Weißenegg Castle
| Weißenegg Castle | ||
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 Weißenegg Castle near Ruden |
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| Creation time : | First mentioned in 1243 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Preserved essential parts | |
| Place: | Ruden | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 39 '54.5 " N , 14 ° 46' 44.8" E | |
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The Weißenegg Castle is a spur castle on a wooded rock ledge above the Griffener Tal northeast of Ruden in Carinthia . The twin castle, built in the first half of the 12th century, is partially dilapidated, the remains of the building are under monument protection .
history
In the Austrian states there were a total of four castles with the name Weißenegg, of which the castle near Ruden was probably the ancestral castle of the Weißeneggers . The oldest known descendant of the Weißenegger dynasty is said to have been Wülfing von Wizzeneck, who is said to have lived around 1120. The castle was first mentioned in 1243 as dominus de Wizenekke . Dietmar von Weißenegg, a ministerial of the Bamberg diocese , appears several times in documents between 1244 and 1263. The Weißeneggers were an important noble family in Carinthia in the 13th and 14th centuries, they provided several bishops and were also active in the military. From 1300 on, Weißenegg was the seat of a regional court , to which Ruden also belonged. In 1332 the property was sold to the Lords of Walsee . Eberhard von Walsee († 1363), who had no descendants, bequeathed the castle and rule to his cousins Ulrich and Hermann I von Cilli . The Counts of Cilli stayed on Weißenegg until 1425, then Hermann II of Cilli exchanged with the diocese of Bamberg Weißenegg and Hartneidstein for the rule of Mauthenberg ( Hohenmauthen / Muta ). Weißenegg remained Bamberg until 1759, when the diocese sold its goods in Carinthia to the Austrian Empire . At this point the castle was already deserted. In 1775 Maximilian Thaddäus Freiherr von Egger acquired the castle, which from then on remained in the possession of his descendants for over a century. In 1885 the barons Ferdinand and Karl Helldorf bought the property, and in 1936 the extensive forests with the ruins were transferred to the industrial family Leitgeb from Kühnsdorf, who are still the owners today.
Building description
There are still considerable remains of the once extensive castle complex, which lie on a heavily wooded rock ledge, but whose buildings tower above the treetops and are visible from afar. On the mountain side there is a round tower from the 13th century with walls up to two meters thick. This complex was built first, it later served as a bailey . To the northwest of it and separated from it by a deep moat is the main castle , which was only built in the 16th century over a rectangular floor plan . It was enclosed in a horseshoe shape by an outer courtyard. To the west of the complex is the Palas , the outer walls of which have been preserved up to the third floor. In the inner courtyard are the remains of a fountain .
The remaining buildings have recently been cleared of vegetation, renovated and given new roofs.
literature
- Dehio Carinthia 2001 . Verlag Anton Schroll & Co., Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 697f.
Web links
- Entry via Weißenegg Castle to Burgen-Austria