Rastenberg Castle

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Rastenberg Castle
Rastenberg Castle (September 2011)

Rastenberg Castle (September 2011)

Creation time : before 1200
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Place: Notch field
Geographical location 48 ° 33 '30.6 "  N , 15 ° 19' 24.7"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 33 '30.6 "  N , 15 ° 19' 24.7"  E
Rastenberg Castle (Lower Austria)
Rastenberg Castle

The Burg Rastenberg is a Roman hilltop castle in the town of Rastenfeld in the district of Krems-Land in Lower Austria . It is a listed building .

history

The date of construction of the castle can be narrowed down to the period between 1193 and 1205 by means of a dendrochronological examination. It was part of a defense system along the Kamp and was in visual contact with the neighboring castles of Ottenstein and Lichtenfels .

The Rastenbergers come from the Rauheneck family, whose ancestral castle Rauheneck is west of Baden near Vienna . The last detectable Rastenberger, an Otto, died in 1292/93.

In 1363 the rule was handed over to Duke Rudolf IV of Habsburg and subsequently administered by carers or given as pledges.

In the 15th century the complex was badly damaged by the Hussites . From 1432 the castle was in the feudal possession of the Neidegger, the lords of the castle Oberranna had Rastenberg castle fortified. After the Neidegger died out, the Protestant-minded Michael Zeller was given the lordship's lien. He offered refuge to evangelical nobles and their followers. During the Thirty Years' War it was sacked by the Imperial General Bucquoy in 1620 and by the Swedes in 1645.

From 1663 the owners were the Lamberger , from 1754 the Bartenstein family and finally in 1879 the Counts Thurn-Valsassina .

description

With an area of ​​19 × 54 meters, Rastenberg Castle is a narrow, elongated complex with a forecourt and two small inner courtyards on the outermost spur end of a granite rock. Its appearance is shaped by the pentagonal, 27 meter high keep. Since it was never destroyed, it has retained its medieval character despite multiple renovations. It is one of the most important Romanesque architectural monuments in Lower Austria.

Others

Gottfried von Eine wrote his cantata “The Hour Song” here.

literature

  • Georg Binder: The Lower Austrian castles and palaces (2 vols.) . Hartleben Verlag, Vienna – Leipzig 1925 II, p. 28.
  • Evelyn Benesch, Bernd Euler-Rolle , Claudia Haas, Renate Holzschuh-Hofer, Wolfgang Huber, Katharina Packpfeifer, Eva Maria Vancsa-Tironiek, Wolfgang Vogg: Lower Austria north of the Danube (=  Dehio-Handbuch . Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs ). Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna et al. 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0652-2 , p. 945 f .
  • Bertrand Michael Buchmann, Brigitte Fassbinder: Castles and palaces between Gföhl, Ottenstein and Grafenegg. Castles and palaces in Lower Austria , Volume 17 Birch series, St. Pölten – Vienna 1990, pp. 54 ff.
  • Falko Daim , Karin Kühtreiber, Thomas Kühtreiber : Castles - Waldviertel, Wachau, Moravian Thayatal . 2nd edition, Verlag Freytag & Berndt, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-7079-1273-9 , p. 426 ff.
  • Franz Eppel : The Waldviertel . Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1978, p. 191.
  • Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages, floor plan dictionary . Würzburg 1994, p. 487.
  • Thomas Kühtreiber, Ronald Woldron: Rastenberg Castle - a little-known architectural gem of the Romanesque style in Lower Austria. Arx. Castles and palaces in Bavaria, Austria and South Tyrol 22/1, Bozen / Vienna / Munich 2000, pp. 28–33.
  • Laurin Luchner: castles in Austria I . Beck, Munich 1978, ISBN 3406045073 , p. 222 f.
  • Georg Clam-Martinic : Österreichisches Burgenlexikon , Linz 1992, ISBN 9783902397508 , p. 176 f.
  • Gerhard Reichhalter, Karin and Thomas Kühtreiber: Castles Waldviertel Wachau . Verlag Schubert & Franzke, St. Pölten 2001, ISBN 3705605305 , p. 310 ff.
  • Gerhard Stenzel : From castle to castle in Austria. Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1973, ISBN 321800229X , p. 126 f.
  • Hans Tietze : The monuments of the political district Krems . Austrian Art Topography I, Anton Schroll & Co., Vienna 1907, p. 347 ff.
  • Georg Matthäus Vischer : Topographia Archiducatus Austriae Inferioris Modernae 1672. Reprint Graz 1976 VOMB, No. 93.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e See entry about Rastenberg on Burgen-Austria
  2. ↑ See entry on Rastenberg in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
  3. ↑ a b See entry about Rastenberg on Lower Austria Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
  4. ↑ Online at Austria Forum
  5. ↑ Online at Digitalisat