Castle ruins Gars am Kamp
| Castle ruins Gars am Kamp | ||
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 Parish Church of St. Gertrud, behind the ruins, Thunau am Kamp |
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| Creation time : | 1120/1130 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Thunau am Kamp | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 35 '40.4 " N , 15 ° 39' 12.9" E | |
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The Gars am Kamp castle ruins are visible from afar in the town of Thunau am Kamp in the market town of Gars am Kamp in the Horn district in Lower Austria . The ruin of the hilltop castle built around 1120/1130 is a listed building ( list entry ).
description
The heterogeneously arranged assembly group of the Höhenburg stands on a terraced terrain sloping in three levels on the Kamp River .
On the highest level is the stronghold, enclosed by a circular wall, on the second central plateau-shaped terrace are the southern gate tower and the castle chapel , to the west a hall building from the 16th century and the surrounding fortifications from the 13th century on the third lower level on a related one Burgweg southern terrace is in a walled bailey the parish Thunau am Kamp . A small coat of arms of the Rotthal family (referred to in 1709) is located above the portal to the north tower.
use
The facility has been used as an event center since the 1970s and is the venue for open-air opera performances in summer .
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube 1990 . Thunau am Kamp, castle ruins, pp. 1176–1177.
Web links
- Burg Gars GmbH website , accessed on September 3, 2018.
- Burg Gars Info , accessed September 3, 2018.
- Castle ruin Gars in Otto Piper: "Österreichische Burgen / Theil 3", Vienna, Hölder, 1904, p. 28, digitally from Munich digitization center , accessed on September 3, 2018.
- Gars castle ruins near Burgen Austria , accessed on September 3, 2018.
- Entry on Gars castle ruins in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute, accessed on December 5, 2018.
- Burgruine Gars at NÖ-Burgen Online , accessed on September 3, 2018.
- Gars castle ruins at Wehrbauten.at , accessed on September 3, 2018.