Schickenburg Estate

The Schickenburg manor, together with the Antonius Chapel, is a protected historical monument in the municipality of Marling in South Tyrol.

The Schickenhof was first documented in 1369. In 1528, the land register mentions Melchior Schickner from the "Kreblguet am Schicken." In favor of the imperial councilor Christoph Sattelberger, Emperor Rudolf II granted the estate noble status and exempted it from all taxes in 1606. The estate chapel dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua was built in 1652 by his son, the court chamberlain and lord of the court in Stubai, Martin Sattelberger. He was enrolled in 1646 with the title von Sattelberger zu Schickenburg and received the dignity of a count palatine in 1650. In 1652, he donated 30 annual masses in the chapel for the salvation of his soul. Due to a lack of heirs, Schickenburg came into the possession of the barons of Voglmayr in the second half of the 17th century, with Christoph Anton von Voglmayr owning it in 1693. In 1750, Martin Anton von Vogelmayr sold the estate to Sebastian Prünster. By 1755, it belonged to the abbey administrator Joseph Oswald Prugger. In 1794, the heirs sold the Schickenhof for 9040 guilders to the farmer Johann Holzer. In the 19th century, the estate was described as dilapidated. The residential house still had two stained glass paintings that recalled the services of Christoph Sattelberger in the Kleve succession dispute. Two others were sold. The Antonius Chapel housed four paintings of the Church Fathers by an unknown Italian master. Due to the financial hardship of the owners, the chapel fell increasingly into disrepair. The then pastor Santner had the chapel, which was unusable for mass reading, restored with donations. In the 1860s, the estate was auctioned off. Since November 11, 1950, the manor and the chapel have been under monument protection. After several changes of ownership, Schickenburg came into the possession of Meinhard Menz in 1955.

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