Machland Castle
| Machland Castle | ||
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 Ulrichsberg (Schöllerberg) 1674. Detail in engraving no. 126 Closter Baumgartenberg by Georg Matthaeus Vischer. |
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| Creation time : | Early middle ages | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Baumgartenberg | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 12 '39.4 " N , 14 ° 44' 33.2" E | |
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The castle Machland even castle Machlant or castle Pongarten called, was a seat of the Lords of Machland and was located in today's market town Baumgartenberg in Upper Austria on the Ulrichsberg, also called Schoeller mountain.
location
Machland Castle was located on a rocky spur protruding to the west, formerly called Ulrichsberg , more recently called Schöllerberg , in the market town of Baumgartenberg.
To the south of the rock spur, an extensive plain, criss-crossed by watercourses, extends to the Danube . It is still called Machland now .
The older assumption that the castle was formerly on the plain on the site of the Baumgartenberg monastery is no longer tenable.
history
Machland Castle was the seat of the noble lords of Machland. One of the most important was Otto von Machland († 1149). He founded the Cistercian monastery Baumgartenberg in 1142 . The Cistercian monks took over the castle and the associated church, then built the monastery on the plain - about 350 meters south of the castle - and also used stones from the broken walls of Machland Castle.
description
Only weak terrain features of the castle are recognizable. The newer private house Baumgartenberg No. 10, formerly called Gartenhäusl, is located on the plateau-like grounds of the castle . To the west, the plateau borders on the rocky steep drop. In addition, moats and wall courses can be assumed in ditches and ramparts.
An eastern moat was still visible years ago. It has now been leveled for a local access road. A little further to the east was the branch church of St. Jacob and Ulrich belonging to the castle. The private house Baumgartenberg No. 11, called Ulrichsberghäusl , now stands in its place, surrounded by meadows and fields . Remnants of the branch church are included in the house and can be seen on the north side of the house. There is no monument protection.
Picture gallery
Austriae Superioris Anno 1667 (detail)
Ulrichsberg. Correspondence card (detail). Run in 1902
Ulrichsberg (Schöllerberg). Photo 2018
Ulrichsberg (Schöllerberg). Photo 2018 from the east
literature
- Georg Grüll : Castles and palaces in the Mühlviertel. Vienna 1962, p. 165.
- Baumgartenberg community (ed.): 850 years of Baumgartenberg. Linz 1991, p. 98.
- Klaus Birngruber: Studies on the early documents of the Waldhausen monastery (1147-1332). Master's thesis University of Vienna, Vienna 2008, p. 31 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Albert Kern: Spring in Baumgartenberg (4K). In: youtube.com, May 15, 2016 (BGB-TV-4K-Videoproduktion, among others with Ulrichsberg, Schöllerberg).
- Michael Köck: Perg's lost castles. In: mein district.at. Perg, September 24, 2018.
- Province of Upper Austria: DORIS cultural atlas, castles, Baumgartenberg. Broken seat of Machland.
Individual evidence
- ^ Julius Strnadt : The country in the north of the Danube. In: Archives for Austrian History. Twenty-fourth volume. First half. Vienna 1907, p. 139 on archive.org .