Vogtturm

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Vogtturm in Zell am See

The Vogtturm (formerly also called Kastnerturm ) is located in the Fuscher - or Thurnhaus in the town of Zell am See in the Salzburger Land on the corner of the town square of Dreifaltigkeitsgasse and the Turmplatzl. The name Kastnerturm goes back to the long-time owner family Kastner (from 1789 to 1951), Fuscher - or Thurnhaus , the tower was called in old arable land .

history

Although the Vogtturm, along with the parish church of St. Hippolytus in Zell am See and Rosenberg Castle, is one of the most historically interesting and characteristic buildings in the cityscape of Zell am See , practically all essential questions about the history of the building remain unanswered. So up until today we can only guess at the age of the building and the owner.

With a high degree of probability, the Vogtturm can be assumed to be the oldest secular building in the city, but there is just as little evidence of a historical connection with the monastery ( Cella in Bisontio ) first mentioned in 788/790 in the Notitia Arnonis , as is the frequently rumored mention of the tower as the escape tower of the archbishops in the Salzburg documents v. a. the years 926/927.

Since the right to build castles and towers up to the 13th century was largely in the hands of secular rulers or the nobles authorized by them, the Salzburg archbishops can be eliminated as builders until then. However, it cannot be ruled out that the tower was built much earlier in connection with an aristocratic monastery and had a kind of protective function, but there are also many arguments in favor of a purely profane building as the keep of a noble residence.

Assuming that such a massive defensive tower must have been built by an important noble family , u. a. the lords of Pinzgowe , standing in genealogical proximity with the Walchers and Felben or, to a large extent , the line of the Counts of Weyarn-Neuburg-Falkenstein-Hernstein, in this regard the circle of the Tegernsee monastery and the Hippolytpatrozinium of the parish church of St. Hippolytus would also be considered in Zell am See and thus close to the Cella in Bisontio.

A source in the 13th century mentions the Walcher , who made peace with the Salzburg elect Philipp von Spanheim in a document dated August 1, 1254 (here it says: “Because we have a new tower in the archbishop's court and on the floor of his church erected against his will and appropriated the bailiwick rights that the archbishop had bought from the deceased Grimold von Saalfelden. ” However, a possible reference to this information on the Vogtturm is very unlikely.

Only in the 15th century did the references to the ownership structures become more concrete: the relatives of the Walchers were the lords of Goldegg , who have been under the feudal rule of the von Hundt since 1369 . These in turn are owned by Dorfheim Castle and the tower in Zell am See is listed in Dorfheim's land register. The sister of Christoph Dieter Hundt (he was the last Hundt in the male line), Marie Jakobe, married Johann Albert Savioli, who had bought Dorfheim in 1628. This was followed in 1660 by Anna Maria Paggee from Tamsweg , married to the royal Salzburg court advisor Johann Konrad Stadtmayr. In 1719 the niece Maria Theresia von Küeppach inherited the property. In turn, she was married to Friedrich Ignaz Lürer vom Zehendtal. This family remained in possession of the tower until the discharge .

In a fire in 1770, in addition to eight houses and the two churches, the tower was also damaged, the fire destroyed two floors and the roof of the tower. Until 1850, the roof hatches were used for weather shooting, it was hoped that the thunder of cannons would prevent storms from drawing in. In the 19th century, the Vogtturm served as a residential building. a. also the bishops of Chiemsee as lords of the canteen (belonging to the episcopal canteen = equipment) used the tower as a granary.

The tower was leased under inheritance law. The tenants or owners appear: Matheus Neissl (before 1626), the fisherman Wolf Kheil through purchase (1631), Wolf Huetter half (1638), Magdalena, Wittibin, through purchase (1650), Georg Innegruber through change (16661) , Magdalena Schlipferin by handover, Thomas Mayr and his wife by handover (1699), Christoph Mayr by handover (1702), Michael Mayr and his eleven children, Franz Mayr by handover (1783), Johann Kastner by purchase (1798), then his Children Johann Kastner by handover (1805), Johann Kastner by handover (1841), Maria Plachfelner by purchase (1850), Josef Gruber half by marriage (1851), Josef Kolbacher by purchase (1864), the businessman Johann Kastner by purchase ( 1866), Johann Kastner by passing (1885), Josef Kastner by Einantwortung (1914), Paula Kastner by Einantwortung (1943), Mark and Theresa Faistauer by purchasing (1951), after 1964 Theresia Faistauer as sole owner.

Description and present

The Vogtturm has six floors and is covered by a hipped gable roof. The tower height is 23.5 meters, the width on the north, south and west sides 8.6 meters, on the east side 13.5 meters, so it widens like a trapezoid towards the lake.

Since the middle of the last century there have been shops on the ground floor of the tower (tobacco shop, antique shop), while apartments were furnished on the floors above. The top floor had no windows, only viewing benches; the viewing windows on the upper floors may indicate the time as a watchtower.

In 1984 the banking house Carl Spängler & Co. AG acquired the tower and renovated the building. It was then leased to the municipality for museum purposes. In the same year, the museum was able to move from the town hall to Schloss Rosenberg in the Vogtturm. The focus of the extensive collection, which extends over four floors, is the local and regional history and culture of the Pinzgau district capital (including a flat boat from Lake Zell, old prints and views of Zell am See).

For security reasons, the Vogtturm has not been open to the public since 2017; a new museum and security concept is being developed. After renovation work in 2019, the expanded and redesigned museum should be open to the public again by 2020 at the latest.

literature

  • Johann Baptist Egger: Description of Zell in Pinzgau. Duyle, Salzburg 1855.
  • Josef Dürlinger: From Pinzgau. 1. Historical overviews, 2. Place and church registers - with a chronological table. Self-published, 1866.
  • Friederike Zaisberger , Walter Schlegel : Castles and palaces in Salzburg. Pongau, Pinzgau, Lungau . Birken, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-85030-037-4 .
  • Friederike Zaisberger: History of Salzburg. (= History of the Austrian Federal States. Volume 7). Publishing house for history and politics, Vienna 1898.
  • Rainer Hochhold: Cella in Bisontio, Zell im Pinzgau, Zell am See - a historical journey through time . Zell am See 2013, ISBN 978-3-200-03385-6 .
  • Heinz Dopsch : The Middle Ages. In: Waltraud Moser-Schmidl / Hannes Wartbichler (eds.): "Kaprun through the ages". Kaprun 2013.

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Notes, references and sources

  1. ↑ In the two documents, an exchange of goods in Flachgau is notarized and signed with “Actum in Pisontia in loco cella” or only with “Actum in Pisontia”. Cf. Rainer Hochhold (2013) p. 78/79, here also (p. 396) the source text from SUB II (1916), Cod. Od. 18 (0). - Iuv. A. 135 cap. 21, 86 f. or SUB II (1916), Cod. Od. f. 18 '(0). - luv. A. 135 cap. 22nd
  2. ↑ Friederike Zaisberger (1998) p. 38 and Rainer Hochhold (2013) p. 79. In addition, Mitterpinzgau was still in the hands of counts until the first half of the 13th century!
  3. ↑ See Josef Dürlinger (1866) p. 286 and Rainer Hochhold (2013) p. 49 and 81.
  4. ↑ The early Pinzgauer chronicler Josef Dürlinger (1866) p. 38ff p. With reference to Johann Franz Thaddäus von Kleinmayrn already reports on the Pinzgower family . There is also evidence that the Pinzgower eventually became extinct at the end of the 12th century and were inherited by the Felben . Taken from: Rainer Hochhold (2013) p. 78 ff, cf. there (p. 81) also the theses of Johann Baptist Egger (1855) p. 46 about the lords of Turri and the relationships with the families of the Hund (t), Dorfheimer and Lauterbacher, here parallels would be drawn to the possessions of the Saalfelden noble families surrender.
  5. ↑ The ancestors of the Counts of Weyarn-Neuburg-Falkenstein-Hernstein, Patto von Diching, Siboto (Sigiboto) I and Siboto (Sigiboto) II were bailiffs in Tegernsee in the 11th and 12th centuries . Later the Falkensteiner perceived and management tasks on behalf of the Archdiocese of Salzburg Archbishop Eberhard I . Siboto (Sigiboto) IV von Neuburg-Falkenstein had entrusted the administration of the provost's Chiemsee with the archbishopric lands of this region - and thus probably also the canteen parish of Zell im Pinzgau - in 1158. However, it is clear that in the vita of the Falkensteiner and in their extensive land and fief collection Codex Falkensteinensis no possessions in the Pinzgau are mentioned. For the history of the Counts of Weyarn-Neuburg-Falkenstein-Hernstein see Historical and topographical presentation of the parish, monasteries, monasteries, charitable foundations and monuments in the Herzogthume Oesterreich , Volume 5, Vienna 1826, p. 38 and 179 or Heinz Dopsch (2013 ) P. 116f
  6. ↑ Vogtturm information sheet; Museum. Traces of the fire can still be seen today on the wooden gables in the attic. Rainer Hochhold (2013), p. 74 (illustration)
  7. ^ According to the Franciscan cadastre of 1830, the Thurnhaus was a three-story residential building.
  8. ↑ Vogtturm information sheet; Museum (Rainer Hochhold (2013) p. 81)
  9. ^ Vogtturm: Zeller landmark before renovation , accessed on April 22, 2019
  10. ↑ Zell: Renovation of the Vogtturm begins , accessed on April 22, 2019

Coordinates: 47 ° 19 ′ 25.1 ″  N , 12 ° 47 ′ 52.4 ″  E