Schloss Kammer, Cultural heritage castle in Maishofen, Austria
Schloss Kammer stands on a gently rising slope amid a hamlet of farm buildings in Maishofen. A chapel with a small tower is attached to its rear, and a partly crenellated ring wall from the 19th century surrounds the grounds. On the wall's north side stands a late Gothic former stable, built around 1600, whose three aisles rest on slender columns carrying pointed vaults. The present appearance of the main building dates from the first half of the 18th century.
Around 1466 Polykarp Hunt is the first documented owner of the Kammerhof. Dietrich Khuen von Belasy bought the estate from Peter Kemmerer and his son-in-law Georg Guthund between 1610 and 1614, freed it from Hunt's lordship and built a castle; the chapel was added in 1617 and consecrated by Bishop Johann Paulus Ciruletti. A fire destroyed the building and chapel in 1711, and rebuilding followed only after the Khuen von Belasy estates were sold to the Diocese of Chiemsee in 1722. Josef Neumayer, tenant since 1785, bought the estate at auction in 1812; it remains with the Neumayer family.
Since a 1994 restoration the castle houses a restaurant serving traditional dishes. The chapel, rebuilt from 1713, keeps a flat ceiling with a stucco mirror; its Munich-made altar is a copy, the original having gone to Maishofen's parish church in 1863. Two silver candlesticks were handed to French occupiers in 1802.
The castle stands on a gently rising slope amid a hamlet, slightly east of Maishofen's centre at Kammererstraße 22. A ring wall from the 19th century, partly topped with battlements, encloses the grounds; the late-Gothic stable on its north side now serves as an event hall. Since a 1994 restoration the building houses an inn serving traditional dishes.
The historic shooting range on the estate has been used by the Maishofen marksmen's society since 1899, making it one of the property's longest continuously used features. The society still bears the name Schützengesellschaft Maishofen.
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