Altaist Castle

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Alta Castle is today

The abandoned Altaist Castle (also called Alt-Aist or Altenaist ) is located in the cadastral community Altaist von Ried in Riedmark in the Perg district of Upper Austria . The name Altaist should have become naturalized in the 18th century, although this area was named on the old Aist as early as the late Middle Ages . In 1785 the castral and rural community Altaist was created; this was affiliated to the municipality of Ried in der Riedmark in 1938.

history

Altaist Castle was, together with Neuaist Castle, a seat of the Lords of Aist . In Aistersheim , too, the moated castle Aistersheim , built in 1136, is associated with the Lords of Aist. The castle of that time was first associated with Dietmar von Aistersheim , a ministerial of the Styrian Otakare, in 1159 . The rule remained in the possession of the Lords of Aistersheim until 1426, when Heinrich von Aistersheim, the last of his tribe, died.

Dietmar von Aist is often associated with the minstrel of the same name. In the 13th century the castle came into the possession of the Babenbergs . Since this century there has been no documentary mention of the castle, so it is likely to have fallen into disrepair.

Plan sketch of the Altaist castle site by Ludwig Benesch

Alta Castle is today

Only a castle stable remains from the complex . This is located on the summit of the Altaistberg, which rises west of the road connection Mauthausen to Pregarten and allows a wide view to the north over the Feldaist depression. The summit plateau of the Altaistberg is surrounded by a stone wall; a deeper inner trench and an outer wall can be seen below. The pottery finds cover a time horizon from approx. 1050–1250 with a focus on the 2nd half of the 12th century. Altaist No. 1 is said to have been the dungeon of Altaist Castle. Scabbard fittings were found during excavations in Alt-Aist.

literature

  • Leopold Mayböck : A contribution to the settlement history of the Lower Mühlviertel. Unpublished manuscript, Schwertberg 2006.
  • Josef Reitinger: The prehistoric and early historical finds in Upper Austria (=  series of publications of the Upper Austrian Museum Association . Volume 3 ). Upper Austrian Provincial Publishing House, Linz 1968.
  • Christian K. Steingruber : A critical consideration of the historical-topographical manual of the fortifications and mansions of Upper Austria . Upper Austrian Provincial Archives , Linz 2013.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christian K. Steingruber , 2013, p. 254.
  2. ↑ Josef Reitinger, 1968, p. 350.

Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 55.7 ″  N , 14 ° 31 ′ 38.2 ″  E