The well protected hill of Matzen was already in the Bronze Age a residential place. The Roman "Masciacum" was built to secure the Roman road in the Inn valley.
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Castel Matzen is located in the municipality of Reit im Alpbachtal - the Kufstein district in the state of Tyrol, Austria - located in the Alpbachtal valley, and was mentioned for the first time around 1167. Up to the year 1468, the facility was owned by the knights Ritter von Freundsberg. Afterwards the castle repeatedly changed hands. 1468 Matthias Türndl bought Matzen. Short term it came into possession of the Ross family until 1521 and passed then into the possession of the Fieger. This gave Matzen its present form.
The Fountain of Hugo Wolf of the entrance of Castle Matzen park
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In the era of the Rococo around 1684 Johann Ferdinand Yrsch bought the castle, who sold it in 1734 to Joseph Ruppert of Pfeiffersberg. 1776 the Pfeiffersberg family was put under guardianship by the state government. Under the ownership of the Pfeiffersberg family Matzen burned down and became a ruin.
Until 1957 Schloss Matzen was owned by Captain Tom Michael Baillie Grohman, who used the palace as a summer residence until it was sold to the Austria-born American architect Ernst Kump. 2008, it was finally taken over by the current owners and with a lot of effort completely renovated.
Castel Matzen is made up of a north and south wind, both elongated, a short connection wing and a round, Romanesque donjon in the east. In the inner courtyard, you can admire Arcadias with a groined vault with round octagonal marble columns of the 16th century, on four different floors. The entrance hall is furnished with a beamed ceiling, this is also where in 1968 a late Gothic paintings of tendrils and coats of arms, dating back to 1500, were laid open. In 1873, renovations on behalf of the Irish Fanny Reade of Mount Heaton-Grohmann, an enthusiastic Tyrol devotee, were carried out. In the cours of these works the living areas have been equipped with panellings and inventory of Tyrol and Oberösterreich.
Sschloss Matzen in Tirol
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In the northern wing, there is another historical jewel. The Gotic chapel was first mentioned in 1470. The Baroque altar with a wooden crucifix dated back to 1500 and is exhibited in the Tiroler Landesmuseum since 1978. Today Castel Matzen is one of the most significant historical facilities of Tyrol and also houses a hotel as well as a restaurant. The castle is surrounded by a park of 200,000 sq m, the Matzenpark, one of the most precious and beautiful natural monuments of Tyrol.
Today Schloss Matzen is a well known luxury hotel in Tirol.
Photos: Elisabeth Fazel.
Sources:
The Fountain of Hugo Wolf of the entrance of Castle Matzen park
Until 1957 Schloss Matzen was owned by Captain Tom Michael Baillie Grohman, who used the palace as a summer residence until it was sold to the Austria-born American architect Ernst Kump. 2008, it was finally taken over by the current owners and with a lot of effort completely renovated.
Castel Matzen is made up of a north and south wind, both elongated, a short connection wing and a round, Romanesque donjon in the east. In the inner courtyard, you can admire Arcadias with a groined vault with round octagonal marble columns of the 16th century, on four different floors. The entrance hall is furnished with a beamed ceiling, this is also where in 1968 a late Gothic paintings of tendrils and coats of arms, dating back to 1500, were laid open. In 1873, renovations on behalf of the Irish Fanny Reade of Mount Heaton-Grohmann, an enthusiastic Tyrol devotee, were carried out. In the cours of these works the living areas have been equipped with panellings and inventory of Tyrol and Oberösterreich.
Sschloss Matzen in Tirol
Today Schloss Matzen is a well known luxury hotel in Tirol.
Photos: Elisabeth Fazel.
Sources:
www.schlosshotel-matzen.com
www.tirol.tl