!!!Seggau

Seggau, southern Styria, complex of palaces on Leibnitzer Schlossberg 
hill on the municipal territory of Seggauberg. Education centre of the 
Graz-Seckau Diocese and former summer residence of the bishop in the 
west of the town of Leibnitz. Owned by the archbishop of Salzburg in 
860; one part of the castle was assigned to the bishop of Graz-Seckau 
in 1218 and, at the same time, the castle was given the name 
"Seckau" (today´s spelling has existed since the 
19%%sup th/%  century). Its southern part belonged to Salzburg until 
1595, re-built after destruction during the Hungarian Wars 1495-1519. 
In 1595 the three former castles, along with the market town and 
territory of Leibnitz, were transferred to the bishopric of Seckau. - 
Arcaded courtyard (mid-17%%sup th/%  century and 1690) with 132 
inscriptions from Roman times and reliefs from  Flavia Solva, most 
outstanding stone monuments of the province in the lapidarium. The 
bell-tower contains one of the largest bells of Styria, the 
"Seggauer Liesl" (1688) made by Florentin Streckfuss; Old 
Chapel (parish church since 1927), with Gothic core and rich Baroque 
stucco; four princes´ rooms with early Rococo interior and large 
Baroque picture gallery. The section formerly housing the kitchen, the 
stable, the granary etc. was turned into an education centre in 
1955-60, new chapel with magnificent stained structural glass windows 
featuring the Apocalypse by A. Wickenburg.

!Literature
K. Wagner, Schloss Seggau, without date; M. Hainzmann and 
E. Pochmarski, Die roemischen Inschriften und Reliefs in Schloss 
Seggau bei Leibnitz, 1994.


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