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60-615: Originally called Etsdorf-Haitzendorf, it changed its name in 2003. Grafenegg is renowned for Schloss Grafenegg , owned by the Duke of Ratibor, Prince of Corvey of the House of Hohenlohe . The castle grounds are the site of the Grafenegg Music Festival and sculpture garden . This Lower Austria location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Schloss Grafenegg Schloss Grafenegg

120-733: A branch of the princely house of Hohenlohe . The surname of the family changed when Viktor II's grandson, Franz-Albrecht (1920-2009), was adopted by princess Clementine von Metternich-Sandor and he took her name ( Metternich-Sandór ) instead. Grafenegg was not the main residence of the dukes of Ratibor, as their main houses were in Germany: Schloss Corvey in North Rhine-Westphalia and Schloss Rauden in Silesia (nowadays Rudy in Poland ). Between 1945 and 1955,

180-574: A chapel was completed in the north wing in 1633, which was dedicated to the Holy Trinity . From the Verdenberg family, the castle and its estates passed to the Counts of Enckevort and subsequently to the Counts of Breuner. Count August von Breuner-Enckevoirt (1796-1877) inherited Schloss Grafenegg in 1813. He and his son August Johann (1828-1894) reconstructed the castle between 1840 and 1888 in

240-500: A concert hall. The shape of the open, irregular, polyhedron glass building blends in with the old building. Most of the stately rooms in Schloss Grafenegg can be visited. Since 1971, various events such as exhibitions, concerts, conferences have taken place at the castle. Each year there is a Christmas market (the 'Grafenegger Advent'). Between 1984 and 1987, the castle was the setting for a Lower Austrian state exhibition on

300-609: A confessional division arose when the two sons of Georg Friedrich II of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, Christian (founder of the Bartenstein line) and Ludwig Gustav (founder of the Schillingsfürst line), converted to the Catholic Church . After the extinction of two other protestant side lines, Waldenburg in 1679 and Waldenburg- Pfedelbach in 1728, the whole property of the main branch Hohenlohe-Waldenburg

360-465: A government office for the county of Gleichen at Ehrenstein Castle until 1848. Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen , had acquired the estates of Slawentzitz , Ujest and Bitschin in Silesia by marriage in 1782, an area of 108 square miles, where his grandson Hugo zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen , Duke of Ujest, established calamine mines and founded one of the largest zinc smelting plants in

420-539: A museum, to the state. The existing branches of the Hohenlohe family are descended from the lines of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and Hohenlohe-Waldenburg , established in 1551 by Ludwig Kasimir (d. 1568) and Eberhard (d. 1570), the sons of Count Georg I (d. 1551). Since Georg had become protestant on his deathbed, the reformation was introduced in the county and confirmed by the Peace of Augsburg in 1556. In 1667 however,

480-634: A noble lady named Gerberga. The Hohenlohe family therefore later boasted of a kinship with the Imperial House of Hohenstaufen . Heinrich von Weikersheim is mentioned in documents from 1156 to 1182 and Adelbert von Weikersheim around 1172 to 1182. The latter used Hohenlohe ("Albertus de Hohenloch") as his name for the first time in 1178 which is derived from the no longer existing Hohlach Castle near Simmershofen in Middle Franconia. His brother Heinrich also called himself so from 1182 (in

540-488: Is a German princely dynasty. It formerly ruled an immediate territory within the Holy Roman Empire , which was divided between several branches. In 1806, the area of Hohenlohe was 1,760 km² and its estimated population was 108,000. The motto of the house is Ex flammis orior ( Latin for 'From flames I rise'). The Lords of Hohenlohe were elevated to the rank of Imperial Counts in 1450, and from 1744,

600-524: Is a castle in Grafenegg , Lower Austria , Austria . Together with Burg Kreuzenstein and Schloss Anif near Salzburg , it is considered to be an outstanding example of romantic historical architecture in Austria. In 1294, a small settlement named Espersdorf was mentioned for the first time on the current site of Schloss Grafenegg. At these times, there were only a mill and a farmstead. After 1435,

660-411: Is crowned with so-called bartizans . It is located in front of the west wing towards the castle courtyard. It forms a strong contrast to the slender late Gothic tower opposite on the east side of the castle courtyard. All rooms on the main floor in the west wing are lavishly decorated; different veneers, carved ornaments and figurative details result in a magnificent overall effect. With the exception of

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720-451: Is decorated with numerous sculptures. Around the castle, there was a Baroque ornamental and pleasure garden, of which only the ruins of the theater pavilion and a group of figures of Hercules defeating the bull (today on the road to Grafenwörth, Grafenegger Riese) have survived. Even before 1808 (first mentioned), a natural, romantic landscaped garden was laid out by Count August when the old outworks were partially demolished. The garden

780-401: Is located in the western part of the north wing. The staircase of Strawberry Hill House near Twickenham served as example. The figure of a knight on the lowest base of the parapet embodies the ideal of the builder. He is immortalized in a portrait bust, with a purse in his hand. The person opposite shows the master builder Leopold Ernst with a blueprint and compass. On the upper floor, there

840-553: Is one of the most important garden architecture monuments in Austria and is mentioned in the Monument Protection Act (No. 12 in the appendix to § 1 Para. 12 DMSG). For the Lower Austrian state garden show of 2008, the park was revitalized based on the design principles of a 19th-century landscape garden. In 2007, the 'Wolkenturm' ('tower of clouds'), an open-air stage with 1,700 seats and 300 grass seats,

900-600: Is part of the East Franconian German dialect group and the population still values its traditional distinct identity. Notable members of the von Hohenlohe family include: (*) still owned by members of the House of Hohenlohe The Legion de Hohenlohe was a unit of foreign soldiers serving in the French Army until 1831, when its members (as well as those of the disbanded Swiss Guards ) were folded into

960-443: Is the knight's hall , completed in 1851, the showpiece of the castle, so to speak, in which the most precious materials - various woods, leather, marble and metal - were processed. Several suits of armor (not preserved) were placed around a central chimney. The knight's hall has a remarkable coffer ceiling and three courtyard-side bay windows with coat of arms panes in the glazing. Today's murals show secular and spiritual figures from

1020-624: The Bishop of Würzburg around 1300, which later came to various other feudal holders, but repeatedly also back to the House of Hohenlohe. The Lords of Hohenlohe-Brauneck became extinct in 1390, their lands were sold to the Hohenzollern margraves of Ansbach in 1448. Hohenlohe-Hohenlohe was divided into several branches, two of which were Hohenlohe-Weikersheim and Hohenlohe-Uffenheim- Speckfeld (1330–1412). Hohenlohe-Weikersheim, descended from count Kraft I (died 1313), also underwent several divisions,

1080-763: The Franconian Circle . They also had six voices in the Franconian College of Imperial Counts (Fränkisches Reichsgrafenkollegium) of the Imperial Diet ( Reichstag ). The right to vote in the Imperial Diet gave a German noble family the status of imperial state ( Reichsstände ) and made them belong to the High Nobility ( Hoher Adel ), on a par with ruling princes and dukes. By 1455, Albrecht of Hohenlohe had acquired

1140-560: The House of Habsburg . To the west is the 'Wappenstube', which was probably completed in the late 1850s. On the wooden ceiling it shows the coats of arms of 128 ancestors of Countess Agathe Maria Breuner, who was married in 1855 to August Johann Breuner, the client's son. On the west side of the castle, there is a monumental loggia , which was completed in 1863. A few years later, it was decorated with cheerful ceiling paintings and grotesque console figurines. The main tower from 1861

1200-500: The Tauber river on the trading route between Frankfurt and Augsburg until the 14th century. It is likely that Conrad was a son of Conrad von Pfitzingen, who was already mentioned in documents in 1136/1141 and owned a castle of that name near Weikersheim. Allegedly, according to some, however unconfirmed sources, the wife of Conrad von Pfitzingen named Sophie was an illegitimate daughter of Conrad III Hohenstaufen, King of Germany , with

1260-689: The Act of the Confederation of the Rhine . Therefore, the region of Hohenlohe is presently located for the most part in the north eastern part of the State of Baden-Württemberg (forming the counties of Hohenlohe , Schwäbisch Hall and the southern part of Main-Tauber-Kreis ), with smaller parts in the Bavarian administrative districts of Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia . The Hohenlohisch dialect

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1320-744: The Auditorium Grafenegg concert hall, which serves as a venue and alternative location for the open air stage. Both are used for the Grafenegg Festival under artistic direction of Rudolf Buchbinder , which takes place every year (since 2007). The park and gardens are also used Lower Austrian State Horticultural Show. Further, the castle has been used in various (German spoken) movies and series. 48°25′43″N 15°44′46″E  /  48.42861°N 15.74611°E  / 48.42861; 15.74611 Hohenlohe The House of Hohenlohe ( pronounced [hoːənˈloːə] )

1380-645: The House of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst inherited the dukedom of Ratibor in Silesia in 1834, together with the principality of Corvey in Westphalia. While the Silesian property was expropriated in Poland in 1945, Corvey Abbey remains owned by the Duke of Ratibor to this day, together with further inherited properties in Austria. The Holy Roman Emperors granted the title of Imperial Prince ( Reichsfürst ) to

1440-548: The Teutonic Order. His grandsons, Gottfried and Conrad, supporters of Emperor Frederick II , founded the lines of Hohenlohe-Hohenlohe and Hohenlohe-Brauneck in 1230, the names taken from their respective castles. The emperor granted them the Italian counties of Molise and Romagna in 1229/30, but they were not able to hold them for long. Gottfried was a tutor and close advisor to the emperor's son king Conrad IV . When

1500-620: The Waldenburg line (in 1744) and to the Neuenstein (Öhringen) line (in 1764). In 1757, the Holy Roman Emperor elevated possessions of the Waldenburg line to the status of Imperial Principality. In 1772, the Holy Roman Emperor elevated possessions of the Neuenstein and Langenburg lines to the status of Imperial Principality. On 12 July 1806, the principalities became parts of the kingdoms of Bavaria and of Württemberg by

1560-439: The age of emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria . The initiator and driver of the cultural activities on the castle grounds was its managing director Gerhard Großberger. He made Schloss Grafenegg a fixed point in Austria's cultural landscape. In addition, there are on the castle grounds a riding school, a hotel, a restaurant and a vinotheque. In the park, there are the open-air stage 'Wolkenturm' with 1750 seats, completed in 2007, and

1620-404: The builder, Count August Ferdinand Breuner-Enckevoirt. After the gate, you walk through a rib vault from the early 16th century, which runs at a slight angle to the bridge, and leads into the castle courtyard. Even before the courtyard, you reach the castle chapel on the left and the main staircase on the right. Construction of the palace chapel to the east of the north wing started in 1846 and

1680-564: The castle and lordship of Bartenstein (near Schrozberg ). In 1472 the town and castle of Pfedelbach were bought by the Hohenlohe family. In 1586, Weikersheim was inherited by count Wolfgang who reconstructed the medieval Weikersheim Castle into a Renaissance palace. When the last Weikersheim count, Carl Ludwig, died around 1760, his lands were divided between the Langenburg, Neuenstein and Öhringen branches; in 1967, Prince Constantin of Hohenlohe-Langenburg sold Weikersheim Castle, meanwhile

1740-468: The castle was heavily damaged by Russian occupying forces . Most of the furniture, art collection and library was either stolen, burned or destroyed. With help of the Austrian Federal and Lower Austria governments, Franz-Albrecht started restoration works in 1967. Also, he made he castle accessible to the general public. The 19th century conversion by the architects Leopold and Hugo Ernst left

1800-399: The castle's character remains better preserved today. When count August Johann passed away in 1894, Schloss Grafenegg was inherited by his daughter Marie Breunner-Enckevoirth (1856-1929), who was married to Viktor II, Duke of Ratibor and prince of Corvey (1847-1923). Since then the ducal house of Ratibor and Corvey ( Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst ) has been the owner of the castle,

1860-469: The complex converted into a fortified palace between 1622 and 1633. At the four corners of the castle, surrounded by walls and a moat, so-called rampart houses were built, which still exist today. During the Thirty Years' War , these were used to set up artillery pieces . Nevertheless, the castle was still taken Swedish troops in 1645 and temporarily occupied. In the course of the reconstruction work,

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1920-641: The continuous lineage of the dynasty until the present time, it is considered to be one of the longest-lived noble families in Germany and Europe. The large state coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg today bears the Frankish rake of the former Duchy of East and West Franconia, which also included the Franconian region of Baden-Württemberg around Heilbronn-Hohenlohe. The dynasty is related to the Staufers around

1980-748: The east wing dates from this late gothic period. In 1536, Bernhard I Thurzó acquires the castle and the lordship of Grafenegg. He had the portal to east tower constructed in Renaissance style in 1538. Also, he founded the Grafenegger branch of the Thurzó family , which died out with his son Bernhard II in 1596. The castle was inherited by his daughter Benigna, who was married to Martin von Starhemberg. After several changes of ownership, Johann Baptist Verda von Verdenberg, chancellor and confidant of emperor Ferdinand II and his son emperor Ferdinand III , had

2040-468: The emperor elevated their lordship Hohenlohe to the status of an imperial county . The county remained divided between several family branches, however still being an undivided Imperial Fief under the imperial jurisdiction, and was to be represented by the family's senior vis-à-vis the imperial court . The Hohenlohes were Imperial Counts having two voices in the Diet (or Assembly, called Kreistag ) of

2100-542: The family's holdings were expanded from Weikersheim, which is located about 20 km further west, southwards to form the county of Hohenlohe. Haltenbergstetten Castle near Pfitzingen, south of Weikersheim, was built around 1200, as was Brauneck Castle halfway between Weikersheim and Hohlach. The dynasty's influence was soon perceptible between the Franconian valleys of the Kocher , Jagst and Tauber rivers, an area that

2160-529: The famous Emperor Barbarossa , and also to the British royal family through Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh , Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Queen Victoria 's half-sister Princess Feodora of Leiningen . The first ancestor was mentioned in 1153 as Conrad, Lord of Weikersheim , where the family had the Geleitrecht (right of escorting travellers and goods and charging customs) along

2220-614: The latter survived an assassination attempt plotted by bishop Albert of Regensburg, he granted Gottfried some possessions of the Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg , namely the Vogt position for the Augustine Stift at Öhringen and the towns of Neuenstein and Waldenburg . Gottfried's son Kraft I acquired the town of Ingelfingen with Lichteneck Castle. In 1253 the town and castle of Langenburg were inherited by

2280-476: The loggia, every room has a colorful historicist tiled stove. In the north-west corner of the complex are the dining room and large salon – also known as the corner salon – with hammer-beam ceilings based on the English model, which are among the highest artistic achievements of historicism in Austria. In the large salon, the beam heads of the colorful ceiling are alternately decorated with knights and angels. In

2340-622: The lords of Hohenlohe, after the lords of Langenburg had become extinct. During the Interregnum the Hohenlohe sided with the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg and defeated the count of Henneberg and his coalition at the Battle of Kitzingen gaining Uffenheim in the aftermath. In 1273 Kraft of Hohenlohe fought at the Battle on the Marchfeld on the side of king Rudolf of Habsburg . By 1300, town and castle Schillingsfürst had also passed into

2400-654: The middle of the west wing are the rooms designed in 1866, the Yellow Salon (or Ladies' Salon), the Toilet Room (or Small Salon) and the Bathroom. The designs for the bedroom and the count's writing room in the south-west corner, known as the Blue Salon because of the wall painting, date from 1864. This is equipped with particularly magnificent wall paneling. These parts were not redesigned until 1887-1888, with

2460-623: The most important following the deaths of counts Albert and George in 1551. At this time the two main branches of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and Hohenlohe-Waldenburg were founded by George's sons. Meanwhile, in 1412, the branch of Hohenlohe-Uffenheim-Speckfeld had become extinct, and its lands passed to other families by marriage. George Hohenlohe was prince-bishop of Passau (1390–1423) and archbishop of Esztergom (1418–1423), serving King Sigismund of Hungary (the later King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor). In 1450, Emperor Frederick III granted Kraft of Hohenlohe (died 1472) and his brother, Albrecht,

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2520-402: The north wing, the conversion progressed counterclockwise in the 19th century. From the north, one enters Schloss Grafenegg over the castle bridge through the neo-gothic gate building. The bridge dates from 1857 and is decorated with coat of arms. The gate building has been constructed between 1856 and 1858. Directly above the entrance, under a canopy , a knight statue, dating from 1856, depicts

2580-499: The nucleus of the existing building almost fully intact. However, they gave the castle exterior a completely different impression by adding stepped gables, arcades and facade decoration in a neo-gothic Tudor style . Ludwig Wächtler was responsible for the interior decoration, which was largely in Renaissance Revival architecture . The closed complex consists of four wings arranged around an inner courtyard. Starting from

2640-651: The order. Like Hohlach Castle, these had probably fallen to the Lords of Weikersheim through marriage. In 1219 Mergentheim became the seat of the Mergentheim Commandery  [ de ] . Mergentheim Palace became the residence of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order in 1527 and remained the headquarters of the Order until 1809. The son Heinrich von Hohenlohe (d. 1249) became Grand Master of

2700-406: The outside front on the east going back to the 16th century essentially unchanged, with the exception of the projecting chancel of the castle chapel. The garden hall was built by Hugo Ernst in the south-east corner, while the three-room library in the east wing was redesigned in baroque revival style. Schloss Grafenegg, its stables and other annexes are in the middle of a 32-hectare large park that

2760-594: The park is the so called Gutshofsiedlung, a group of houses consisting of a porter's house, a mighty granary, two one-storey commercial wings, a mill, several residential buildings, a manager's house and a large farm. In 2008, the ensemble was expanded to include the Grafenegg auditorium, which was designed by the architects Schröder Schulte-ladbeck and Dieter Irresberger and sound-designed by the Munich acoustician Karlheinz Müller. This hall can serve for up to 1300 listeners

2820-595: The possession of the Hohenlohe lords. Hohlach later became part of the Principality of Ansbach , a subsequent state of the Hohenzollern Burgraviate of Nuremberg , to which the Hohenlohe family had sold the nearby town of Uffenheim in 1378, and Hohlach some time later. Yet, the name Hohenlohe remained attached to the county with its other territories. The branch of Hohenlohe-Brauneck received Jagstberg Castle (near Mulfingen ) as af fief from

2880-400: The site was surrounded by a ring wall and a moat. It received the name Grafenegg in the second half of the 15th century, when it came into possession of its namesake Ulrich von Grafenegg. It passed to Holy Roman emperor Frederick III in 1477. His son, emperor Maximilian I sold it to Heinrich Prüschenk, whose son Johann I Count Hardegg reconstructed the castle around 1500. The slender tower in

2940-653: The sons of Elizabeth of Hanau , heiress of Ziegenhain, the title Count of Ziegenhain ( Graf zu Ziegenhain ) and invested them with the County of Ziegenhain . Actually, the Landgraves of Hesse soon took the County of Ziegenhain. After decades of, sometimes armed, conflict, the Hohenlohe gave up their claim to Ziegenhain in favor of the Hessian landgrave in a settlement with financial compensation in 1495. In this context,

3000-509: The spirit of romantic historicism with help of father and son Leopold and Hugo Ernst. Leopold Ernst was also the master builder of the St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna . They fully redesigned the castle into its current form. The Breuner counts lost a large part of their fortune during the financial crisis of 1873 . As a result, a planned mighty dome on the south-east side was never constructed, and

3060-539: The territory and its rulers were princely. In 1825, the German Confederation recognized the right of all members of the house to be styled as Serene Highness (German: Durchlaucht ), with the title of Fürst for the heads of its branches, and the title of prince/princess for the other members. From 1861, the Hohenlohe- Öhringen branch was also of ducal status as dukes of Ujest . Due to

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3120-530: The versions “Hohenlach” or “Holach”) which later was to become Hohenlohe . The name means “high-lying wood” (high Loh). The name Hohenlohe was probably adopted because Weikersheim was a fiefdom of the Comburg monastery, but Hohlach was an imperial fiefdom that granted its owners the status of imperial knight . Hohlach Castle secured the Rothenburg − Ochsenfurt road. However, Hohlach soon lost its importance;

3180-551: The world. His son, prince Christian Kraft (1848–1926), sold the plants and went almost bankrupt with a fund in which he had invested in 1913; the mines he had still kept were depropriated by communist Poland in 1945. Until then, this branch had its headquarters in Slawentzitz and also owned estates in Hungary. After their expulsion and expropriation, the branch returned to Neuenstein. The Catholic branch of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg

3240-534: The Öhringen-Neuenstein branch (Kirchberg Castle was sold in 1952), but the branches of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (residing at Langenburg Castle) and Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen still exist, the latter being divided into Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen-Öhringen (which became extinct in 1960) and Hohenlohe-Oehringen (today residing at Neuenstein Castle ). The two actual heads of the branches of Langenburg and Oehringen are traditionally styled Fürst . The two princes of Hohenlohe-Oehringen-Neuenstein and of Hohenlohe-Langenburg entertained

3300-400: Was constructed in the park east of Schloss Grafenegg. The open-air pavilion was designed by the next ENTERprise (Marie-Therese Harnoncourt, Ernst J. Fuchs) and the landscape architects Land insicht. The sculptural building takes up the element of the amphitheater as a garden inventory of the type of baroque garden and quotes formal elements of the old stock in the park. On the northern edge of

3360-529: Was inaugurated in 1853. It has a radiant color ( polychrome ) and contains a late Gothic winged altarpiece from 1491, whose shrine figures represent the Coronation of the Virgin . The south wall of the chapel courtyard - between the entrance and the chapel - shows the coats of arms of all Grafenegg owners up to Count August Ferdinand Breuner-Enckevoirt. The main staircase, which was largely completed in 1851,

3420-514: Was inherited by the catholic counts. Of the Lutheran branch of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein , which underwent several partitions and inherited the county of Gleichen in Thuringia (with its residence at Ehrenstein Castle in Ohrdruf ) in 1631, the senior line became extinct in 1805, while in 1701 the junior line divided itself into three branches, those of Hohenlohe-Langenburg , Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen and Hohenlohe-Kirchberg . The branch of Kirchberg died out in 1861, with its lands and castle passing to

3480-562: Was soon divided into three side branches, but two of these had died out by 1729. The surviving branch, that of Schillingsfürst, was divided into the lines of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and Hohenlohe-Bartenstein , with further divisions following. The four catholic lines which still exist today (with their heads styled Fürst ) are those of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (at Schillingsfürst), Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (at Waldenburg), Hohenlohe-Jagstberg (at Haltenbergstetten) and Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (at Bartenstein). A side branch of

3540-550: Was then supplemented with elements of the English Garden, based on impressions brought back from trips between 1818 and 1837. Under Count August Johann and Duke Victor Amadeus, the park was planted with numerous native and exotic conifers in the sense of an arboretum. Around 1910, 175 different species of conifers were found here. This old stock of trees and also the rich younger replanting are particularly valuable. Today there are more than 2,000 deciduous and coniferous trees and some giant trees that are more than 250 years old. The park

3600-466: Was to be called the Hohenlohe Plateau. Their original main seats were Weikersheim, Hohlach and Brauneck (near Creglingen ). Of Konrad von Weikersheim's three sons, Konrad and Albrecht died childless. Heinrich I von Hohenlohe, the third son, died around 1183; he had five sons, of whom Andreas, Heinrich and Friedrich entered the Teutonic Order and thus the clergy, as a result of which the House of Hohenlohe lost important possessions around Mergentheim to

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