It was built on the orders of Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, who was a field marshal in the Thirty Years\u2019 War. The castle grounds include Mayrhof, an agricultural holding that enjoys excellent transport links thanks to its proximity to the autobahn. The holding is also the site of Pferdeklinik Tillysburg, the largest private equine hospital in Austria.
As well as sharing a common goal, the current tenants of Mayrhof are partners in the truest sense of the word. \u201cIn truth, I just wanted to be a vet,\u201d laughs Dr Christian Franz. \u201cBut now, I do everything. Sometimes I perform surgery, sometimes I deal with the paperwork \u2013 or clean out the gutters\u2026 You can only manage this kind of workload if you get on well with your partners and you share the load together.\u201d More than partners, Franz and his colleagues are friends, which in turn creates a positive working atmosphere in Tillysburg. The three partners are supported by four assistant vets, seven veterinary assistants and two secretaries. The medical staff also do their share of stable work, which means the patients are always monitored as closely as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Christian Franz is the son of a vet. Born and raised in Naumburg, the cathedral city on the River Saale, Franz took an interest in horses from the age of 11. After starting out in show jumping and dressage, he later became an active hunt rider. He is married to a vet and has three adult children. Christian Franz studied in Leipzig and worked as a stud vet on Paul Schockem\u00f6hle\u2019s Lewitz Stud in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania before moving to a clinic in Vienna. He became a partner in Pferdeklinik Tillysburg in 1998 and passed the examination to become an equine veterinary specialist in 2000. In the same year, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports called upon Franz to work at the CHIO Aachen, the Matthias Koller is also the son of a vet and, like Franz, his career has also followed a linear trajectory. He started by taking on his father\u2019s practice and caring for cattle, pigs and small animals. During a spell as a vet in the Austrian Armed Forces while completing his national service, he was responsible for the officers\u2019 training horses \u2013 and has worked with horses ever since. He was a co-founder of Irnharting Veterinary Hospital, which merged with Pferdeklinik Tillysburg in 2014. While Christian Franz specialises in orthopaedics and surgery, Matthias Koller\u2019s colleagues have dubbed him \u201ca walking encyclopaedia of internal medicine\u201d. Koller also specialises in colic surgery, ophthalmology and dentistry and has developed his expertise in these fields though numerous training courses in the USA, England, Germany and Sweden. A man with an excellent international reputation, Koller is a father of two \u2013 and, with his daughter now following in his footsteps, the family tradition is set to live on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The third partner at Pferdeklinik Tillysburg is Wolfgang Himsl. Born in Upper Austria, he studied in Vienna and specialises in orthopaedics and surgery \u2013 and sports medicine, of course. Himsl is a Grand Prix-level dressage rider, after all. In 2018, he made it to the final of the 7-year-old dressage at the WBDCYH in the Dutch town of Ermelo with the Westphalian stallion Valparaiso. Married with two children, Himsl started his career as an assistant vet at Horse Clinic Wolfesing in Bavaria before returning to the Salzburg region to establish his own equine practice. He became a partner at Irnharting Veterinary Hospital in 2011 and has been a partner at Tillysburg since the two clinics merged three years later. Of the three partners, Himsl spends the most time on the road, looking after sport stables as far away as Slovenia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou can only manage this kind of workload if you get on well with your partners and you share the load together\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe clinic\u2019s two main pillars are emergency care and colic medicine on the one hand, and orthopaedic care on the other.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n The clinic is based on two main pillars: emergency care and colic medicine on the one hand, and orthopaedic care and surgery on the other. Approximately 400 horses arrive at the clinic with signs of colic each year, of which 40 to 50 require surgery. The partners are guided by a clear credo: \u201cWe operate Our services for you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The examination and treatment area includes an operating theatre with two operating tables and More than half of the horses treated at Tillysburg are sport horses, though the clinic also cares for all breeds of leisure horses. In addition, the clinic provides its services to the renowned Gut Aiderbichl sanctuary \u2013 a partnership treasured by the clinic\u2019s staff. \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to work with people who 1. Veterinarians<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Specialists with internationally recognised (European \/ US) qualifications<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Specialists with national qualifications<\/p>\n 1<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Veterinarians, assistant veterinarians<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n 2. Veterinary technicians and horse grooms with additional medical training<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n 3. Horse grooms<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n 4. Administrative staff<\/p>\n 2<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n 5. Other staff<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n 6. Box stalls<\/p>\n 23<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Normal equine box stalls<\/p>\n 18<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Padded box stalls<\/p>\n 1<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Box stalls for mares with foals<\/p>\n 2<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Isolation box stalls<\/p>\n 2<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n 7. Examination \/ treatment rooms<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n 8. Operating rooms<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n <\/div>\n For procedures on standing horses<\/p>\n 2<\/p>\n <\/div>\n For procedures on lying horses<\/p>\n 1<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n 9. Paddocks<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n 10. Pastures<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n 11. Horse walker<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n 12. 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most prestigious horse show in Germany, for the first time. An Austrian by choice, Franz was called to serve again at the 2006 and 2015 European Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>![\"Fullscreen\"](\"https:\/\/premiumpferdekliniken.de\/wp-content\/themes\/premium-theme\/images\/fullscreen-icon.svg\"){kind=icon}
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on horses that have a chance of leading a dignified life. We do not wish to create patients who need long-term internal medical care.\u201d The vets also see around 100 horses per year with eye conditions and a further 500 with dental problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/premiumpferdekliniken.khpm1134.serverpress.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/0078Pferdeklinik-Tillysburg-1024x706.jpg\")
an adjacent preparation room, two pre-op and post-op holding stalls, a laboratory, three outpatient clinics, a pharmacy, storerooms and social areas. The buildings\u2019 historic arches also house a library, offices and a room fitted with a projector for daily meetings to discuss current cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/premiumpferdekliniken.khpm1134.serverpress.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/0106Pferdeklinik-Tillysburg-1024x818.jpg\")
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love horses, are truly dedicated and do great work,\u201d says Dr Christian Franz. This view is shared by the entire Tillysburg team.<\/p>\n\n\nPersonnel and Infrastructure<\/h2>\n