Schallaburg
Encyclopedia
Schallaburg is a village and a castle in the municipality of Schollach
, in Lower Austria
, Austria
. It is one of the best known Renaissance
style castles in Austria. Nowadays the castle Schallaburg is a museum.
and made it a renaissance protestant church and there he also founded a protestant grammar school for the youth of the nobility but also for the youth of non nobility ('die Hohe Schule', 1574-1627). In 1601 Hans Wilhelm von Losenstein died. Then there rested high debts on the castle. In 1614 the family Von Stubenberg bought the castle. In 1627 the church and school were closed according to a law issued by the archduke of Austria emperor Ferdinand II
, who wished to turn the people in the countries over which he reigned catholic. From the 17th century until the 20th the castle changed owners several times. The castle remained private property until 1945. In 1945 it was confiscated by the Russians. In 1955 the castle became property of the new Republic Austria.
In 1967 the government of Lower Austria bought the castle. The government of Lower Austria decided to renovate the Schallaburg. In 1968 the restoration started with the roof. In 1974 the Schallaburg was opened as a museum for Lower Austria. The first exposition in 1974 was about the renaissance. Every year there is a new exposition. The exposition of 2011 is about the history of Venice
.
Schollach
Schollach is a town in the Wachau valley in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It contains the Schallaburg Castle, a fine example of Renaissance architecture....
, in Lower Austria
Lower Austria
Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. It is one of the best known Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
style castles in Austria. Nowadays the castle Schallaburg is a museum.
History of the castle Schallaburg
In the 16th century the then protestant family Von Losenstein acquired the castle Schallaburg and turned it into a renaissance castle. Especially Hans Wilhelm von Losenstein did much of the renovation. He also rebuilt the church of LoosdorfLoosdorf
Loosdorf is a little town in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. One of its historical buildings is the Hohe Schule , the first school in Central Europe with a written curriculum, founded in 1574 by the Austrian nobleman Hans Wilhelm von Losenstein , the lord of the nearby...
and made it a renaissance protestant church and there he also founded a protestant grammar school for the youth of the nobility but also for the youth of non nobility ('die Hohe Schule', 1574-1627). In 1601 Hans Wilhelm von Losenstein died. Then there rested high debts on the castle. In 1614 the family Von Stubenberg bought the castle. In 1627 the church and school were closed according to a law issued by the archduke of Austria emperor Ferdinand II
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand II , a member of the House of Habsburg, was Holy Roman Emperor , King of Bohemia , and King of Hungary . His rule coincided with the Thirty Years' War.- Life :...
, who wished to turn the people in the countries over which he reigned catholic. From the 17th century until the 20th the castle changed owners several times. The castle remained private property until 1945. In 1945 it was confiscated by the Russians. In 1955 the castle became property of the new Republic Austria.
In 1967 the government of Lower Austria bought the castle. The government of Lower Austria decided to renovate the Schallaburg. In 1968 the restoration started with the roof. In 1974 the Schallaburg was opened as a museum for Lower Austria. The first exposition in 1974 was about the renaissance. Every year there is a new exposition. The exposition of 2011 is about the history of Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
.