Kammerstein castle ruins (Perchtoldsdorf)
| Kammerstein castle ruins | ||
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 Remains of the keep of the Kammerstein castle ruins |
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| Creation time : | 13th Century | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 7 '31 " N , 16 ° 13' 58" E | |
| Height: | 420 m above sea level A. | |
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The Kammerstein castle ruins are the ruins of a hilltop castle south of the Dürren Liesing valley at 420 m above sea level. A. in the border area of the communities Perchtoldsdorf and Kaltenleutbaren in the Mödling district in Lower Austria .
history
The original name Chemerstain probably does not come from a noble family, but from the title of the builder Otto II von Perchtoldsdorf as treasurer of Austria . Another interpretation derives the name from the fact that the castle was built on Kammergut , which comes from a donation from 1002.
The castle was built around 1240/50 as a hilltop castle by Otto II after the Perchtoldsdorf castle was burned down under Otto I in the course of the aristocratic uprisings . Otto II, however, was able to regain the favor of the Babenberg Duke Friedrich II . He died in Lilienfeld and was buried in Lilienfeld Abbey there.
The location of the castle can also be seen against the background that after the death of Emperor Frederick in 1250, the ducal (but also the imperial) years of the Austrian interregnum began and thus uncertain times began.
It was not until Rudolf I of Habsburg and his son Albrecht I that the fiefdoms were reassigned in the years after 1273. In this context, the Austrian nobility rebelled against the beginning rule of the Habsburgs. Otto III. (the son of Otto II) took part in the uprisings. After the main castle in Perchtoldsdorf was destroyed again, Otto retired to Kammerstein Castle. Only through a ruse, according to which Otto III. should have been lured to Vienna and the castle was leaderless, it could be conquered. Otto is said to have seen the burning castle from Vienna. As a result, he is said to have been imprisoned for the rest of his life.
investment
The castle had an area of 40 by 25 meters with a wall height of 15 meters. Since it was bordered on three sides by steep slopes, it was practically only accessible from the west side via a one meter wide suspension bridge. On the southeast perimeter wall (Bering) was a four-story timber-frame building as Palas .
At the highest point of the site was a pentagonal keep , which was up to three meters thick. It was four storeys high and could only be entered via a ladder.
Today only part of the curtain wall and a section of the wall adjoining the keep are preserved.
literature
- Paul Katzberger: Kammerstein Castle. In: Perchtoldsdorf Castle. Kammerstein Castle. The city castle of Otto II of Perchtoldsdorf. Verlag der Marktgemeinde Perchtoldsdorf 1990, pp. 53–66.
- Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria: Lower Austria south of the Danube, part 2 M to Z. Wien Verlag Berger 2003. ISBN 3-85028-365-8 . P. 1655.
Individual evidence
- ↑ William Twerdy: contributions to the history of the Vienna Woods. Heimat Verlag 1998, Volume 1, p. 137.
Web links
- Entry via Kammerstein (Vienna Woods) to Burgen-Austria
- Kammerstein ruins at burgenkunde.at