Schwaighof (St. Pölten)
The Schwaighof is located in the Spratzern district of St. Pölten at the southern end of Josefstrasse at Landsbergerstrasse 11. The former summer residence of the provost of the Augustinian Canons of St. Pölten is now a seminar center for the Institute for Economic Development .
history
The Schwaighof was built in the 12th century on the Steinfeld , a field name in the area between the centers of St. Pölten and Spratzern, as a farmyard. The farm yard was destroyed by the Turks during the Second Turkish Siege of Vienna in 1683. The property went to the Augustinian Canons' monastery in 1692 , which then carried out a baroque reconstruction. Jakob Prandtauer and Christian Alexander Oedtl are accepted as sculptors and architects . Between 1986 and 1988 it was converted into a hotel, which was further expanded in 1993. From 2007 to 2008 the Schwaighof was completely renovated by the architects Roman Mramor and Rolf Neustädter.
Schwaighof
Two parallel single-storey tracts with an early baroque facade with strong plaster frame structure and local stone decor under crooked roofs were connected by portal walls. On the portal pillars there are four casts of Baroque grotesque figures based on originals from 1695 to 1700. Cow milkmaid , reaper , sheep shearer and shepherd , the originals of which are displayed in the courtyard of the St. Pölten City Museum. Low pillars carry sculptures of farm animals. On the south side there is a utility wing as a three-aisled hall with square vaults and four pillars. To the north is the former residential wing of Provost Christoph Müller von Prankenheim with a stucco ceiling from around 1700 and frescoed panels in the shape of a pass.
literature
- Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 , St. Pölten, Monumentalbauten, Schwaighof, pages 2004f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Schwaighof The Story, Retrieved April 27, 2010
- ^ Books.google.at Eva Berger: St. Pölten Gutshofgarten Schwaighof in Historical Gardens of Austria. Lower Austria. Burgenland. Page 79f.
Coordinates: 48 ° 11 '3.9 " N , 15 ° 37' 17.4" E