Weikertschlag Castle
| Weikertschlag Castle | ||
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 Remains of the castle 2010 |
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| Creation time : | before 1178 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 54 '43 .8 " N , 15 ° 28' 19.8" E | |
| Height: | 430 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Weikertschlag is the ruins of a hilltop castle in Weikertschlag an der Thaya in Lower Austria .
history
The time of the construction of Weikertschlag Castle on the so-called Pankratiushügel is not known. However, the castle is mentioned indirectly through its owners Albero and Wichart in a deed in 1178 relating to the tithe that belonged to the Geras and Pernegg foundations .
After 1232 the place and the castle came into the ownership of the Babenbergs . After it died out, King Ottokar II Přemysl claimed the castle back from Rudolf von Habsburg as his property, but this demand was unsuccessful.
In 1404, Hynek ( Suchý Čert ) von Kunstadt ( Heinrich der Dűrenteufel von Kunstadt auf Jaispitz † 1407) and Ulrich von Neuhaus and Albert von Vöttau occupied the castle. In response, the dukes Wilhelm and Albrecht besieged the castle and destroyed it. The time of these events does not seem to be clear, because the year 1399 is also mentioned as the time for the successful siege.
Since the castle was not rebuilt, it was demolished over time as building material for other buildings, so that only very little of the actual castle remains today. Still preserved and visible is the residue of bergfried-like tower in the outer bailey .
Pankratius Chapel
The so-called Pankratius Chapel was located between the castle and this tower. In the course of the Josephine reforms , it was closed and demolished in 1784. Its bell, which was cast in Krems an der Donau in 1723, is said to have been found years later in the Moravian Thaya . For some time it was kept in the rectory of Weikertschlag and then used in neighboring Oberndorf. It had to be delivered in the First World War.
literature
- Falko Daim , Karin Kühtreiber, Thomas Kühtreiber : Castles Waldviertel Wachau - Moravian Thayatal . 2nd revised and expanded edition, Freytag & Bernd, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-7079-1273-9 , pp. 411-413.
- Hans Aigner: Weikertschlag an der Thaya , self-published, 1933.
- 1178–1978 800 years of Weikertschlag , published by the committee for the Weikertschlag 800 year celebration, 1978.
- Erich Kerschbaumer (editor and publisher; in collaboration with the Lower Austrian Museum for Prehistory in Asparn / Zaya and the municipality of Raabs), archeology thayaland - known and unknown around Raabs , Raabs 2009.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://info.tuwien.ac.at/geophysik/bibliography/bakk_maar.pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b Committee for the “800-year celebration of Weikertschlag”: 1178–1978 800 years of Weikertschlag
- ↑ Falko Daim, Karin Kühtreiber, Thomas Kühtreiber: Castles Waldviertel Wachau - Moravian Thayatal. P. 412.
Web links
- Entry on Weikertschlag in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Entry about Weikertschlag on Lower Austria Castles online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era, University of Salzburg (Center for Interdisciplinary Medieval Studies, University of Salzburg)