Castle ruin Leonstein (Upper Austria)

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Leonstein castle ruins
Archway of the castle ruin Leonstein

Archway of the castle ruin Leonstein

Creation time : 1140 (first documented mention)
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin since 1390
Place: District Leonstein of the community Grünburg
Geographical location 47 ° 54 '37 "  N , 14 ° 13' 53"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 54 '37 "  N , 14 ° 13' 53"  E
Castle ruin Leonstein (Upper Austria)
Leonstein castle ruins

The castle ruin Leonstein is the ruin of a hilltop castle in the Steyrtal , in Priethal near Leonstein and Obergrünburg , municipality of Grünburg in the Traunviertel of Upper Austria .

history

The former castle Leonstein is said to have existed on the local mountain as early as 900, but it was first mentioned in 1140 as Lewensteine . At that time it was owned by the Bavarian Duke Heinrich and was given as a fief to the Ministerial Perhtoldus de Lewenstaine .

As successors of the Leon Steiner occur Rohrer 1320 on. At the end of the 14th century, Leonstein belonged to the brothers Wilhelm and Wolfgang von Rohr. This settled on a feud with the sovereign Duke Albrecht III. a. In the course of this dispute, the Rohrers captured an embassy from the Prince Archbishopric of Salzburg , who was on the way to the Duke, in order to extort a ransom. At the request of the Archbishop of Salzburg, Duke Albrecht then set up a siege army under the command of Field Captain Zacharias Haderer . After a three-month siege, Haderer was able to occupy the Rabenstein and, from there, bombard Leonstein Castle with a stone rifle; this is the first time a fire gun has been used in Austria. After three days of bombardment, the castle fell on November 2, 1390. Wilhelm von Rohr was able to save himself through a secret exit. The captured castle was destroyed by a fire.

The Rohrer did not submit to the sovereign until 1392 and Wolfgang von Rohr sold his share of the castle to Duke Albrecht. In 1397 Wilhelm von Rohr received permission to build a castle stable as a replacement for the destroyed castle. In 1447 Bernhard von Rohr sold his share in Leonstein to Erhard von Zelking . In 1459 this also achieved the enfeoffment with the second half of Emperor Friedrich III. He had the castle Leonstein , called "Feichta", arise from the castle stables and the associated Meierhof .

Leonstein castle ruins today

Behind Leonstein Castle, a path leads up to the castle ruins. A path also runs from the other side behind the stallion pasture of the Moar into the forest up to the ruins. Remnants of the wall of the destroyed castle can be seen on the prominent hilltop approx. 0.3 km northwest of the castle. Numerous projectile points were found on the slope below the castle, which may have come from the siege in 1390/91. Walls, an archway and a passage can still be seen from the castle.

Wall remains of the Leonstein castle ruins

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Firearms in the Middle Ages. ( Memento of the original from August 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.regionalgeschichte.net archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. regionalgeschichte.net.
  2. ↑ Walter Aspernig: The power-political changes in Kremsmünster in the 14th century. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Volume 149a, p. 442 (full article, p. 435–468, PDF (3 MB) on ZOBODAT ).
  3. ↑ Steingruber, 2013, p. 162.