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| Creation time : | 12th century | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Neumarkt in Styria | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 7 '43.2 " N , 14 ° 22' 56.7" E | |
| Height: | 1180 m above sea level A. | |
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The ruin stone castle is at 1180 m above sea level. A. the highest castle ruins in Styria (Austria). It is located in the Upper Murtal in the municipality of Neumarkt in Styria , on the northwest slope from Steinberg to Teufenbach .
This hilltop castle was probably built in the 12th century by the noble family "von Stein". In 1503 the stone castle was sold to the St. Lambrecht monastery by its owner at the time, the Liechtenstein family . In 1525 the castle was upgraded in the course of peasant uprisings and Turkish invasions.
The size of this ruin is impressive and shows the original dimensions of this defense structure very well.
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There are some legends about the ruin, two of which are told.
Stein Castle
After the victories over the Hungarians and Avars, Pipin, the son of Charlemagne , made princely gifts to his brave heroes. In addition to the noble dignity, the free man Engelschalk also received a large forest ob Scheifling as a fief. Engelschalk had the Stein Feste built on the high stone and lived there for a few years. When he died, the subjects mourned their good master, who left seven beautiful daughters and a son. He did military service at the German imperial court. The daughters found the best support in Herr von Saurau, the brother of their late mother. The beauty of the sisters was so well known that the number of aristocratic aristocrats in the castle of Stein increased daily. But none of the sisters wanted to be the first to win. They sent the recruiting knights out into the world to make them endure impossible adventures.
A French knight was also charmed by the charms of the damsels. They entertained him well into the night by playing strings and dancing, and served him the most fiery wine. He threw himself at Gisela, the most beautiful but also proudest of the sisters, and confessed his love to her. Gisela replied scornfully to the knight: “How can you dare to speak of love? Prove by deeds that you are worthy of the love of the Daughters of Stein! If you can throw a chain around the horns of the moon and tie it to the rock of this castle, then ask again for information! ”Then the like-minded sisters withdrew into their kemenaten. The knight's ardent love turned into hate.
He went out of the hall and hid behind the tower stairs, where he forged his plans for revenge. The night was warm and bright. He saw Gisela, wrapped in a nightgown, walking through the courtyard and then through a little gate into the garden. The knight sneaked after her immediately, took his revenge and blew away. Gisela rushed to her sisters and told them about the knight's shameless act of revenge. Then the von Stein sisters swore to hate all men. The seven women had a castle built on a steep rock, in which they then lived in seclusion. This castle was named after them.
Gisela's son got the knight's spurs in the battles of the emperor. He became the owner of the castle and the progenitor of the already extinct knights of Frauenburg, who had the moon tied by the horns as their coat of arms.
The legend of the missing knight
Bitter enmity arose between the lords of Kaisersberg and those of Stein. A Kaisersberger wanted to marry Fraulein von Stein. The suitor was turned away, however, because Herr von Stein didn't want an ordinary knight, but a prince as his son-in-law. A battle of words broke out between the two castle owners, in which the Kaisersberger was thrown down a staircase and died.
Years later, a knight from Kaisersberg and a Fraulein von Stein fell in love again. The family quarrel has recently awakened in the young woman's father. He drew his sword at the young Kaisersberger, but the young lady caught the fatal blow. The old man swung his sword again senselessly and split the Kaisersberger's head. From that hour on, the old knight could no longer be seen in his castle - he remained gone. In the Seckau monastery , where the knight's maiden was buried, a tall, serious and silent man later entered as a lay brother. He prayed all night in the crypt and one day he was found lying dead on the grave of Frauleins von Stein.
When calamity threatens in this area, a monk appears in the cloister of the monastery, carrying a coffin in which lies a girl dressed in white with a bleeding chest wound. A young man with a forked forehead looks longingly at the dead woman.
Details about the castle
- Five-tower weir system
- Outer bailey with curtain wall and battlement
- Castle courtyard with chapel
- Several cisterns
- Cannon rondels
- Gothic vault
literature
- Richard Pogatschnigg: Stone Castle (near Neumarkt in Styria): The development of a castle complex from a residential tower to a Renaissance building. ( Download academia.edu ).
Web links
- Ruin Steinschloss Site of the research group on the interdisciplinary processing of national cultural heritage (FIALE) on the ruin Steinschloss
- Entry via ruin stone castle on Burgen-Austria