Schloss Bruck

"... worthy of a prince" – this is how the Tyrolean topographer Beda Weber characterized Schloss Bruck , the former residence of the Counts of Gorizia, in his work "The Land Tyrol. A Handbook for Travelers" (1838). The monumental castle, owned by the city of Lienz since 1942, is one of the main attractions of East Tyrol and now houses the Lienz City Museum with the most extensive collection of works by the East Tyrolean painter Albin Egger-Lienz.

On the hillside sloping steeply on three sides, in front of the Schlossberg, Schloss Bruck was built by the Counts of Gorizia between 1252 and 1277 as a residential castle. Documentarily, Schloss Bruck is first mentioned as "Pruck apud Luenz" (Bruck near Lienz) on August 10, 1277.

In the original components of Schloss Bruck , evidence of Romanesque art has been preserved: a biforium window with a central column and bud capital in the keep, the painting of the beam ceiling with stylized leaf shapes and rosettes in the "Knights" Hall", as well as depictions of saints in the jamb of a (bricked-up) window in the chapel.

The handover of the lordship of Lienz and thus also Bruck Castle to the TyroleanPrince Archduke Ferdinand Karl of the country was the result.

The Haller Ladies" Foundation took over the castle in 1653, which subsequently became the seat of jurisdiction. A sensational trial was conducted in the interrogation room at Bruck Castle in the years 1679/80 against the "witch" Emerentia(na) Pichler(in). During the "interrogation" using torture, Emerentiana "confessed" to numerous crimes that led to the death sentence. This was carried out against the "witch" and two of her children on the gallows east of Lienz on September 25 and 27, 1680.

After the Hall Women"s Monastery was abolished by Emperor Joseph in 1783, Bruck Castle served the imperial military as a field hospital, but also as a barracks. Privately owned from 1827 onwards, the castle was a shipping company, brewery and restaurant until the last private owner, Ottilie Röck, completely restored Bruck Castle between 1911 and 1913 in the style of Bavarian castles such as Neuschwanstein. Mitzi (Maria) Kramer, who she adopted, sold Bruck Castle in 1942. The city of Lienz became the new mistress of the castle, and she remains so to this day.

This marks the provisional conclusion in the eventful history of many ladies and gentlemen and at the same time heralds a new era at Castle Bruck: The former princely castle has been turned into a museum.

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