Scharfeneck Castle (Baden)
| Scharfeneck castle ruins | ||
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 The walls of the Scharfeneck ruin in the forest near Baden |
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| Alternative name (s): | possibly Veste Wolfsberg | |
| Creation time : | around 1100 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Baden near Vienna | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 0 '48 " N , 16 ° 11' 49" E | |
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The castle Scharfeneck is the ruins of a hilltop castle and is like the castle ruins Rauhenstein the river Schwechat , in the district of Baden at Vienna .
history
Archaeological investigations determined that the castle was settled around 1100 and was abandoned by the 13th century at the latest. It is uncertain whether the castle was called Veste Wolfsberg at that time . What is certain is that the small castle lacked the economic basis to assert itself against the overpowering neighbor Rauheneck . In contrast to Rauheneck, Scharfeneck is only a few hundred meters above the traffic routes that used to run through the Helenental. A breach several meters wide in a side wall suggests a deliberate razing of the castle.
The current name of the castle did not come about until around 1470 - a certain Ulrich Kamper removed the ruins from the Rauhensteiner property complex, which enabled him to rise into the ranks of the class nobility as Ulrich Kamper zu Scharfeneck . Even if the castle ruins were no longer inhabited at that time and returned to the possession of the Rauhensteiners in 1517, the name of Scharfeneck Castle remained.
Web links
- Entry via Baden - Scharfeneck to Burgen-Austria
- projekt-gutenberg.org - The forgotten chapel at Scharfeneck Castle (legend)