Venushof (Graz)

The Venushof was a noble farm in Graz . Its history goes back to the 15th century. It was demolished around 1899. There is a legend that the courtyard was built on the remains of a Roman temple of Venus and that is why it got its name. In reality, it owes its name to a former owner.

location

The farm was on Schörgelgasse .

history

The Venushof was built in the 15th century and was then called the Peunt (bair.  Point , 'small estate'). It was probably destroyed by the Turks in 1532, but rebuilt in the following years. The Grazer councilor Rueprecht Puchler is known as the owner from 1545. His daughter sold the estate to Franz Kolb in 1588. Several changes of ownership followed before the Edelhof came into the possession of the Italian dealer Hans Venus. As Venus had high debts due to fraud, the court came to Gotthart Zoller in 1624, who made use of his aristocratic claim rights. Although Venus was the owner only for a short time, the Grazers remembered him for his swindles and the court was now called the Venushof .

In 1655 the Venushof was also called Hof bei dem Ferbersteg . In the following years the owners changed again frequently. In 1686 the property came into the possession of Johann Christof Liseutin, who had to undertake to build protective structures on the nearby Grazbach . Carl Adam Graf Lengheim acquired the estate in 1697 and connected it to the Schörgelhof . After the Schörgelhof was sold in 1770, the Venushof remained in the possession of the Counts of Lengheim . It was demolished around 1899.

proof

• Robert Baravalle: Castles and palaces of Styria . Leykam, Graz 1995, ISBN 3-7011-7323-0 , p. 34-35 (reprinted 1961).

Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 26 ′ 55.6 ″  E