To be privately owned
CastleObertraun
Grub Castle
Grub Castle is located on the eastern shore of Lake Hallstatt near Obertraun in the Salzkammergut region of Upper Austria, in the Gmunden district of Upper Austria (Obertraun 67, 68).
The castle was built in 1522; originally, a farmhouse called "Gut in der Grub" stood in its place. In 1622, it was owned by the Eysselsberg family. In 1652, Mathias von Eyselsberg (market judge of Hallstatt) donated the Trinity altar in St. Michael's Church. In 1658, Christoph Eyssel von Eysselsberg († 1668) bought the castle. He had a crypt built for himself in the parish church of Hallstatt. In 1704, the castle passed to Johann Gottfried Etzinger, the "salt administrator and market judge of Hallstatt." His son donated the Trinity Column in Hallstatt's market square.
Between 1864 and 1890, Grub came into the possession of Tsar Alexander Tschaffkini's ambassador; he had the castle historically redesigned in 1868, giving it its romantic exterior appearance.
Successors in ownership were then a Mr. Starke and a Mr. Lettmayr, and from 1913, the Kürschner-Schön family. During the Nazi era, it housed an accommodation for the National Socialist People's Welfare. Further owners were the Eiselsberg family and now Herbert Handlbauer.
The following legend surrounds the castle: A wedding party behaved blasphemously on the ice of the frozen Lake Hallstatt, as two counts quarreled over a girl. The ice broke, and the party drowned. A column in Grub Castle commemorates the tragedy.
Grub Castle Today+
The castle is a hook-shaped building with three round towers and a square tower, which was placed in a corner in such a way that it creates a connection between the castle building and the chapel. The round towers have conical roofs, the square tower has a pyramid roof. The towers are relatively recent structural additions. The castle has a pointed roof with gables raised at the sides, which have a lunette frieze made of stucco on the sides. Overall, the castle has a villa-like appearance, which also corresponds to its former use.
The castle is privately owned, and a visit is only possible from the outside. Access is possible via the East Shore hiking trail of Lake Hallstatt, built in 1986, or by boat from Hallstatt.
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