Starhemberg Palace (Znojmo)

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Starhembergpalais - "Palais Althann"

The Starhemberský palác, located in Znojmo at the transition from Horny náměstí (Upper Square) to Václavské náměstí (Wenceslas Square) , is mistakenly associated with the Althann family , the owners of Frain an der Thaya Castle , and as the Althann Palace (Althanský palác) .

history

Originally there were two town houses at the location of the palace, which were acquired as a residence after 1620 by Karl Anton Graf von Braida , an imperial privy councilor. In 1666 the two houses became the property of Maximilian Lorenz von Starhemberg and his wife Dorota Polyxena von Scherffenberg . By rebuilding the two buildings, an early Baroque palace was created. After the death of Dorota Polyxena in 1713, the building changed hands in the will of Countess Josepha von Dietrichstein , née von Wlassin über, from whom the Starhemberg Palace (Starhemberský palác) was acquired by the Viennese court chamber in the same year first set up a salt office here. The building was also later used as an administration building, for example as a district authority in the interwar period .

After 2000, the Starhemberg Palais was renovated and converted into a hotel.

Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Waldstein lived here between December 1631 and April 1632 . Here, at the beginning of December 1631, the decisive negotiations between an envoy from Emperor Ferdinand II and Wallenstein were held, which resulted in the (re-) appointment of the general to imperial service. From here he prepared the reorganization and considerable expansion of the imperial army in order to drive out the Swedish king Gustav Adolf, who had penetrated deep into southern Germany .

On the occasion of his return from Prague from his coronation as King of Bohemia at the end of November 1723, Charles VI resided here . ; Empress Elisabeth Christine as well as Maria Theresa and one of her sisters. To give the majesties additional space, the district chief Count de Souches had the walls of the neighboring houses broken through. During this stay, the first documented opera performance took place in Znojmo and the imperial family attended several masses in the church of the Capuchin monastery .

Footnotes

  1. ^ Anton Vrbka: Memorial Book of the City of Znaim 1226 - 1926. Cultural-historical pictures from this time . Verlag A. Bartosch, Nikolsburg, 1927 , page 263
  2. ↑ Joseph Polišenský and Josef Kollmann: Wallenstein. General of the Thirty Years' War. Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 1997. pp. 236f.
  3. ↑ http://www.znojmocity.cz/de/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=100452&id=1061&p1=52  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.znojmocity.cz  
  4. ^ Anton Huebner, Viktor Huebner, Michael Netoliczka: Memories of the royal. City of Znojmo. According to the manuscripts left behind by the kk pen. District captain Mr. Anton Huebner, edited by Viktor Huebner and Michael Netoliczka. VIII. Delivery '
  5. ^ Gregor Wolny: The Margraviate of Moravia. Topographical, statistical and historical, III. Volume, Znojmo District, Karl Winiker Publishing House, Brno, 1846
  6. ^ Anton Vrbka: Memorial Book of the City of Znaim 1226 - 1926. Cultural-historical pictures from this time . A. Bartosch Verlag, Nikolsburg, 1927

Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 22.2 "  N , 16 ° 2 ′ 51.2"  E