Schloss Rosegg

Called Schloss Rosegg, even Lucretia castle or castle of Liechtenstein, a 1772 -built castle in the valley is north of the castle hill of Rosegg, Carinthia, situated halfway between St. Michael and Duel.

History

The rule based on Rosegg castle was owned by the family since 1686, Orsini- Rosenberg. In September 1772 began Count Franz Xaver Wolfgang von Orsini -Rosenberg, Chief Treasurer and conference minister and a close confidant of Maria Theresa and her son Joseph II, the construction of a " living and Gschloßgebäudes " near the Castle, the medieval castle as manor should replace. The two-storey building with two lower economic tracts was completed before 1780. As models for the castle -like building could have served in Tuscany, where the owner had maintained close contacts, or in the Terraferma in Venice, where his second wife Justinia Wynne had written a richly illustrated book about a villa.

The lock broke after its construction the castle Rosegg as the seat of government from Rosegg. 1829 left the family Orsini -Rosenberg Roseggerhaus their possessions Peter Ritter von Bohr, around the 1830 - let castle to create a zoo - during the French Wars seriously affected stem beginning of the 19th century. Already in 1833 moved again Rosegg the owner and went to the house of Liechtenstein on, in which it holds today.

The building itself was little changed externally since its construction, the interiors probably only in the second half of the 19th century. 1996/97, the interiors have been renovated, with late baroque and classical interior decorations were uncovered with stucco ceilings and wall paintings ( floral wallpaper patterns ).

Specifications

The installation of the lock Rosegg consists of the two-storey, designed in the classical style main building and the two late-Gothic former farm buildings, the laterally adjoin the main building and were probably built during the late 15th or early 16th century. In a property list of the year 1774 they are listed as cereal box.

The main building has a shallow central projection and corner projections. It is decorated with a cornice. In the garden wall of the castle there are two Roman times grave inscriptions. Between the castle and the former castle hill a maze has been created.