Stadlkirchen

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Stadlkirchen ( village )
locality
Stadlkirchen (Austria)
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Basic data
Pole. District , state Steyr-Land  (SE), Upper Austria
Judicial district Steyr
Pole. local community Dietach   ( KG  Unterdietach)
Coordinates 48 ° 6 '22 "  N , 14 ° 26' 14"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 6 '22 "  N , 14 ° 26' 14"  Ef1
height 321  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village 262 (January 1, 2020)
Post Code 4407f1
Statistical identification
Locality code 11900
Counting district / district Dietach North and East (41504 001)
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; DORIS
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Stadlkirchen is a village and a locality in the municipality of Dietach in Austria , federal state Upper Austria , district Steyr-Land in the Traunviertel .

history

timeline

1074–1442: The age of the Stadler

On April 12, 1074 the church "ecclesia ad Stadalen" was consecrated by Bishop Altmann of Passau . The first Stadler, Rotpendet de Stadele, was mentioned in a document from 1099–1115 in the St. Florian Book of the Dead. In 1111, Bishop Ulrich von Passau confirmed the possession of "ad Stadelin mansi duo" (two houses in Stadel) to St. Florian Monastery. Lantfried de Stadele was mentioned as a witness in 1162. In 1185 the place consisted of 7 houses. The church "Capelle Stadel" belonged in 1263 to the Gleink monastery .

In 1350 the St. Florian School of Painting created frescoes in the presbytery of the church . In 1354 the foundation of During and Reicher, the Sazzer, an estate located in Stenning "in the Stadlkirchner Pfarr" was the pastor of Tuedich for the chapel of Stadlkirchen "to help and comfort all our vaders as an eternal soul device". Reichard Stadler zu Stadlkirchen was mentioned in a document in 1359. In 1360 he financed a vicar for the church. The brothers Otto, Marchart, Konrad, Berthold and Wilhelm Stadler founded a daily St. Mass for their ancestors.

Fräulein Agnes Stadler was a nun and maestress of Pulgarn in 1404 , where she “lived together with brother Heinrich at the time of Prior”. In 1441 Leonhard Stadler handed over some goods to “the pastor and vicar of Tuedich and Stadlkirchen” for 30 masses a year. Leonhard Stadler died in 1442 and bequeathed "Erber Chnecht Stephel Chersperger" to the Kerschperger family.

1442–1532: The age of the Kerschberger

Edel Jörg Kerschperger was mentioned in a document on July 27, 1487. Georg (Jörg) Kerschperger (born 1467) died in 1495. Hans Kerschperger was his successor.

Hans Kerschberger was buried in the church in 1529. The Turks plundered and devastated Stadlkirchen on September 9, 1532. The Kerschberger's wife, Dorothea (née Stadler), was killed.

1533–1558: The Age of Panhalm

Bartlmee (Bartholomäus) Panhalm inherited the property on January 21, 1533 after the Kerschperger died out. In 1536 a Protestant preacher was hired.

1558–1683: The age of the Neuhausers

Georg Christoph von Neuhaus (zu Ruetting) bought the property in 1558. The Stadler died out in the Mühlviertel in 1559. In 1580 the church was rebuilt by Georg von Neuhaus. Georg von Neuhaus was allowed to combine his coat of arms with that of the Stadler from 1582 because the mother (Barbara Stadler) of his first wife (Regina von Hoheneck) was a Stadler. On March 28, 1592, Georg von Neuhaus demanded the right of patronage over the church from Gleink Monastery. He had rebuilt the "Kirchl" which "fell down and also the tile roof and bells were broken and trimmed" at his own expense. Georg von Neuhaus, who died in Linz, was buried next to his wife in the church on March 19, 1593. Son Bernhard continued the dispute with Gleink from 1592.

Governor Löbl decreed a comparison between Caspar Neuhauser and the Gleink monastery in 1602. The Steyr goldsmith Baltasar Hauser got married on June 22nd, 1608 in Stadlkirchen. It was written that he had "disdainfully left the parish church in Steyr aside". In 1620 the place consisted of 9 houses. The church received a bell in 1645. In 1647 the place consisted of 12 houses. Georg Matthäus Vischer depicted the Renaissance moated castle on one engraving in 1674 .

1674, Renaissance moated castle Stadlkirchen, engraving by Georg Matthäus Vischer

1683–1773: The age of Eckhart

Anton Eckhart zu Thann bought the castle from Georg Ehrenreich von Neuhaus in 1683.

The emperor. royal Court agent Johann Georg Schwandner (Schwandtner) was born on September 21, 1716 in the castle. 1750 Mention of a "Stadlkirchner Pfarr" in the Theresian valid book. Cardinal Lamberg , Bishop of Passau, decreed in 1750 that in Stadlkirchen on the Sunday after the day of Saint Margaret the festival of “dedication with required solenity” should be celebrated (the festival of consecration with required dignity). Joseph von Eckhart received Stadlkirchen Castle through a settlement on December 23, 1754 and succeeded Paul Eckhart.

1773–1808: The age of von Auersperg

Heinrich Joseph, 4th Prince of Auersperg (1697–1783) bought Stadlkirchen Castle on September 25, 1773. The people of Stadlkirchen submitted a petition to the governor in 1776, asking for their own chaplain and schoolmaster - the efforts were in vain. The church renovation under the Neuhausers was described in a document in 1776: “The gentlemen of Neuhaus scuttled the branch church, tore down the altars and instead erected their epithaphs and violently usurped the church so that they could practice the Lutheran sect to which they were zealously devoted can". In 1779, Johann Georg Schwandner became custodian of the Vienna court library. The cemetery was closed in 1788. In 1788 the place consisted of 25 houses. Johann Georg von Schwandner died on September 20, 1791.

Karl Joseph Anton, 5th Prince of Auersperg (* 1720) died on October 2nd, 1800 and was buried in the parish church of Maria Laah . Stadlkirchen Castle inherited on March 24, 1802 Wilhelm, 6th Prince of Auersperg (1749–1822), who sold it six years later. With the sale of the castle in 1808, the administration of Stadlkirche by families living in the castle ended.

1808 until today

The Gröswanger family (Gößwang) bought Stadlkirchen Castle on January 28, 1808. In 1809 the place consisted of 23 houses. The Gröswanger family bought the brewery on March 31, 1818. In 1825 the place consisted of 28 houses with 168 inhabitants. 1828 Report from Statistics Austria ob der Enns: "Stadlkirchen, a village with a branch church of Dietach approaching dilapidation ..." "At Stadlkirchen is the now largely demolished Stadler parent house ..."

Stadlkirchen in 1850

The church received a second bell in 1866 (59 cm in diameter, depicting a crucifixion and the Immaculate). In 1869 the place consisted of 31 houses with 199 inhabitants. In 1890, according to the Dietach parish archives, a double door was purchased for the church. In 1894, according to the Dietach parish archives, an invoice was issued for the church for the window to the right of the entrance. A march of 6,000 Jews to Mauthausen led through Stadlkirchen on April 13, 1945. In 1951 the place consisted of 36 houses with 200 inhabitants. A hailstorm on June 26, 1958 caused damage by hailstones the size of pigeon eggs. In 1961 the place consisted of 40 houses with 215 inhabitants. A tower cross was consecrated on November 15, 1965. The church received a new spire and a new spire cross. In 1971 the place consisted of 45 houses with 225 inhabitants. The Stadlkirchner farmer Johann Eßl was elected mayor of Dietach on November 25, 1972 . In 1981 the place consisted of 54 houses with 214 inhabitants. A major fire destroyed the Breitschopf kitchen factory on April 24, 1988. During renovation work in the church in 1988 a fresco was found. A hurricane-like storm in Panholz destroyed several hectares of forest on March 1, 1990. Hailstorms on May 9th and 24th, 1990 caused damage by hailstones the size of a fist. In 1990 Josef Wintersteiger began renovating the church and uncovering the frescoes. On June 27, 1991, a roof structure was removed by a hurricane storm and heavy rain. In 1991 the place consisted of 63 houses with 200 inhabitants. The renovated church reopened on September 12, 1993. June 23, 1994 Change of mayor in Dietach - Johann Eßl is succeeded by Karl Schweinschwaller (Dietachdorf). When the bell was consecrated on August 23, 1998, the church received a new bell. In 2001 the place consisted of 76 houses with 225 inhabitants. In 2011 the place had 271 inhabitants.

Reports and Sources

1532: The Turks in Stadlkirchen

On September 9th, the Turks roamed near the city of Steyr and the residents of the city tried together with about 40 Carinthian horsemen to attack the Akinci . The Steyrers had underestimated Kasim Bey 's troops, however , were attacked by a superior force and were only able to save themselves with difficulty in the Seitenstetten monastery , where they waited for the Turks to storm.

The Castle Losensteinleithen in Steyr, which was heavily fortified and surrounded by a moat, was a refuge for women and children around. Allegedly there was only one man among the defenders, but this is said to have been a hunter and a skilled marksman. When the Turks appeared in front of the castle and wanted to loot it, the man shot the attackers with the rifles loaded. The Akinci believed the castle was heavily sworn. When the leader of the Horde was also shot, they fled.

A subdivision of the Akinci , which showed up in the area of Amstetten and the Strengberge at the beginning of September , managed to take a fortified post on the Enns Bridge on September 9th. A second subdivision that came via Aschbach , Seitenstetten and Haag was able to cross the Enns because of the low water level at Ernsthofen and thus connect with the first and jointly devastate Stadlkirchen , Dietach , Wolfern and Gleink .

The presence of Hans Ungnad 's riders in the area made the Akinci uneasy. They gave way to any conflict too. When the Akinci were busy plundering the church in Dietach , which is about 5 kilometers north of Steyr , they suddenly gave up and fled without taking their booty with them.

The troops of Kasim Bey 's, who were already very deep in the land above the Enns, at that time represented a serious threat to King Ferdinand I and his family, who were currently in Linz . Hans Ungnad was on his way to Linz with 1000 heavy riders to protect the royal families from a possible attack by the Kasim Bey's. But this measure turned out to be superfluous, since Kasim Bey had in the meantime received news that the Sultan had set out with the main army of Güns and retreated via Wiener Neustadt . So it also seemed advisable for Kasim Bey and his Akinci not to stay in enemy territory any longer than necessary and to unite with the Islamic army as quickly as possible.

172: The Stadlkirchen Castle Brewery

Existence: before 1728 until after 1826:
Production: 1728: 800 buckets - 1795/97: 1,046 buckets Miscellaneous:
The brewery was often run near the village of Gleink (Stadlkirchen belonged to the parish of Gleink Monastery ).

State of construction 2007:
The buildings still exist in a modified form as a residential building or as an inn (Hofstubn); nothing reminds of the brewery.

1800: Tomb of Karl Joseph Anton, 5th Prince of Auersperg

The parish church Maria Laah houses an external crypt on the west side , in which, among other things, there is a stone sarcophagus with a marble lid of Karl Joseph Anton, 5th Prince of Auersperg .

The following inscription is attached:

CARL JOSEPH DES SALVATION. ROME. RICH PRINCE OF AUERSPERG, DUKE OF GOTTSCHER, PRINCE COUNT ZU WELS, LORD OF THE RULES LOSENSTEIN, LOSENSTEINLEUTEN GSCHWENDT, AND STADLKIRCHEN THEN THEIR RULES SEISENBERG, WEIXL, BERG, PÖLLAND, COSCLIACO, CEPICH, AND GRADICNA, OBERSTERBLAND, MARSHAL AND OBERSTERBLAND, Chamberlain in the Duke, THUM KRAIN AND THE WINDISH MAARK, KNIGHT OF THE GOLDEN KÄMER. BORED ON FEBRUARY 17, 1720. IN THE LORD SLEEPED OCTOBER 2, 1800. GOD LET HIM REST.

1945: The march of the Jews from Steyr to Mauthausen

Behind Steyr , a route continued via Dornach, Dietach , Hargelsberg and Enns . In Steyr, the columns were brought together again, because on April 13th or 14th, twenty local Volkssturm men are said to have taken over the guarding of the largest, around 6,000-person transport at the Stadtgut in Dornach. A sergeant major of the Wehrmacht , whose name is said to have been Krebs, led the command and ordered the Volkssturm men "to shoot every prisoner who moved away from the division" or to be shot themselves. After the night rest - outdoors and without food in the morning, the transport marched on in two groups that were only moving slowly forward.

One of the two columns is said to have not been shot, but some of the marchers died of exhaustion.

Warning board at the parish church of Kronstorf

Murders were also committed in the other group - in public, as Rudolf Atteneder from Stadlkirchen , who met the transport around noon at Heuberg, testified: “I myself saw three prisoners shot from the Heuberg to my home. The men who shot wore Volkssturm uniform. I didn't know you. ” Eight or nine people are said to have been murdered between Heuberg and Stadlkirchen . Atteneder heard a policeman on guard saying on his return that “they did not shoot any prisoner because they were such poor devils”. But the auxiliary gendarme Josef Hinterleitner boasted to him and his wife that he had murdered several Jews. In court, Hinterleitner stated that he had only cut open when he was drunk. In fact, he only gave a blank shot in the air when a few Jews ran into a rape field to eat the leaves. Since the only witness confirmed this statement, the proceedings against Hinterleitner were discontinued on October 21, 1946. Hinterleitner's behavior was not an isolated incident. Other escorts also falsely boasted of one or more murders. This behavior shows that the murder of Jews enjoyed a high level of acceptance among the guards (and probably also among many civilians).

After the Volkssturm men from Dornach had handed over the transport in Stadlkirchen to a unit from Enns , on the way home near Dietachdorf they came across an exhausted man who asked them for food. Instead of helping him, the sergeant major ordered a 17-year-old Volkssturmmann to shoot the straggler. But the young fellow was clumsy. As a result, Krebs gave the order to murder Josef Huber, who, however, had little experience with the rifle, so that initially a shot was fired in the air. Although the Jew then asserted that he could go on, Huber shot him in the head. Since the sergeant major stood near him during the act, the Linz People's Court approved Huber "irresistible coercion" and acquitted him.

Rudolf Atteneder stated in the court that the victims of the march were buried, but did not say where. In Kronstorf there was a communal grave with nine Hungarian Jews who, according to the inscription on the memorial plaque that is now on the parish church, “collapsed without power and were therefore murdered by dehumanized guards”. These dead could be the victims of the march from Dornach to Stadlkirchen . In 1971 they were transferred to the quarantine yard at the Mauthausen Memorial . Another victim is buried in the Kronstorf cemetery.

Myths and legends

The escape cross on the escape route

On the little road that leads from Stadlkirchen over a hill to Asang and is called the “escape route”, the “escape cross” made of coarse conglomerate rock stands on the ridge.

The legend tells that Joseph and Mary once stopped here with the baby Jesus on their flight to Egypt. A picture depicting the well-known biblical scene is attached to the wayside shrine belonging to Mr. Pfaffenwimmer, generally “Mayr zu Stadlkirchen”.

The word rest is an old word in its true sense that is no longer used and understood today; it means that there is a picture attached to the wayside shrine that depicts the scene of the rest on the flight to Egypt. And because one no longer understood the rest in this sense, the above legend arose and the cross has become the "escape cross". The legend also tells that the Lord God went over the hill on the escape route. This legend is perhaps explained by the fact that twice a year, in spring and in autumn, a procession with cross and flags went on the hill path from Stadlkirchen to the pilgrimage church of Maria Winkling on the Enns, an hour away.

It is also said that Turks and French are buried at the escape cross. Perhaps on the way over the hill, which at that time might have been wooded, fleeing robbery Turks, later French, stragglers, were slain by the angry peasants and buried here. Or local residents have fled from the Turks on the hill that was away from the road, on which a cross was erected in memory, which was then called the “escape cross” and the path “escape route”.

The ring of the lady of the castle

In the place of the friendly village Stadlkirchen there used to be a castle. One morning the owner lost the precious ring she wore every day. A poor maid was accused of theft because no one else was in the room. Although she protested her innocence to the end, she was sentenced and executed under the strict law of the time. The following spring a farmer felled a tree and the ring fell out of a raven's nest. The countess's dismay and remorse was now too late.

The Satan Dance Place

Between the two old towns of Stadlkirchen and Thann there is a fairly large forest, which has been called "Bannholz" since ancient times. In the middle of the Bannholz, where the road coming from Stadlkirchen divides and forms two roads that run in different directions through the forest, there was a free triangular square that people still use today, although there is now a young ash forest Call "Satan Dance Place".

In the past three large wooden crosses hung with images of saints stood side by side in this square; they were protected by six majestic spruce trees. Of these three crosses, which were already very old and rotten, two broke down in the course of time, but were no longer erected; the images of these two crosses were nailed to the last remaining cross. But when in 1929 the lumbermen of the Losensteinleiten estate felled the large, stately spruce trees and the old wooden cross, heavily hung with pictures, now stood alone on the rather large, triangular square and no longer had any protection, this too was soon overturned by a thunderstorm and no longer set up either. And so the landmarks of significant events that had taken place here in ancient times disappeared; for in vain one has not set up three crosses in the middle of the forest.

The "Satan Dance Place", which is covered with many gruesome legends, used to be an eerie, disreputable place that nobody liked to pass by, especially at night. It is said that here the devil often fooled people and led them astray. Carters, too, often got stuck with their carts and could not move for a long time or they suddenly realized that they were driving on a strange and unknown road. One of the legends reports that the devil dried up coals in the "Satan dance place"; the blacksmith in Thann took them away from him in bowls, at home they were always twenties.

At this eerie dance venue, as another legend reports, the devil drove back and forth at midnight with a loud noise and din, whereupon he chased away through the devil's ditch, which is nearby. From a mythological point of view, this points to the "wild hunt". On Christmas night some people used to draw a circle with the consecrated chalk and practice standing in a circle in order to learn about the future; because this place is said to have been particularly suitable for standing in a circle.

It is also said that Turks and French are buried at the "Satan Dance Place". Hanged people have probably also been buried here, because the gallows once stood not far from it; part of the forest is still called "Galgenweid".

Today, as I said, there is a young ash forest on the once rather large triangular square on which the three tall wooden crosses stood. In any case, the “Satan Dance Place”, which is surrounded by many legends, is an important location. It is said that there was once a gallows at the nearby Gallhub farmhouse in Thann, which is very easy to do, as the name of the house suggests. This assumption is reinforced by the fact that the name of the neighboring house, Rabenbauer, gives the idea of ​​the birds of the dead, the ravens, who swarmed around the gallows draped with dead with gruesome croaking.

literature

  • Johann Georg Adam von Hoheneck : The laudable gentlemen gentlemen from Deß Ertz- and Hertzogthumb Austria above the Ennß. 1747
  • Franz Ludwig: Archive for History, Statistics, Literature and Art. Volume 15, Verlag Franz Härtersche Buchhandlung, 1824.
  • Joseph von Hammer: History of the Ottoman Empire 1520-1574. Volume 3, Hartleben's publishing house, 1828.
  • Bendikt Pillwein: History, geography and statistics of the Archduchy of Austria above the Enns and the Duchy of Salzburg. Volume 1, Quandt Verlag, 1828.
  • Bendikt Pillwein: History, geography and statistics of the Archduchy of Austria above the Enns and the Duchy of Salzburg. Volume 4, Quandt Verlag, 1832.
  • Joseph von Hammer: History of the Ottoman Empire 1520-1623. Volume 2, Hartleben's publishing house, 1834.
  • Bendikt Pillwein: History, geography and statistics of the Archduchy of Austria above the Enns and the Duchy of Salzburg. Quandt publishing house, 1843.
  • Karl Grösser: Trade and trade addresses book for Austria above the Enns. Verlag Josef Wimmer, 1853.
  • Angela Mohr: Cultural assets in the municipality of Dietach in Upper Austria - Stadlkirchen. Verlag Pfarramt Dietach, 1993.
  • Franz Harrer: sagas and legends of Steyr. 6th edition, Verlag Ennsthaler, 1999, ISBN 3-85068-004-5 .
  • Eleonore Lappin: Hungarian-Jewish forced laborers in Austria 1944/45. LIT Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-50195-0
  • Raimund Ločičnik: Treasure Chest Upper Austria. 1st edition, Sutton Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86680-878-2 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Kasim Bey
  2. www.sagen.at
  3. ^ Hungarian-Jewish forced laborers in Austria 1944/45 / Eleonore Lappin-Eppel
  4. Sagas and legends of Steyr / Franz Harrer
  5. www.sagen.at
  6. Sagas and legends of Steyr / Franz Harrer