Windhag Scholarship Foundation for Lower Austria
The Windhag Scholarship Foundation for Lower Austria was founded in 1670 by Joachim Enzmilner .
After his death in 1678 it served to accommodate, board and equip students of the Vienna seminary ( alumnate ), which was housed in his house in Vienna on Bäckerstraße , as well as students of the University of Vienna . After the abolition of the alumnate by Joseph II , hand-held scholarships were awarded.
The foundation has its own legal personality, which has existed since 1670. According to the current guidelines, scholarships are awarded annually to students from Lower Austria for special study achievements in the previous academic year.
Foundation purpose
First of all, the graduates of the Latin School in Münzbach should be granted scholarships for the alumni in Vienna and for studying at the University of Vienna. Students from his relatives, servants and subject families were to be accepted, whereby the prioress of the Dominican Convent of Windhaag had the right of nomination.
In the 18th century, however, only applicants from Lower Austria were considered eligible. In 1751, the foundation was able to increase the number of places from 10 to 20, and each alumnus received food, clothing, apartment, books and writing utensils for 200 guilders. In 1758, a school was set up in Großpoppen Castle in Großpoppen to educate the talented subject children and to prepare them for alumni and the University of Vienna. In 1772 the foundation was confirmed by Maria Theresa.
In 1783 the free choice of course of study was restricted by the imperial court. The foundation's alumni were supposed to study cameral, commercial and accounting sciences, as the state did not lack lawyers and medicini.
According to the foundation statutes, the foundation awards scholarships to talented and needy students from Lower Austria.
Equipment of the foundation
- Reign of Groß-Poppen
- Reign Nine
- Rausmann's rule
- Lordship of Wurmbach
- A house in Vienna on Bäckerstraße. The modern block of flats at Bäckerstraße 9 in Vienna stands on the site of the Windhag Foundation building that was destroyed by the bombing and still has the old portal from 1559. It was owned by the mayor of Vienna, Hans von Thaw, around the mid-16th century. He had it rebuilt in 1559. Enzmilner later acquired the house and set up an alumni there.
The goods in the Waldviertel were expropriated from the foundation, which continued to exist after 1939, between 1939 and 1941 because the area was declared a military training area. After the war, the foundation fund remained under USIA administration as a former German property . It was not until 1959 that the property was restored in the form of an exchange of territory. The administration of the newly created Ottenstein Forestry Office is based in the Waldreich Castle, which belongs to the Foundation .
Gut Ottenstein (formerly Ottenstein Forestry Office)
Gut Ottenstein is located in Lower Austria in the Waldviertel and extends over a length of about ten kilometers and an average width of about 3 kilometers from Zwettl to Krumau am Kamp.
The property borders the Allentsteig military training area to the north and west. The southern border is largely formed by the reservoirs. The company is located in the political districts of Krems-Land and Zwettl in Lower Austria and in the municipalities of Krumau am Kamp , Rastenfeld , Friedersbach and Pölla .
The forest enterprise lies at 360 to 613 m above sea level. A. In the north and west the area is flat to slightly hilly, in the east and south there are great differences in altitude. The western part lies in the area of the Rastenberg granite, the eastern part in the border area at the granite edge and consists of differently shaped vein and mixed gneisses as well as amphibolites and some limestone marble chains. There are brown earths, parabrown earths and podsols as soil types.
The climate is a moderately rough, humid mountain climate. The annual mean temperature is 6.5 to 7 degrees Celsius. The average annual rainfall is between 650 and 680 mm. The reservoirs are the cause of an above-average number of foggy days.
The foundation is the owner of Gut Ottenstein with its seat in the Waldreich Castle , which was first mentioned in 1258 and restored in 1983, and has 3120 hectares of land, of which forestry 2300 hectares, agriculture 310 hectares, reservoirs 410 hectares, pond management 70 hectares, forest gardens 25 hectares and other areas 5 Hectares. The operation is divided into the forest districts Dobra and Ottenstein-Flachau, a functional area for bodies of water, vehicle fleet and buildings as well as administration including tourism. In 2011, the Lower Austrian falconry and birds of prey center with owl park and falconry was established in the area of the Waldreich Castle. In addition to flight demonstrations, this new center also offers training and further education events in connection with falconry - now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In addition to forestry, the company is increasingly focusing on the direct marketing of its own fish and game production. Tourism is becoming more and more important in the Kampseen region so that Gut Ottenstein is also expanding with various adventure offers.
literature
- Georg Grüll : History of the castle and the rule Windhag near Perg. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. 87th volume, Linz 1937, ISSN 0379-0819 , especially part 2, prehistory pp. 188–216 (PDF; 2.6 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at, “Windhag and Joachim Enzmilner” pp. 216–278 (PDF; 9 MB ) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at, "Beilagen und Tables" pp. 279–311 (PDF; 2.2 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
- Walpurga Oppeker: The historical development of the Windhagschen Scholarship Foundation. In: 300 Years of the Windhagsche Scholarship Foundation for Lower Austria. Vienna-Ottenstein 1970.
- Walpurga Oppeker: The historical development of the Windhag'schen Scholarship Foundation for Lower Austria. In: The Waldviertel. 53, Issue 1/2004, pp. 12-35, ISSN 0259-8957 .
Individual evidence
- ^ State of Lower Austria scholarship guidelines
- ^ Homepage Gut Ottenstein