Lobenstein castle ruins (Mühlviertel)

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Lobenstein castle ruins
Lobenstein castle ruins today

Lobenstein castle ruins today

Creation time : 13th Century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Oberneukirchen
Geographical location 48 ° 26 '41 "  N , 14 ° 14' 15"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '41 "  N , 14 ° 14' 15"  E
Height: 700  m above sea level A.
Lobenstein castle ruins (Upper Austria)
Lobenstein castle ruins

The Lobenstein castle ruins are located near Oberneukirchen in the Mühlviertel , Urfahr-Umgebung district in Upper Austria .

location

The former hilltop castle is located approx.  2 1 ⁄ 2   km south of Oberneukirchen on a wooded, flat hilltop rising from a valley at 700  m above sea level. A. Elevation near the towns of Oberneukirchen and Zwettl an der Rodl .

history

Lobenstein after an engraving by Georg Matthäus Vischer from 1674
year Documented
name
1242 Praise stain
1264 Praise stain
1428 Praise stone
1455 veste Lobenstain

As followers of the highly free Griesbacher, the Lords of Lobenstein first clear the area of ​​Grünbach, Rauchödt, Lichtenau and Windhaag. When Wernher von Griesbach married the heir to the free Wilhering-Waxenberger around 1170, he took over the rulership of Waxenberg and passed his ministerial clearance here as well. The lords of Lobenstein build Lobenstein Castle as the center of their clearing rule. It cannot be determined whether Sighart I (first documented in 1207 and 1217) or his son Ulrich I miles (first documented in 1243 to 1278) began construction. The church of Zwettl an der Rodl was built by Ulrich von Lobenstein in 1264. With Jans von Lobenstein (first documented mention 1357 to 1369) the Lobenstein family died out in the male line. The lordship of Lobenstein passes as a princely fiefdom to the Lords of Starhemberg on Wildberg. Lobenstein Castle is initially the seat of its own Lobensteiner caretaker, from 1534 the Lobenstein rule is co-administered by the Wildberger caretaker and the castle is left to decay. As early as 1562 the complex was described as dilapidated. In 1499, 127 subjects belonged to the Lobenstein lordship, by the middle of the 16th century the number of subjects rose to 287. During the period of manorial rule, it served poor subjects as accommodation; At the beginning of the 20th century, Michael Kitzmüller, commonly known as Schlossmichl , rented a room, who made his living repairing mechanical objects and was found robbed and strangled in the tower in 1920. The castle becomes a ruin. Renovation and maintenance work began in 1971.

investment

Under the Lords of Lobenstein, Lobenstein Castle consisted only of a Berchfrit (south) and a Palas (north) on the large rock. The two buildings were separated by a tiny inner courtyard, from which - after overcoming the rock with a chiselled wooden structure - the actual entrance took place. After the (presumed) destruction of the hall during the feud between the Rosenbergers and the Wallseers in the middle of the 14th century - during this time the Lobenstein family died out - the Lords of Starhemberg expanded the Berchfrit into a heptagonal residential tower. The Berchfrit is raised by one storey (internal reinforcement of the walls) and is crowned with a projecting storey lying on stone blocks, also made of rubble. Even in prehistoric times, the striking rock was surrounded by triple ramparts; On the innermost of these walls, the Lords of Starhemberg now have a crenellated wall built. The castle courtyard that has now been created is accessible through a gate in the north; A living and stable building will be added to the western curtain wall. The residential tower and the circular wall building survived the ruin times more or less well. Today Lobenstein Castle is again in good condition and inhabited.

  • Lobenstein castle ruins: outer wall and tower

  • Lobenstein castle ruins: moat

  • Entrance portal to the Lobenstein castle ruins

  • Lobenstein castle ruins

literature

  • Karlheinz and Annemarie Burg: Castle and Lordship of Lobenstein. 1st edition 2014, 2nd edition 2016, ISBN 978-3-9500802-0-9 .
  • Herbert Erich Baumert, Georg Grüll : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. Volume 1: Mühlviertel and Linz . Vienna 1988, p. 69 f.
  • 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 .
  • Konrad Schiffmann : Historical place name lexicon of the state of Upper Austria. 3 volumes. Jos. Feichtingers Erben , Linz 1935 (supplementary volume published by the Oldenbourg publishing house, Munich / Berlin 1940).

Web links

Commons : Burgruine Lobenstein  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Lobenstain in the Topographia Austriacarum (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schiffmann, Ortname Lexicon