Haichenbach castle ruins

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Haichenbach castle ruins
Haichenbach castle ruins today

Haichenbach castle ruins today

Alternative name (s): Kerschbaumerschlössl
Creation time : 12th Century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Hofkirchen in the Mühlkreis
Geographical location 48 ° 26 '5 "  N , 13 ° 51' 18"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '5 "  N , 13 ° 51' 18"  E
Height: 450  m above sea level A.
Haichenbach castle ruins (Upper Austria)
Haichenbach castle ruins

Haichenbach castle ruins , also known as Kerschbaumerschlössl , are located in the municipality of Hofkirchen im Mühlkreis in the Rohrbach district in Upper Austria's Mühlviertel .

location

The former hilltop castle is located 450  m above sea level. A. Elevation on the ridge that forms the so-called Schlögener Loop on the Danube . The straight line distance from the center of the market town of Hofkirchen is approx. 6.3 km in a south-westerly direction. The place opposite the castle ruins on the Danube is Schlögen . She can be reached from Freizell .

description

The former castle was an elongated complex on the narrow plateau of the mountain ridge in a north-south direction with a total built-up area of ​​1,450 square meters. Behind the castle gate in the north stretched the very spacious outer bailey with servants' houses. The north-east side of the castle was connected to the slightly higher main castle , which was dominated by a residential tower in the north , from which the castle gate below to the west could also be defended. The fortified tower once had ten defensive slits . The re-covered castle gate, parts of the ring wall and the restored and freely accessible residential tower, from which there is a unique view of the Danube valley, are preserved today .

history

The first documented mention of Haichenbach Castle (at that time: Eichenbach ) comes from the year 1160. Otto and Wernher de Eichenbach are mentioned at that time as representatives of the noble ministerial dynasty that derived its name from the castle. Otto II called himself von Haichenbach as early as 1220 . In 1258 Rudin von Haichenbach sold the Veste to the Wok von Rosenberg . In 1268 the castle belongs to Ulrich von Haichenbach. In 1273 the castle must have burned down for unknown reasons, because in 1274 Rueger von Haichenbach in Schlägl documented that he allowed the use of his forests in return for his apartment in the monastery hospital - during the time of Haichenpach in paw . In 1303 Rueger von Haichenbach sold most of his property to the diocese of Passau, his son Rudel von Haichenbach also sold the rest to Bishop Albert von Passau in 1337 .

From this year the diocese of Passau initially had the castle administered by carers, had to pledge the castle temporarily (1381 to the Schaunbergers ) and then awarded the castle as a fief : in 1429 to knight Heinrich Nothaft as a personal property , followed by his son († 1486 ), who did not leave Haichenbach until his death due to a dispute over the repayment of renovation costs. 1491–1496 Haichenbach went to Simon Oberheimer for life . According to tradition, the Oberheim dynasty is said to have illegally enriched itself in the following years through excessive taxes that were imposed on the Danube traders. In 1516 the fiefdom was withdrawn by the Passau bishop Wiguleus after complaints from the Passau shipmen.

In 1529 the diocese administration decided to look after the entire bishop's property north of the Danube from Marsbach Castle . Haichenbach Castle was abandoned. As a result, the name of the castle fell into oblivion: In the vernacular, the castle ruin, which is entwined with many legends, was named after the nearby Kerschbaumer Kerschbaumerschlössl farm . Since 1984, the working committee for homeland care Hofkirchen has taken renovation measures; the castle ruins can now be visited safely. Today's owner is Georg Stradiot.

  • Haichenbach castle ruins
  • Haichenbach castle ruins (bridge with entrance gate)
  • Haichenbach Tower
  • Haichenbach castle ruins (stone wall on rock)
  • View of the Schlögener Danube loop

literature

  • Herbert Erich Baumert, Georg Grüll : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria . Volume 1: Mühlviertel and Linz. Vienna 1988, pp. 15-18.
  • 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 .
  • Günther Kleinhanns: Haichenbach castle ruins. Creation and existence of a cultural monument . In: Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter 46 (1992) 1, pp. 143–161, online (PDF; 2.7 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at

Web links

Commons : Burgruine Haichenbach  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files