Seebenstein Castle

Seebenstein Castle
Seebenstein Castle
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Received or partially received
Place:	Seebenstein
Geographical location	47 ° 41 '44 "  N , 16 ° 8' 39.5"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 41 '44 "  N , 16 ° 8' 39.5"  E

The Burg Seebenstein is in Lower Austria Seebenstein . The hilltop castle consists of two structures, the old part with a round keep and a ruined palace from the 13th / 14th centuries. Century and the high castle from the 15th to 17th centuries. The latter houses an important collection of weapons and medieval art, including a statue of Mary by Veit Stoss . A Madonna by Tilman Riemenschneider was sold (before 2004). There is a chapel in one corner of the high castle .

history

The castle was founded around 1045 by Gottfried von Wels-Lambach and went to the Formbachers around 1049 . After the Formbachers died out in the 12th century, the castle came to the Wildensteiners. In 1170 a Kdolz von Seebenstein is mentioned for the first time.

In the following centuries the castle changed hands several times, among them were the Liechtensteiners (14th century), the Seebeckers (1403 to 1432) and from 1432 the Königsbergers . The latter built today's high castle, which was besieged by the Turks in 1683 without success. In the 17th century the castle went to the Pergen, who built a new castle in the valley and left the castle to decay.

In 1790 Anton David Steiger leased the castle and founded the Wildensteiner Association for Blue Earth here . The association was closed in 1824, and a short time later the Liechtensteiners bought the castle. Johann I von Liechtenstein built the nearby ruins of the Türkensturz castle .

The castle has been owned by the Nehammer family since 1942.

Others

In 2012, the fairy tale film “ Beauty and the Beast ” with Maximilian Simonischek , Cornelia Gröschel and Jürgen Tarrach was filmed at the castle.

literature

• Gerd Braun: Seebenstein - the Biedermannsburg of the Wildenstein knights on blue earth. In: Burgen und Schlösser 6th Vol. (1985 / I), pp. 38–53.
• Heinz Gerstinger: Excursion destination castles. 30 castles around Vienna . Pichler, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-854-31158-3 .
• Anton Stalzer: Seebenstein Castle . 2nd Edition. Self-published, Vienna 1985.

Web links

Commons : Seebenstein Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry over Castle Seebenstein to Burgen-Austria
• Seebenstein Castle at burgenkunde.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ imdb.de