Rehberg castle ruins
| Rehberg castle ruins | ||
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_-_Burgruine_mit_Kirche.JPG) East view of the Rehberg castle ruins |
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| Alternative name (s): | Rechperg | |
| Creation time : | 11th century | |
| Castle type : | Spornburg, rocky location | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Krems-Rehberg | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 25 '54.4 " N , 15 ° 35' 3.8" E | |
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The castle ruin Rehberg is the ruin of a spur castle at the meeting of the Frauenbachtal with the Kremstal, above the river Krems and the village Rehberg in the area of the municipality Krems an der Donau in Lower Austria .
history
In 1141 an Otto “de Lengenpach” and his brothers “Hertuvicus de Rehperch” and “Heidenricus de Purchstalle” are named. After the death of the last Lengenbacher, Otto IV, the rule fell to the Babenbergs in 1235 . In 1316 the castle church is mentioned as "chapelle ze Rechperch".
In the first half of the 14th century, Rehberg was the equipment of Agnes of Hungary . After the death of Andreas III. from Hungary the widow Agnes - the daughter of Albrecht I von Habsburg - receives Weitenegg, Rehberg and Persenbeug. According to the sources, she also temporarily lives in Rehberg Castle. After her death in 1364, Rudolf IV von Habsburg planned to use Rehberg for the endowment of the Vienna cathedral chapter at St. Stephen, which however (Rehberg was then considered an imperial fief ) could not be realized. Rehberg was subsequently administered by burgraves and later given as pledge, for example 1410–1451 to the noble Grabner family ; namely Jakob Grabner the Younger, Johann Grabner and Georg Grabner on Joslowitz , who with the consent of the sovereign left the same to the brothers Valentin and Ulrich von Eitzing and Georg Mühlwanger (until 1479). Emperor Friedrich III. finally commissioned the city of Krems to redeem the castle for various privileges. It was now administered by sovereign caretakers.
In 1501 Emperor Maximilian I sold the castle to Hans von Sacher zu Weissenstein, and from 1520–1650 it was owned by the Protestant Thonradl family . After that, the rule passed through purchase to Ludwig Graf von Kuefstein, who had the castle, neglected under the previous owners, converted into a residential palace. From 1688 David Ungnad von Weißenwolf began a rapid change of ownership, followed by Count Salburg in 1702, Johann Ernst von Glanz in 1713, Johann Georg Emanuel von Hoheneck and his brothers in 1715, Johann Nepomuk Drexler in 1773, Vinzenz von Salzgeber in 1796, and Baroness von Reichel in 1799 and 1800 Count von Falkenhayn. He sold the castle to the community of Rehberg, and components were demolished from 1822. In 1847 the barons of Sina followed as owners and the Gutmann family from 1884–1966.
Since then, the castle ruins have been owned by the Association for the Promotion of the Renewal of Krems. The castle church has been a branch of Imbach since 1783.
Building description and building history
The castle ruin lies on the spur-like foothills of a ridge that extends from the northwest towards the village and, with the exception of the mountain-side bridge with steep rocky slopes, slopes down to the Alt-Rehberg district. On the lower terrace of the spur to the south-east stands the branch church in honor of St. John.
literature
- Evelyn Benesch, Bernd Euler-Rolle , Claudia Haas, Renate Holzschuh-Hofer, Wolfgang Huber, Katharina Packpfeifer, Eva Maria Vancsa-Tironiek, Wolfgang Vogg: Lower Austria north of the Danube (= Dehio-Handbuch . Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs ). Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna et al. 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0652-2 , p. 954 .
- Georg Binder: The Lower Austrian castles and palaces (2 vols.) . Vienna / Leipzig 1925 II, p. 21 f.
- Bertrand Michael Buchmann, Brigitte Faßbinder: Castles and palaces between Krems, Hartenstein and Jauerling . Castles and palaces in Lower Austria 16 (birch row), St. Pölten – Vienna 1990, p. 80 ff.
- Falko Daim , Karin Kühtreiber, Thomas Kühtreiber : Castles - Waldviertel, Wachau, Moravian Thayatal . 2nd edition, Verlag Freytag & Berndt, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-7079-1273-9 , p. 257 ff.
- Ernst English: 850 years Rehberg 1141–1991 . Krems 1991.
- Franz Eppel : The Waldviertel . Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1966, p. 192.
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages, floor plan dictionary . Würzburg 1994, p. 492.
- Georg Clam-Martinic : Österreichisches Burgenlexikon , Linz 1992, ISBN 9783902397508 , p. 177.
- Otto Piper , Thomas Kühtreiber (ed.): The castles of Lower Austria / by Otto Piper . Schleinbach, Ed. Winkler-Hermaden 2012, ISBN 978-3-9503151-0-3 , p. 229
- Otto Piper : Austrian castles. Volume 4, Hölder, Vienna 1905, p. 137.
- Gerhard Reichhalter, Karin and Thomas Kühtreiber: Castles Waldviertel Wachau . Verlag Schubert & Franzke, St. Pölten 2001, ISBN 3705605305 , p. 188 ff.
- Ilse Schöndorfer: Stones and Legends - Burgruinen in Niederösterreich , 1st edition 1999, Verlag Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus, St. Pölten / Vienna, ISBN 3-85326-114-0 , p. 107 ff.
- Gerhard Stenzel : From castle to castle in Austria. Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1973, ISBN 321800229X , p. 216.
- Georg Matthäus Vischer : Topographia Archiducatus Austriae Inferioris Modernae 1672. Reprint Graz 1976 VOMB, No. 94.
Web links
- Location / history / architectural description of the Rehberg castle ruins
- Entry about Rehberg Castle ruins in Lower Austria Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
- Entry via Rehberg castle ruins on Burgen-Austria
- Entry about Rehberg in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Rehberg at wehrbauten.at