Schloss Alt-Kainach

Om museet

Schloss Alt-Kainach lies north of Bärnbach in western Styria and goes back to a defensive tower of the 12th/13th century. It acquired its present form as a three-storey Renaissance building with a high hipped roof in the 16th and 17th centuries; it is regarded as the last surviving fortification of a whole series of castles that once guarded an important traffic junction.

From 1880 the building served as housing for miners, and in the early 1960s it was close to demolition. In 1966 the Styrian Castle Association took over the castle, had it carefully restored and in 1972 set up a Museum of Castle Studies.

Using photographs, drawings and numerous models of Styrian castles, the museum conveys the fundamentals of castle studies; a separate room tells the history of the castle itself. Also on view are the two-storey castle chapel dedicated to Saint Florian with its Baroque altar, the Knights' Hall with paintings by the Styrian painter Albert Pohl, and the archaeological exhibition “Rund um den Heiligen Berg” (Around the Holy Mountain), shown since 1985, with finds, Roman stones and marble from the Voitsberg district.

Højdepunkter

• Models of Styrian castles and palaces
• Museum of Castle Studies since 1972
• Two-storey castle chapel with Baroque altar
• Knights' Hall with paintings by Albert Pohl
• Archaeological exhibition “Rund um den Heiligen Berg”

Permanente udstillinger

• Burgenkundliches Museum – Models, drawings and photographs on the development of Styrian castles and palaces, plus a room on the history of Alt-Kainach.
• Rund um den Heiligen Berg – Archaeological finds, Roman stones and marble from the Voitsberg district on the ground floor of the castle.

Grundlagt

1972

Ejer

Steirischer Burgenverein

Ledelse

Ernst Lasnik (Kurator)

Entrépriser & rabatter

Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig: findes ikke
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

According to the tourist information office, the castle is not wheelchair accessible; toilet available.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops

Tours geared to children and school pupils; on Heritage Day (Tag des Denkmals) the Altkainach Knighthood organises its own children's programme.

Transport & parkering

According to Heritage Day information, parking is available, but there is no public transport connection.

Service & spisesteder

Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Bryllupper / vielser

According to Steiermark Tourismus, the castle is used for civil wedding ceremonies and concerts.

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