Schloss Feistritz (Ilz)

The Feistritzwerke castle is located a few kilometers north of Ilz in Eastern Styria.

History

1170 The Vicar of Vustriz ( Feistritzwerke ) was stopped alongside other Archbishop of Salzburg for delivery of certain tithes for Vorau. It is concluded that the castle, whose association the church - even then parish church - was, had already existed at that time.

Was built the forerunner of the castle, a manor, according to F. Posch after 1122 Hartwig Reid Ling, the (now community Großsteinbach ) was also the founder and namesake of adjacent (large) Hartmann village. Hartwig belonged to his brother Walter, the founder of Walter village, the clan of the originally high outside of Traisen Feistritzwerke who had all around over the country from the Palatine Aribonen, which were in turn commissioned in 1020 with the clearing work in Eastern Styria. Adalram Waldegg, as a brother Hartwig and Walters and founder of Seckau Abbey had, given, inter alia, that the castle adjacent Hainersdorf his Canons Foundation.

1270 encountered a Alram of Feistritzwerke, wealthy and at the Traisen, married to a sister of the powerful Marshal Hartnid of Wildon, but Ministeriale of the Prince ( as one of the Radkersburger viscount ).

After his son 's death eponymous acquired one of his sons, Alram Reifenstein ( at Pöls ), the main estate as a free self. The Reifensteiner were sovereign's cellar master in Fürstenfeld.

After the extinction of the tire Steiner (1400-1407) of Butler Tybolt and his sons had the rule and the church patronage. After Walter Butler Feistritzwerke came in 1471 in the possession of the Prince ( Baumkircher feud? )

After the use of nurses - 1473 Jörg rich Burger, 1474 Martin Klöcher 1483 Pangraz Goss Eder, 1493 Mindorfer - was invested in the same year with the rule Steward Siegmund of Mindorf.

During the Reformation the castle church lost its parish status.

After the extinction of Mindorfer 1648 rule came to the intermarried Barons / Count of Wildenstein and 1809 by selling to the Counts of Lamberg. A born here representatives of the latter family was Hugo Raimund Count von Lamberg. 1959 sold them their water lock on the Hamker family. Today the castle is privately inhabited.

Architectural History

The castle was probably a simple Turmhof in the 12th and 13th century, surrounded by a wall and a moat fed by the Feistritzwerke.

The Reifensteiner built yet the "house" to it; the Mindorfer built it in 1570 to something like this, as it stands today.

1605 devastated the Hajdús the castle and set it on fire. It has been restored and extended.

1890 boasted the Graz Archives Director J. von Zahn: A pearl in this series [ of the water castles ] is Feistritzwerke at Ilz that the fouling of the 14th century can be seen clearly up to the magnificent buildings of the 17th century in all its parts.

Possession

The rule Feistritzwerke was in 1532 with 102 subjects a medium-sized rule, the tax base was 186 pounds of pennies.

Set around the castle areas, Leithen, Tambach / Dambach and book mountain (all three now part of Ilz ), Upper Grien / Obgrün and Hainrich Village / Hainersdorf, were entirely or predominantly to the rule, as is the " enclave " consisting of Aichperg / Eichberg and Hochenegg. In addition, the rule had a few farms in the offices / cadastral Steinbach / Großsteinbach, Großhartmannsdorf, Ilz, Dörfl, Neudorf, Mutzen field, goat mountain and Ottendorf, Großwilfersdorf, Maierhofen, hay field / grove box, Herrenberg, Gschmaier.