner courtyard also date from the 17th century . These have groin vaults on Tuscan columns on the lower floor and stone balustrades on the upper floor.
From the former garden, a fence made of square pillars with pyramid roofs has been preserved in front of the south facade . Today's natural garden was laid out in 1967, partially using older components.
On the ground floor there is an entrance hall and rooms from the 16th century with barrel vaults . Profiled stone wall doors can be seen in the southwest of the upper floor. In the first half of the 19th century, a staircase with wrought iron doors and bars was built into the east wing . In the southeast corner of the upper floor there is a room with a wooden beam ceiling and flat arched window reveals , which was designed in this form in the 17th century.
literature
- DEHIO Lower Austria north of the Danube . Berger, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85028-395-3 , p. 1334.
- Eva Berger : Historic gardens of Austria: Lower Austria, Burgenland. Gardens and parks from the Renaissance to around 1930. In: Historical Gardens of Austria . 1st edition. Volume 1, Böhlau-Verlag, Vienna 2002, ISBN 978-3205993056 , p. 662.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Order museum, local history and hunting museum. In: datenbank.noemuseen.at. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
Web links
- Entry about Schloss Zogelsdorf on Lower Austria Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era, University of Salzburg
- Entry via Zogelsdorf Castle to Burgen-Austria