Schmalzhof (Vetzan)

Schmalzhof south side

The Schmalzhof is a rural property in the Vetzan fraction of the market town of Schlanders in South Tyrol .

history

The first mentioned owners were Hans Schmalzen in 1466 and Christian Schmalzen in 1492, from whom the court name has been preserved. In 1523 the Lords of Froschauer are named as owners, who also owned the Untermoosburg, Obermoosburg and Schanzen in Goldrain . From Franz Moritz Froschauer von Moßburg zu Mühlrein, the farm came to the Tappeiner family in 1762, and their descendants still manage it today. The Froschauer family, who were ennobled in 1637, were responsible for maintaining the St. Moritz Chapel in Allitz .

The construction

In terms of appearance and dimensions, the building looks more like a residence than a farm. It lies below the Church of St. Nicholas , has three floors and is extraordinarily wide. The current structure refers to the 15th century, of which there is a medieval core building on the northeast corner. This core building was expanded in several steps in the 15th century and in the early 16th century to its present size. In the groin vaulted central corridor of the first floor there is an exceptionally well-preserved crucifixion fresco from 1509. An originally two-storey extension on the valley side that extends over the entire width of the house probably also dates from this time. In the middle of it sits a fluted pointed arch portal . The marble window frames and the exposed brickwork can also be traced back to the early 16th century. A forge could have been located in the southeast corner at that time . The second floor was built by the von Froschauer men in the 17th century. This upper floor is equipped with linear windows, partially whitewashed plastering flasks and marble surrounds. There are several oculi in the gable wall . The plastering was probably left out for aesthetic reasons.

The back facing the mountain is on the steeply rising Dorfstrasse, in the junction to Meistergasse. This rear side is designed in a flat, protruding angle, which probably saved the building from destruction on June 16, 1840 when the “Faller Lahn” ( Mure des Fallerbach, also called “Vetzaner Lahn”) left.

Due to the ascent of the street, the top floor is located with its mountain side above street level, the lower ones are built into the slope. Today an access door leads from Dorfstraße to the top floor, with several windows walled up in the western side of the house.

The house is inhabited.

Adjacent to the west is the Runggnöf house, which is also a listed building .

literature

• Market community and education committee Schlanders (Hrsg.): Baukultur in the community Schlanders . Verlag Passeier 2011, ISBN 978-88-89474-20-4

Web links

Commons : Schmalzhof  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office

Coordinates: 46 ° 37 ′ 30.9 ″  N , 10 ° 48 ′ 56.9 ″  E