Hausenbach Castle

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Hausenbach Castle, core castle

The Castle House Bach rarely even lock Hausbach called, is a hilltop castle on a cliff top above Hausbach , a town of the Lower Austrian market town of Karlstetten in Mostviertel . Because of its location, the listed complex was previously called "Haus am Bach", from which its current name developed. The first recorded owners of the 13th century castle were members of the von Doppel family. Today it is privately owned and cannot be visited.

history

The roots of the plant can be found in the 13th century. It was first mentioned in 1237. At that time it was owned by Weichard I von Doppel. Ulrich I von Doppel died in the castle in 1282. His family still owned it in 1471. From 1515 to 1580 the castle belonged to the von Zinzendorf family . From her it was acquired by Hans Jöppl von Arnsdorf, who had it partially rebuilt by 1585. In 1585, Helmhart VIII, Baron von Jörger , who lived at Walpersdorf Castle , acquired the castle complex . His son of the same name, Helmhart the Younger, fought on the Protestant side in the Thirty Years' War and was imprisoned in Linz Castle after the Battle of White Mountain in 1621 . Moreover, its assets were - and thus Hausbach - by Emperor Ferdinand II. Drafted and subsequently to his wife Eleonora given. The castle was also damaged during the war and looted by imperial troops .

View of Hausenbach Castle by Georg Matthäus Vischer , 1672

In 1656 the Jörger von Tollet got back half of their confiscated property (including Hausenbach). In the following year they sold the system to Georg Ludwig von Sinzendorf . During his time as the owner, it was still well-fortified, because around 1663 it was the center of a 40-hectare refuge . It then shared the ownership history with Walpersdorf until the second half of the 20th century: Georg Ludwig's widow sold the facility to Count Ludwig von Colloredo-Wallsee , who bequeathed it to his daughter Maria Antonia Josefa Montecuccoli. After her death, Hausenbach Castle passed to Camillo von Colloredo-Wallsee in 1738. From 1859 to 1956 the castle belonged to the von Falkenhayn family . Marie Countess Falkenhayn finally bequeathed Walpersdorf along with other properties to the congregation of the Petrus Claver Sisters . They sold the castle in 1972 to Hartmann Decker, who also owned Wolfpassing Castle near Königstein. Restored and modernized around 1980 , the complex has meanwhile changed hands again, but is still privately owned.

description

The two-part system, consisting of a lower fore and a raised core castle , extends on a granite rock above the village. The former moat is now backfilled.

Outer bailey

West wing of the outer bailey with retaining walls

The outer bailey is a rectangular horseshoe-shaped courtyard, the open south side of which faces the inner bailey and is closed off by a stone wall. A gate tower protruding from the wall in the middle of the north-west side provides access to the outer bailey . Its three floors with incised corner blocks are covered by a hipped roof from the second half of the 17th century. At the round arched through gate you can still see where the drawbridge used to be , which led over the former moat. The painted coats of arms of the Jörger and Zinzendorf families can be found above the gate .

To the east of the gate tower is a two-storey building, the hip roof of which also dates from the second half of the 17th century. The buildings adjoining it to the south on the east side of the outer bailey date from the 20th century. In the past, this side was only closed off by a defensive wall . The main wing of the outer bailey is the elongated two-storey wing on the west side with a wavy frieze at the height of the eaves and mighty retaining walls. The core of this part of the outer bailey dates from the 16th century. Accordingly, the groin vaults in its interior date to the same time.

Core castle

The main castle is raised and south of the outer castle. It can be entered from there via a ramp and through a large double-leaf gate or the smaller door next to it in the south wall. This replaced a previously existing gate at this point.

The main castle consists of a powerful, two-storey Palas and a stationary on its south end face high tower with a square plan. Both structures were built in the 13th century at the same time and can therefore be assigned to the Romanesque . The six floors of the tower are closed off by a bent pyramid roof. The windows in its lower area do not come from the time it was built, but were broken out later. Groin vaults have been preserved in the two lowest tower floors.

The hall emerged from a permanent house from the 13th century that was redesigned around 1560. The facades of the building were changed a little again in the 18th century. The core of the building is still preserved from the time it was erected, but the building was also used as a dump box in the course of its history , which is why it was almost completely gutted inside. A stone coat of arms with an imperial eagle and the letter L ([Kaiser] L [eopold]) is attached to the east facade . The windows have stone walls and late Gothic sills . The roof of the building is hipped on its north side. In the north-west of the Palas there is a small courtyard that was once a kennel , but of which no building structure has been preserved.

literature

Web links

Commons : Burg Hausenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. ↑ Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Lower Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. January 23, 2019, p. 169 ( PDF ; 1.3 MB).
  2. ↑ a b c d e Entry about Burg Hausenbach on Burgen-Austria , accessed on September 14, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Dehio manual. Lower Austria south of the Danube. Part 1: A to L. 2003, p. 727.
  4. ↑ Information according to the entry about Burg Hausenbach on Burgen-Austria . According to the Dehio manual , it was sold as early as 1656. See Dehio manual. Lower Austria south of the Danube. Part 1: A to L. 2003, p. 727.
  5. ↑ Alterthums-Verein zu Wien (ed.): Monthly newspaper of the Alterthums-Verein zu Wien . Volume 10. Verlag des Alterthums-Verein, Vienna 1913, p. 161.

Coordinates: 48 ° 15 ′ 0.1 ″  N , 15 ° 32 ′ 56.1 ″  E