Zell's old town

The old town of Zell (July 2008)

Zeller old town subdivision

The old town of Zell am See includes the historic town center of Zell am See. Around 3800 people live in the old town.

Demarcation

In Zell am See, the term “old town” can be interpreted as referring to the town square, Dreifaltigkeits-, Kirch- and Seegasse due to the historical building structure. The decisive factor for this is a "geometric floor plan of the Pan-Markt Zell im Pinzgau" from 1784 or the adapted version from around 1850, on which igs. 97 houses are recorded, 54 of them made of stone, 35 houses made of wood with stone components and 8 pure wooden houses. Except for three buildings in the Aryan possession (Rosenberg Castle, Fronfeste and Amtshaus), all the others were owned by the community citizens, 16 of them were purely agricultural businesses. Due to the arrangement of the stone houses along Dreifaltigkeitsgasse (6 stone houses), the then market square and today's town square (11), as well as Kirchgasse (7) and Seegasse (11), there is also a logical demarcation of the old town (total 35 from 54 historical stone buildings).

description

The most important buildings in the old town of Zell were or are the parish church of St. Hippolyt, the striking five-story Vogtturm, the "Alte Propstei" (today Bankhaus Spängler), the former custodian building (today district authority) and those already in a commercial register in 1493 as Traditional inns Steinerwirt, Lebzelter, Alte Post (from 1625 with Bräuhaus and Bräustöckl, demolished in 1905), Neuwirt (today Stadtcafe), Schwaiger (butcher), Resch (Zum wilden Mann), Abrahamwirt (Grüner Baum) and Auerwirt (today Ristorante Pizzeria Giuseppe).

Historical events

The old town of Zell was affected several times by floods from the Schmittenbach. The market square had already been flooded in 1588, 1598 or 1632, and in July 1737 the Schmittenbach muddyed the center of Zell im Pinzgau so badly that the debris and mud could only be removed marginally and the entrance to the church has been downhill ever since leading steps must be committed. Devastating storms are also documented for the years 1759, 1834 or 1884, the last time the (now) town square was flooded during storms in 1966.

In 1770 a fire raged in the old town and destroyed eight buildings (including the nursing home, the brewery, the bailiff's house and the "Traidkasten") as well as the church "Our dear woman in the woods" (only the picture of the maiden dress Madonna, affectionately loved by the locals Called “Woaz woman”, could be saved). The roof of the Hippolytkirche burned down, the vault of the church was damaged, but was essentially preserved. As a result of the damage, the Marienkirche had to be finally demolished in 1773, the citizens of Zell asked Archbishop Hieronymus Colloredo and later Elector Grand Duke Ferdinand of Tuscany to rebuild the - unloved - Hippolyt Church . However, since no financial means were made available from the prince-archbishop's treasury and the building project could not be realized in the electoral era of Salzburg, the historic building was preserved. The cracks caused by the fire were roughly (but permanently) renovated by pulling in iron brackets, and in 1812 a new formwork vault was added.

The old town of Zell was finally redesigned in 1905 when the so-called Bräustöckl on the town square, which was connected to the Bräugasthof by an archway across the street, was torn down. At the time, this ensemble was sacrificed to meet the demands of increased traffic on Jubiläumsstraße (named after the 50th anniversary of the accession to the throne of Emperor Franz Josef on December 2, 1898, today Bahnhofstraße).

The parish church of St. Hippolytus

Hippolytkirche tower

See main article St. Hippolyt (Zell am See)

The church shows the oldest structural elements of the Pinzgau. The entire complex is Romanesque . The church has three naves and was once equipped with a Gothic rib vault . In the main nave , the stone vault was cut off in 1794 and a formwork vault was drawn in, which was replaced in 1898 by a flat wooden ceiling. For high altar lead up four levels, the underlying crypt was filled. However, it was exposed again in the course of the renovation in the 1980s.

The jewel of the church , the most beautiful and precious monument in the Pinzgau, is the gallery with its splendid parapet. The gallery rests on four differently worked columns made of selected precious marble , between which the rich, filigree-like net vault is stretched. The three pointed arches carry many crabs , go over into pointed turrets with finials, between the three arches are Gothic canopies with carved figures of St. Hippolytus and Florian from 1520. The gallery parapet shows elegant tracery in four-clover rosettes and fish-bubble style. The work bears the number 1514.

The tower dominates the old town of Zell am See. The strong walls are clad on the outside with ashlars of conglomerate , divided into five floors, which are characterized by Gothic friezes . The higher the friezes, the larger. The tower is 36 m high and has a gable roof with a stepped gable.

From 1660 to 1670 the church got a new high altar in noble baroque work . In 1760 a new high altar was erected again. Almost nothing of the baroque furnishings has survived except for a few ornaments, two large statues were placed in the Prielau church . On the high altar there are now two statues from 1480 next to the tabernacle : St. Rupert and Virgil .

The side altar contains the miraculous image of the broken church of Maria Wald. It is a Madonna with a standing child from 1540. The left aisle has a small Sebastian altar in the semicircular apse with a glass painting in the window and very nice, large tombstones. During the renovation in 1898, all Baroque art was completely removed from the church, a flat wooden ceiling was put in and two neo-Gothic altars with rich gilding and sculptures by Josef Bachlehner were set up in Hall in Tyrol .

Kastnerturm

Vogtturm

See main article Vogtturm

The six-storey Vogtturm (temporarily also called "Kastnerturm" after an owner family) - located in the old town center of Zell am See - was built more than 1000 years ago and was acquired by the bank Carl Spängler & Co. AG in 1984 , and then the Zell Heimatmuseum on four floors housed at the lake. Next to the church, the tower is probably the oldest building in town and has thick walls. However, to this day only guesses can be made about the age of the building and the owner. At the time when the princely care and regional courts emerged, the tower had lost its former purpose as a keep, protective or escape tower. Nothing is known anymore about bailiffs who exercised the office on behalf of ruling or noble families.

Ferry Porsche Congress Center

The Ferry Porsche Congress Center is not far from the old town of Zell am See . The opening of the congress house took place in July 2007.

Individual evidence

^ Salzburger Landesarchiv or District Archive Pinzgau, Zell am See. Published in: Rainer Hochhold: Cella in Bisontio - Zell im Pinzgau - Zell am See. A historical journey through time. Stadtgemeinde Zell am See, 2013, ISBN 978-3-200-03385-6 , p. 234 or plan of Zell am See around 1850, revised by Adolf Mühldorf (probably) 1954, published in: Ferdinand Hölzl: 1200 years of Zell am Lake. A home chronicle. Zell am See, 1975. Fig. 27.
↑ Josef Lahnsteiner: Mitter- und Unterpinzgau: Mitterpinzgau. Saalbach, Saalfelden, Lofer, Salzburg Saaletal. - Unterpinzgau. Zell am See, Taxenbach, Rauris. Hollersbach 1960, p. 84 and Rainer Hochhold: Cella in Bisontio - Zell im Pinzgau - Zell am See. A historical journey through time. City of Zell am See, 2013, ISBN 978-3-200-03385-6 , pp. 114 and 271.
^ Rainer Hochhold: Cella in Bisontio - Zell im Pinzgau - Zell am See. A historical journey through time. Stadtgemeinde Zell am See, 2013, ISBN 978-3-200-03385-6 , pp. 73 and 177ff.
^ Report by the nurse Alexander Braun. In: Rainer Hochhold: Cella in Bisontio - Zell im Pinzgau - Zell am See. A historical journey through time. Stadtgemeinde Zell am See, 2013, ISBN 978-3-200-03385-6 , pp. 73ff or Josef Lahnsteiner: Mitter- und Unterpinzgau: Mitterpinzgau. Saalbach, Saalfelden, Lofer, Salzburg Saaletal. - Unterpinzgau. Zell am See, Taxenbach, Rauris. Hollersbach 1960, p. 60.
^ Rainer Hochhold: Cella in Bisontio - Zell im Pinzgau - Zell am See. A historical journey through time. City of Zell am See, 2013, ISBN 978-3-200-03385-6 , p. 272.

[1] Salzburger Landesarchiv or District Archive Pinzgau, Zell am See. Published in: Rainer Hochhold: Cella in Bisontio - Zell im Pinzgau - Zell am See. A historical journey through time. Stadtgemeinde Zell am See, 2013, ISBN 978-3-200-03385-6 , p. 234 or plan of Zell am See around 1850, revised by Adolf Mühldorf (probably) 1954, published in: Ferdinand Hölzl: 1200 years of Zell am Lake. A home chronicle. Zell am See, 1975. Fig. 27.

[2] Josef Lahnsteiner: Mitter- und Unterpinzgau: Mitterpinzgau. Saalbach, Saalfelden, Lofer, Salzburg Saaletal. - Unterpinzgau. Zell am See, Taxenbach, Rauris. Hollersbach 1960, p. 84 and Rainer Hochhold: Cella in Bisontio - Zell im Pinzgau - Zell am See. A historical journey through time. City of Zell am See, 2013, ISBN 978-3-200-03385-6 , pp. 114 and 271.

[3] Rainer Hochhold: Cella in Bisontio - Zell im Pinzgau - Zell am See. A historical journey through time. Stadtgemeinde Zell am See, 2013, ISBN 978-3-200-03385-6 , pp. 73 and 177ff.

[4] Report by the nurse Alexander Braun. In: Rainer Hochhold: Cella in Bisontio - Zell im Pinzgau - Zell am See. A historical journey through time. Stadtgemeinde Zell am See, 2013, ISBN 978-3-200-03385-6 , pp. 73ff or Josef Lahnsteiner: Mitter- und Unterpinzgau: Mitterpinzgau. Saalbach, Saalfelden, Lofer, Salzburg Saaletal. - Unterpinzgau. Zell am See, Taxenbach, Rauris. Hollersbach 1960, p. 60.

[5] Rainer Hochhold: Cella in Bisontio - Zell im Pinzgau - Zell am See. A historical journey through time. City of Zell am See, 2013, ISBN 978-3-200-03385-6 , p. 272.