Walchen Castle
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| Creation time : | 1040 (first documented mention) | |
| Castle type : | Location | |
| Conservation status: | habitable | |
| Standing position : | Ministeriale | |
| Place: | municipality Walchen | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 59 '5.5 " N , 13 ° 29' 27.5" E | |
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The remains of Walchen Castle are in the Walchen district in the Vöcklamarkt municipality in the Vöcklabruck district of Upper Austria . Only one tower remains from the former castle .
history
The rule of Walchen and the family named after them are first mentioned in a document in 1040. The Walchen were Ministeriale of the Herrschaft Kammer . In 1371 "ain hof ze Walhen" is mentioned as a Schaunberg fiefdom . A 1380 in the fief book of Duke Albrecht III. Ulrich von Walhen was even the keeper of Schloss Kammer. According to the fief book of King Ladislaus Posthumus , in 1456 Hanns der Walch was enfeoffed with the seat of Walchen for himself and his brothers Balthasar, Jörg and Engelhart. Wolfgang Walch was the keeper of Kogl Castle around 1512 . In 1533 Walchen came to Hans Tunser through the marriage of Konrad Walch's daughter Barbara. From these it went to his son-in-law Hanns Putz, who was enfeoffed with Walchen in 1550. In 1578 the Putz family was accused of treason, brought to Vienna, imprisoned and tortured. Hanns Putz died in custody. His son Hieronymus had to sell his property and leave the country after his release. In 1583 he sold Walchen together with Wildenhag Castle to Hans Christian Geymann (Geumann) zu Gallspach and Tratteneck . He had the old and dilapidated castle demolished and built Walchen Castle next to it in 1590 .
Walchen Castle today
Only one tower remains from the castle. On the ground floor it has a different wall structure than the slightly recessed structure of the two upper floors. The door in the base area was broken out later. The window openings are brick vaults and are also likely to be later breakouts. The stumps of beams protruding from the wall and the holes in the masonry indicate a wooden battlement that no longer exists.
literature
- Herbert Erich Baumert, Georg Grüll : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. Volume 2: Innviertel and Alpine Foreland. Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-85030-049-3 .
- Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home . 3. Edition. Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1976, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .
- Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria then and now . Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Sons, Horn 1975, ISBN 3-85028-023-3 .