Taggenbrunn Castle

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Taggenbrunn Castle
Sankt Georgen am Laengsee Taggenbrunn 11 Castle ruins 10092011 222.jpg
Creation time : 1142
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Sankt Georgen am Längsee
Geographical location 46 ° 46 '17.3 "  N , 14 ° 23' 24.6"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 46 '17.3 "  N , 14 ° 23' 24.6"  E
Height: 636  m above sea level A.
Taggenbrunn Castle (Carinthia)
Taggenbrunn Castle

The castle Taggenbrunn is the ruins of a hilltop castle in the municipality of St. Georgen am Längsee in Sankt Veit an der Glan in Carinthia , Austria .

history

As a gift from Ludwig the German , Salzburg became the owner of this area in 860. Taggenbrunn was built on the remains of a Celtic-Roman rampart settlement (6th century BC) in the first third of the 12th century bytagus von Pongau on behalf of the Archdiocese of Salzburg .

Floor plan of the Taggenbrunn castle ruins

Taggenbrunn is mentioned for the first time in 1142 (Rahuinus de Takkenbrunnen), expressly named as a castle ( Castrum Takenbrunne ) in 1157. In the feud between the elect Philipp von Spanheim and Bishop Ulrich von Seckau over the Archdiocese of Salzburg, in which Duke Ulrich III. von Carinthia intervened in favor of his brother Philipp, the castle was destroyed in 1258 and rebuilt in 1268. In the uprising of Ulrich von Heunburg against Duke Albrecht I and Duke Meinhard von Kärnten in 1292, the Carinthian Duke Ludwig was captured and briefly imprisoned by Salzburg Archbishop Konrad IV in Taggenbrunn. In 1308 Otto von Liechtenstein-Murau was appointed governor of Carinthia and Salzburg granted this Taggenbrunn residence: Carinthia was ruled from Taggenbrunn.

1479 opened Archbishop Leonhard von Keutschach the Hungarians, with whom he against Emperor Friedrich III. was allied, the Taggenbrunn Fortress, which was subsequently destroyed by the imperial troops. Taggenbrunn remained in imperial possession until 1494. At this time Friedrich's son, Maximilian I , gave Taggenbrunn back to the Archdiocese of Salzburg. The castle complex was expanded from 1497 to 1503 into a modern fortification under Archbishop Leonhard von Keutschach, who, as the most important builder, was also responsible for the final expansion of the Hohensalzburg Fortress in its current size. In addition, a granary, the nursing home and the Marhaus, which are still preserved in their original form, were built in the vicinity. The granary, in particular, is structurally interesting because it is one of the last of its size to be well preserved in the immediate vicinity. The heavy roofing slates still rest on the original roof structure.

Salzburg caretakers and officials sat on Taggenbrunn until 1692. In 1796 Taggenbrunn was first referred to as a ruin. When Salzburg ceased to exist as a sovereign principality due to the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803 , Taggenbrunn fell to Austria and became a state domain. In 1858 Antonie von Reyer bought Taggenbrunn, in 1883 Taggenbrunn became the property of the Paulitsch family and in the same year it passed to the Kleinszig family.

In 2011, the entrepreneur Alfred Riedl ( Jacques-Lemans-Uhren ) bought Taggenbrunn. Since then, the Riedl family has been renovating Taggenbrunn Castle and the surrounding buildings. In three years the tasting house was restored true to the original and opened in April 2015. In the meantime, around 36 hectares of vineyards have been created around Taggenbrunn Castle.

gastronomy

Since the mid-1980s, there has been a largely uninterrupted restaurant in the still largely existing and well-preserved or restored part of the castle ruins with the associated castle courtyard . Among other things, medieval knight meals are also held.

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