Krempelstein Castle
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 Krempelstein Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Krämpelstein, Schneiderburg, Schneiderschlössl | |
| Creation time : | 1337 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, rocky location | |
| Conservation status: | Received or received substantial parts | |
| Standing position : | Ministeriale | |
| Place: | Esternberg | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 33 '45 " N , 13 ° 35' 10" E | |
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The castle Krempelstein even Krämpelstein , Schneider castle or Schneider Schlössl called, is a rock fortress on a promontory high above the right side of the Danube River in the district Pyrawang the municipality of Esternberg in Upper Austria .
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The names Schneiderburg and Schneiderschlössl go back to the legend of a tailor who allegedly lived in the castle with his goat and who fell to his death with it while trying to bury the dead goat in the Danube. August Graf von Platen and Johann Nepomuk Vogl wrote poems about this.
The coat of arms of the municipality of Esternberg is also derived from it. |
history
The castle, which is mentioned for the first time in 1337, was under the ministerial of the Bishop of Passau from 1370 and came to Austria in 1782 with the Innviertel . The castle served as a toll station and later as the resting place of the Passau bishops. Jans Thymayer (1370–1380), the Raspen (1406–1421) and Ulrich Kastenmayer (1421–1424) alternated as castle guardians. Hans Zenger (1424), Heinrich Hevraus (1473), Georg Perneck (1495) and Burghart von Messenbeck (1505–1510) are named as carers. From 1601 on, Krämpelstein was administered from Vichtenstein Castle . The most notable event is the forced stay of prelates and Passauer provost Rupert of Moosheim that here because of his reforming views as heretics was detained and died after five years of captivity 1545th Neglected for a long time, the Counts of Pachta acquired them in 1865. Eduard Munninger leased it in 1937, expanded it from 1938 to 1942 and set up a guest house and artist hostel in it. Until 1965, the castle served as a meeting point for Munninger's pansophic organization AORRAC . After a fire in 1984, the castle was renovated. Today it is no longer accessible to tourists and locals. The castle is privately owned.
Overall location of the castle above the Danube
Palas from the mountain side
Entrance gate to the hall
View of the residential tower
Rock wall on the slope side
investment
It is believed that there used to be a Roman guard on the site of the castle, on whose foundation walls the tower is built. Finds of Roman coins from the period between 284 and 306 AD ( Diocletian and Maximilianus ) from 1845 seem to confirm this. Built in the 14th century building comprises a residential tower with attached Palas . The tower has a footprint of 9.5 × 11 meters, the extension measures 15 × 15 meters. The palas was built later than the tower, which can be recognized by the entrance leading into the tower on the first floor of the palas. On the right side of the hall there is a (now modernized) Abtritterker . There is a small castle chapel above the entrance . Are at the bottom of the tower corbels to recognize d. H. In the event of war, the tower could be made defensible by means of a wooden battlement . The roof was also removable earlier. The originally existing protective walls no longer exist, but extended from the tower to the towering rock face. The space in front of the tower has been filled up, underneath there seem to be stable vaults, as can be seen through the light slots in the wall.
If you drive on the road on the banks of the Danube from Passau in the direction of Engelhartszell , then about 1 km before Pyrawang a small road branches off to the right uphill, which then ends in a forest path that leads back towards Passau. If you follow this path, you come across the castle. This can also be reached by car, but this is not desired.
Others
A motor ship with 400 hp and an unbalance system , used in 1955 as an icebreaker in the Danube near the Jochenstein power station , was called Krämpelstein.
See also
literature
- Eduard Munninger : Castle Kraempelstein. A contribution to local history . Self-published, Schärding 1956.
- Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home. 3rd edition . Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1976, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The legend of the Schneiderschlössl [1]
- ^ Esternberg regional [2]
- ↑ Documentary film 1955: Ice fighting in the Jochenstein reservoir Jochenstein Danube power plant. Work film by Donaukraftwerk Jochenstein AG, 1955, accessed March 31, 2020 - 9:00 am, 10:48 am / 2:00 pm.
Web links
- Entry on Krempelstein Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- The poem from the tailor's castle
- Entry via Krempelstein to Burgen-Austria