Burg Neuberg
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Neuberg Castle seen against the Ringkogel, spoon river from
The Neuberg Castle ( Schloss also Neuberg Neuburg or ) is one of the most important preserved fortifications of Styria. It is located west of the district capital Hartberg at 520 meters above sea level on the foothills of the ring Kogels above the village spoon Bach. The Neuberg Castle is a Styrian hill fort, whose medieval core of the building was incorporated into a modern fortress.
History
This medieval hilltop castle built in the 12th century by Gottschalk hemlock ( 1166 of Neitberg / Neuberg ), son Wulfings of Stubenberg, built as a border or " battle castle " against the dreaded Hungarian armies and against all sorts of " pagan rabble " from the East. At the same time the fortress was a clearing center. From Nitperg or Neitberg, which means as much as fight-or fortress, also the name is derived from. The Neitberger were relatives of the Lords of Stubenberg and were among the most distinguished Styrian nobility. When the Neitberger extinct in the 15th century, has attracted the Emperor Frederick III. 1483 the rule. In 1507 Emperor Maximilian I gave Neuberg including Burghut and all Zugehörlichkeiten care as to Wilhelm von Graben and its descendants. But already in 1518 it was passed as an imperial fief to the Herbersteins family she had with a break 1603-1660 until the second half of the 20th century. In the meantime, she belonged to the Counts Saurau. Neuberg was generously extended and modernized by the Herber Steinem during the Renaissance period, according to the rules of the Italian Bastionärssystems.
Construction
A square about 36 meters high keep with the Palas is the oldest part of the plant. The lower part is Romanesque and dates from the period around 1160. In plan, the castle is an irregular pentagon to form a narrow, unadorned courtyard.
Equipment
Since the Steiner Herber Although the castle as an economic center but soon took advantage of no longer inhabited, has received only a remnant of the old equipment. In the Southeast Bastion is the great hunting and banqueting hall whose ceiling is equipped with a 36 from existing fields, wooden coffered ceiling from the second quarter of the 16th century. The individual fields are painted in tempera colors and represent scenes from the aristocratic country life, hunting pictures and harbor views as of also in the southwest bastion was a large, artistically valuable Renaissance ceiling, but was transferred into the castle Herbersteins 1860. The door to the ballroom tract is dated 1669. In the courtyard is a Baroque wall fountain from the 17th century. On the south side of the castle a bastion is built out. Southeast of the main castle stretches a vast outer bailey, which is limited by storage buildings, the outer gatehouse and the remains of the defense wall. Impressive is the powerful three-storey cannon tower next to the outer gate. In its ground floor is the chapel is decorated. On the east side of the tower in front of the entrance to the chapel Ägidius a baroque chapel grave - Christ is grown, which probably dates back to the third quarter of the 17th century.
The visit is possible only from the outside, as the castle is privately owned. (2006 )
Chapel
On the ground floor of the cannon tower, the approximately square chapel has been established in 1660. The chapel was consecrated in 1661. The high altar in the auricular style was donated in 1661 by Johann Georg Graf Herbersteins. The altarpiece depicts St. Giles, the patron of the church. The other device also dates from the second half of the 17th century. In the chapel the 14 helpers are shown. Of the 14 helpers images from the 18th century, however, are only eleven receive. A small grave of Christ chapel was added.
The church is now a Kuratbenefizium the Stadtpfarre Hartberg and is part of the Dean's Office Hartberg. This facility has already been mentioned in 1250; it has been refurbished 1617th