Wernstein Castle (Upper Austria)
| Wernstein Castle | ||
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 Wernstein Castle from the suspension bridge |
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| Creation time : | 12th century (?) | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | inhabited | |
| Place: | Wernstein am Inn | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 30 '18 " N , 13 ° 27' 16" E | |
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The Burg Wernstein is a castle in the town of Wernstein am Inn in Upper Austria . The castle is on a granite rock right next to the Inn ; Opposite, on the Bavarian bank, is the Neuburg am Inn .
history
Wernstein is first mentioned in a document in the 12th century and was built by the Counts of Formbach around 1126 as a suburb of Neuburg . An independent noble family was never resident on Wernstein, but the rule was always administered by Burgvögten von Neuburg. An Ortlof de propugnaculo (Ortlof vom Vorwerk) is mentioned in the year 1200, which also called Ortlof whether the who . From the Formbachers the Neuburg including Wernstein came to the Count Andechs-Meran. The last Babenberg Friedrich II., Also known as Friedrich the arguable , came as the marriage property of an Agnes from this family . After Agnes divorced, he had to return the property to the Andechs. Premysl Ottokar II , who considered himself the rightful successor of the Babenbergs, occupied Neuburg and Wernstein with force in 1257.
Eberhard V. von Walsee redeemed the Passau pawn on the castles around 1355. 1379 pledged Duke Albrecht III. the Neuburg and Wernstein to Otto von Zelking. After further changes of ownership, in 1529 the imperial general Niklas Graf Salm received the county of Neuburg am Inn , and thus also Wernstein, as an imperial fief. In 1654 the property went to Count Georg Ludwig von Sinzendorf . From 1664 to 1666 there was a mint in Wernstein Castle, and around 1670 a silver and gold thread factory. In 1698 there was a change of ownership to the Scottish Count Jakob von Hamilton and in 1719 to the Count Carl Josef von Lamberg -Prinzenstein. In 1731, through an exchange, the Neuburg came to the Diocese of Passau ; Bishop Dominik Graf Lamberg was the brother of the previous owner. Until 1803 (secularization of the Passau bishopric as a result of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss ) Wernstein shared the ownership history of the County of Neuburg and then went into private ownership.
The castle, which had fallen into ruins, was extensively renovated between 1991 and 1993. It is now privately owned by Ernst Dietrich's family and is not open to the public.
The current capital of the municipality of Wernstein am Inn was created through the union of two older villages, namely the village of St. Georgen am Inn , around the parish church of St. Georg , and the settlement near Wernstein Castle.
View from Neuburg Castle to Wernstein Castle (r.)
Wernstein around 1674, engraving by GMVischer
Wernstein Castle in winter
Wernstein Castle: Castle Gate
Wernstein Castle - Wall and moat
Wernstein Castle today
Wernstein is known as the mantle castle, as there were no other buildings within the castle wall, but rather these are part of the castle wall. The area around the castle rock has been excavated so that an artificial deep and wide trench has been created. In front of the castle is a pond that used to secure the castle again. The buildings are concentrated around the access, which is secured by two outbuildings with an intermediate kennel. To the right behind the gate building was a tower with an attached residential wing, in which the castle's crew was housed. Today the tower is partially dismantled and the roofed long wing serves as a barn. To the left of the entrance is the current residential wing, which no longer looks very defensive due to renovations.
In front of the castle is a replica of the Marian column , which was created in 1646 based on a model by Johann Jacob Pock .
literature
- Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide f. Castle hikers u. Home friends . 3. Edition. Linz 1976.
- Herbert Erich Baumert, Georg Grüll : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria . Volume 2: Innviertel and Alpine Foreland . 2nd, expanded edition. Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-85030-049-3 , pp. 72-74.
Web links
- Entry via Wernstein to Burgen-Austria
- www.burgenkunde.at History of the castle, pictures
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Friedrich Holzinger: The mint in Wernstein. In: Heimatgaue . 1933, pp. 40–44 (Mint p. 43, Silber- und Goldfadenfabrik p. 44, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).