Freudenstein castle ruins
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 Freudenstein castle ruins after an engraving by Georg Matthäus Vischer from 1674 |
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| Alternative name (s): | Vreydenstain | |
| Creation time : | around 1100
(first documentary mention) |
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| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Place: | Municipality Feldkirchen an der Donau | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 21 '6.1 " N , 14 ° 5' 48.2" E | |
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The Freudenstein castle ruins are the ruins of a spur castle in the district of the same name in the municipality of Feldkirchen an der Donau in the Urfahr-Umgebung district of Upper Austria . The ruin is located in this district directly above the Rossbach (also called Freudensteinerbach).
history
Freudenstein was a medieval ministerial castle with a castle wall and a keep, as can still be seen on the engraving by Georg Matthäus Vischer from 1674. The builders are not known.
Heinrich von Lichtenhag awarded Ulrich von Lobenstein Castle Vreudenstein in 1278 . In 1284 Duke Albrecht I conquered the castle, which then belonged to Konrad von Summerau . around 1303 it was owned by the Niedernburg monastery near Passau. An inheritance certificate from August 28, 1308 shows that Freudenstein belonged to the Piber zu Lobenstein at that time. Peter von Lobenstein hands over “daz Haws to Vreydenstain” to his stepbrothers Lewtold, Vlrich and Fridreich Prüschenkh.
On May 1, 1333, the brothers Ulrich and Friedrich Prüschenkh sold their "right Aigen das haws zu Vreydenstain" to Eberhard V. von Walsee . This was a captain in the land above the Enns and he had been chosen by the Habsburgs to break the power of the Schaunbergers , who wanted to establish their own country between Austria and Bavaria, by building fortresses. Obviously, Count Heinrich von Schaunberg, who had his headquarters nearby, was against this purchase. During the process, Duke Albrecht of Austria decided that Freudenstein should remain in the hands of the Wallseer . Eberhard von Wallsee set up burgraves at the castle, including: Trentzlin Walch, Hans Prembser (1376) and Hans Taumichler (1396). The old Freudenstein Castle was no longer strategically optimally suited for this because of the invention of the stone rifle . That is why Eberhard von Wallsee built Oberwallsee Castle in 1364 and transferred all rights (court and land register ) from Freudenstein to Oberwallsee. Wolfgang V. von Walsee sold the castle to Bartholomeus Geymann in 1439 , but the castle remained under the rule of Wallsee.
As a result, Freudenstein was abandoned and has been in ruins since 1518.
Freudenstein castle ruins today
The castle complex lies on a rock spur, which is secured on three sides by steep cliffs. The access side was secured by two trenches partly carved out of the rock, one of which is still preserved. A still preserved ashlar masonry is on the south side. This sits on a lining wall . Individual corbels protrude from the wall. On the actual castle area there are no more walls above the day. Mortar walls can still be seen in a lower area.
The house farm that still exists today was the Meierhof belonging to the castle . However, this is a successor building from the 1950s, the old house farm stood further to the west, was separated from the hinterland by a (meanwhile leveled) ditch and had a tower.
- Freudenstein castle ruins
Freudenstein castle ruins: gorge
Freudenstein castle ruins: castle hill
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literature
- 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 .
- Christian K. Steingruber : A critical consideration of the historical-topographical manual by Norbert Grabherr . Upper Austrian Provincial Archives , Linz.
Web links
- Christian K. Steingruber : History of Freudenstein Castle on burgenkunde.at.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Steingruber, p. 349.