Tower on the Langenstein

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Tower on the Langenstein (exit from the Strudel)

The tower on the Langenstein was located in the municipality of St. Nikola an der Donau in the district of Perg in Upper Austria , which rose on an elongated rocky reef in the Danube near the so-called vortex . Another name for this tower was "the hermitage". The Langenstein itself is a rocky hill north of the listed Hausstein chapel.

In 1351 the tower is documented as "Werbenstain vber die Chlaws in the Paumgarten within the district of Diezzenpachs" . From the Langenstein the Danube could be blocked off with a chain to the Hausstein . When the Danube was regulated in 1854, the tower and its ruins were blown up and an obstacle to navigation was removed.

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 .
  • Leopold Josef Mayböck : In preparation, various manuscripts, collected data and facts about castles, castle stables, palaces, seats, courtyards in the lower Mühlviertel. Unpublished manuscript: Linz, undated
  • Christian K. Steingruber : A critical consideration of the historical-topographical manual of the fortifications and mansions of Upper Austria . Upper Austrian Provincial Archives , Linz 2013.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steingruber, 2013, p. 261.

Coordinates: 48 ° 13 '52 "  N , 14 ° 53' 59.2"  E