Anif Castle

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View from the northwest

The moated castle Anif stands by an artificially created pond in the Austrian municipality of the same name, Anif, on the southern outskirts of Salzburg . Together with Kreuzenstein Castle and Grafenegg Castle near Krems, it is one of the most important castle buildings of romantic historicism in Austria.

history

Middle Ages and early modern times

Its origin can no longer be precisely dated today, but there is a document from around 1520 which proves that at that time a castle called Oberweiher already stood in the same place . Its owner was the then land registry administrator Lienhart Praunecker.

From 1530 the moated castle was regularly awarded as a fiefdom of the respective archbishop of Salzburg . In 1693, after a renovation by Johann Ernst Graf von Thun, it came to the bishops of Chiemsee , who subsequently used it as a summer residence until 1806. The last of them, Sigmund Christoph von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg , laid out the important English park of the castle.

After the end of the Archbishopric of Salzburg

When the archbishopric of Salzburg fell to Austria in December 1806, the castle and pond came into Austrian state ownership. It was leased from then on, but the respective users did not undertake any noteworthy renovation or maintenance measures.

Anif Castle in 1852, steel engraving by Johann Fischbach

This changed when the property was sold in 1837 to Count Aloys von Arco-Stepperg (1808-1891), a great-grandson of Empress Maria-Theresia . He had the castle redesigned and decorated in a neo-Gothic romantic style between 1838 and 1848 , based on the example of the English Tudor castles . It received the tower, further turrets and battlements. The south building was raised by one floor. This gave it its current appearance. Up until that point in time, the castle had only consisted of a simple four-story house and a two-story building connecting it to a chapel.

After the Count's death, the property fell in 1891 through his heir, Sophie, who was married to Count Ernst von Moy de Sons , to this originally French noble family who had come to Bavaria as a result of the French Revolution .

In 1918 the palace complex became public awareness when King Ludwig III. of Bavaria fled there with his family and entourage before the November Revolution. With the Anifer declaration of 12./13. November 1918, Ludwig III refused. although his abdication, but released the Bavarian officials, soldiers and officers from their oath, since he would no longer be able to continue the government.

During the Second World War , German Wehrmacht units were housed in the castle , which were followed by American troops in 1945.

post war period

Moated Castle Anif 04.jpg

Anif Castle was used in the 1960s as a backdrop in the movie The Great Race Around the World with Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Natalie Wood. In 1965 the castle was the film set for the film Sound of Music and is part of the Sound of Music Tour. In 1974 part of Frederick Forsyth's The Odessa Files in the Moated Castle was filmed. Jon Voight plays the main role and meets his opponent in the castle, played by Maximilian Schell . In 1976 the castle was once again a film location, this time for the British film adaptation of the Cinderella story The Slipper and the Rose with Richard Chamberlain and Gemma Craven. The building also served as a film set for Father Brown - he can't leave it with Heinz Rühmann . In the German TV series Kir Royal (1986) the castle can be seen from the outside and inside in the episode "Karriere" and in the US series Agentin mit Herz in the episode "Das Geisterschloss" briefly from the outside.

In October 2001, the castle and its owner John came Moy de Sons in the headlines when it turned out that a part of the device, which together with the castle building in 1943 as Ensemble under monument protection had been found at Sotheby's in Amsterdam were available for purchase. Some pieces could be returned to Austria and are now partially on view in the Salzburg Museum .

Todays use

Anif Castle is still privately owned by the Moy family , who had it completely renovated between 1995 and 2000. It cannot be viewed from the inside.

Castle Park

The palace park was laid out around 1800 and Prince Archbishop Christof Graf Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg by the Salzburg court gardener Strobl. It is an early romantic landscape garden that has largely been preserved in its original concept to this day.

The park is one of the most important garden architectural monuments in Austria and is under monument protection ( No. 41 in the appendix to Section 1, Paragraph 12 of the DMSG ). It is partially open to the public twice a year: on Corpus Christi for the church procession and on December 8th for the Anifer winds blowing the tower in the evening.

The entire Schloss Anif complex is located in the Salzburg-Süd landscape conservation area ( LSG 52 , 1147 ha). It also forms part of the green belt for the Salzburg metropolitan area .

literature

  • Anif Castle. In: Kunsthistorisches Institut der k. k. Central Commission for Monument Preservation (Ed.), Max Dvořák (Red.): Austrian Art Topography. Volume 11: Paul Buberl, Franz Martin (archival part): The monuments of the political district of Salzburg. III. Part: Salzburg judicial district. (The monuments of the judicial district of Salzburg). Schroll, Vienna 1916, pp. 19-27 ( digitized version , (PDF) )
  • Eva Berger: Historic Gardens of Austria. Gardens and parks from the Renaissance to around 1930. Volume 2: Upper Austria, Salzburg, Vorarlberg, Carinthia, Styria, Tyrol. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2003, ISBN 3-205-99352-7 , pp. 267–268 (digitized version )
  • Heinz Biehn : Residences of Romanticism. Prestel, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-7913-0302-3 , pp. 206-211.
  • Felix Halmer among others: Castles and palaces in Austria. According to old templates. (= Castles, palaces, mansions. Volume 27). 2nd Edition. Weidlich, Frankfurt am Main 1983, ISBN 3-8035-1203-4 , pp. 64-66.
  • Laurin Luchner: Castles in Austria. Second volume. Upper Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Salzburg, Tyrol and Vorarlberg. CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-04508-1 , pp. 279-280.
  • Dieter Maier: The most beautiful castles and palaces in the Alps. Karl Müller, Erlangen 1997, ISBN 3-86070-679-9 , pp. 146-147.
  • Gerfried Sitar: Castles and palaces. Excursions to castles and palaces in Austria and South Tyrol. Lower Austrian Press House, St. Pölten u. a. 2001, ISBN 3-85326-179-5 , pp. 14-15.
  • Gerhard Stenzel: From castle to castle in Austria. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1976, ISBN 3-218-00288-5 , p. 141.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Florian Sepp: Anifer declaration, 12./13. November 1918. In: Historisches Lexikon Bayerns. (on-line)
  2. ^ Christian Strasser: The Sound of Little Hollywood. Film production in Salzburg, Salzburg in film. With a film dictionary. Österreichischer Kunst- und Kulturverlag, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-85437-047-4 , p. 224.
  3. ^ Paul Kruntorad: Flea market at a high level. In: welt.de . October 13, 2001, accessed October 7, 2018 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 44 ′ 42 ″  N , 13 ° 4 ′ 13 ″  E