Weitmoserschlössl
The Weitmoserschlössl (sometimes also called Hundsdorf Castle because of a previous owner ) is located in the Vorderschneeberg district of the Bad Hofgastein municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district of Salzburg (Schlossgasse 14). The castle, visible from afar, is located on the west side of the Gastein Valley.
history
The castle is closely associated with the Weitmoser family. The first to be mentioned here is Hans Weitmoser, who can be verified as the owner of various properties in the Gastein Valley from 1518, such as B. the Eliasgütl and the Maurachlehen zu Hundsdorf. Hans Weitmoser was also one of the leaders of the Salzburg peasant uprising; for this he apologized and was accepted back by the sovereign Matthäus Lang . In 1518 he even acted as commissioned commissioner on behalf of the archbishop in a mining dispute. This Hans was also able to buy mine shares and seems to have been lucky with driving his tunnels on the Radhausberg. Heir was his son Christoph Weitmoser (* 1506, † May 2, 1558 Hofgastein) in 1526. He was enrolled at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau in 1522 . When he took over his inheritance, he also had to take on around 10,000 guilders in debt; the sovereign helped the young Christoff with a loan of 100 "imperials". Around 1530 he himself was able to mine rich ore through the tunnel "to our wife" and pay off his debts. In the period from 1554 to 1560, it is estimated that he was able to mine around 300 kg of gold and around 1200 kg of silver annually, of which he has a current income of at least 2.5 million euros after deducting all expenses. Christoff Weitmosers were among the financiers of Archduke Ferdinand of Tyrol and Duke Ernst of Bavaria .
Around 1538 he acquired the old Goldeckhof (also known as Goldegger Hof and possibly the seat of the Lords of Goldegg ). An inscription plaque shows that the Goldeckhof burned down in 1553 and was rebuilt within two months the following year. This building exists today as the northern wing of the entire complex. Weitmoser was awarded the title of imperial council as early as 1552, but could not achieve inclusion in the Salzburger Landtafel, even if he was already a Bavarian nobleman through the acquisition of Hofmark Winkl. In 1555 he wrote a formal request to the ruler of Salzburg, in which he expressed his wish that Archbishop Michael should elevate him to the knighthood. This was also granted to him.
After the death of the economically very successful Christoph Weitmoser († 1558) the Weitmoser family declined, not least because the immense fortune (320,000 guilders) had to be divided between three sons and four daughters from their marriage to Elisabeth Vötzl in 1531 . The decline of the family is also reflected in a hiking legend of ascent and hardship, which is not only widespread in the Gastein Valley, up to the moving of the bridal veil, but which is only marginally connected with real events.
The property was acquired in 1606 by Hanns Leykhofer and in 1621 by Georg, Hans, Jacob and Kunigung Leykhofer. From 1624 Hanns and Kunigundt were the owners. They built a newly bricked Stöckhl with the two round cores on the eastern edges of the building. In 1628 the altar of the palace chapel was consecrated on the first floor of the new building. As a Protestant, Leykofer had to leave the State of Salzburg and the property was purchased first in 1625 by Leonhart Rainpacher and in 1626 by Alexander Hölzl von Sylion and his housewife. The frescoes in the chapel with biblical motifs by the painter Ludwig Lindner date from the first quarter of the 17th century. A room with paneling and a coffered ceiling was installed on the second floor, which is wrongly called the Weitmoserstube (since this has nothing to do with the family) . In 1634 Johann Riept, pastor of Haus and Schladming bought the castle. His heir was Franz Kumminger († 1691). Other owners are proven: Johann Pichler (1701), Georg Stuchner (1712), Franz Benedikt Hasler (1738).
In 1752, Benedikt Niklas Scharfetter, a Scharfetter, acquired the property for the first time. In 1755 Josef Anton Trauner, administrator of Hundsdorf (married to Elisabeth Poschacher) is named as the owner. From 1796 Andrä Scharfetter is the owner; Since then, the Scharfetter family (Gasteiner line) has owned the property.
Weitmoserschlössl today
In 1850, the interior of the castle underwent a thorough (and, as one report says, “without sparing the old”) renovation. In 1937 the frescoes in the chapel were rediscovered and restored. In 1952 the exterior was renovated with the addition of a terrace for the café on the south side. The year 1400 above the entrance to the older part of the building has no historical basis. Today the Weitmoser restaurant and café is located here.
literature
- Friederike Zaisberger & Walter Schlegel : Castles and palaces in Salzburg. Pongau, Pinzgau, Lungau . Birch series, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-85030-037-4 .
- Siebmacher, Johann : Johann Siebmacher's coat of arms book. Volume 28. The coats of arms of the nobility in Salzburg, Styria and Tyrol. Facsimile reprint of the Nuremberg edition 1701-1806. Munich: Battenberg.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Homepage of Restaurant-Café Weitmoser
- Entry via Weitmoserschlössl to Burgen-Austria
- Weitmoserschlössel on Salzburgwiki
- Christoff Weitmoser
- Weitmoserschloss
Coordinates: 47 ° 9 ′ 45.1 ″ N , 13 ° 5 ′ 57.2 ″ E