Reinsberg Castle
| Reinsberg castle ruins | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Pure perg | |
| Creation time : | around 1000 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Reinsberg | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 58 '57 " N , 15 ° 4' 16" E | |
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The castle Reinsberg is the ruins of a hilltop castle in the same community Reinberg in District Scheibbs in Lower Austria .
history
In 1215 the Freising Bishop Otto II raised claims to a castrum in Rainsperch , a fiefdom of the bishops of Regensburg. In 1256 Engelschalk von Reinsperg owned the castle as a fiefdom of the Regensburg bishops. After his death, his widow Alhaid (Adelheid) was enfeoffed with Reinsberg and Wang by the bishop . She founded the Reinsberg parish in 1291, the Randegg parish in 1294 and a convent in Randegg in 1296. In 1275 Heinrico Reinsperger was named as the first of a burgrave family. In 1315 Adelheid's nephew Christian von Lengenbach is lord of the castle, then Reinprecht I von Walsee and in 1384 Otto von Zelking . Christoph Randegker was the caretaker of the Zelkinger in 1490. Around 1499 the fiefdom belonged to Stefan von Zinzendorf, in 1532/34 Wolfgang von Oedt acquired the rule. In April 1597, the farmer's leader, Markgraber, plundered Reinsberg Castle "with a few loose boys". In 1602 Wolf Niklas von Grünthal acquired the castle, followed by Dietrichstein and in 1687 Wolf Engelbert Graf Auersperg as the owner of the castle and the manor. The Auersperg owned Reinsberg until 1834, when Emperor Franz I bought the ruins. Thereafter, the ruins belonged to the Republic of Austria or the Austrian Federal Forests , since 1997 the municipality of Reinsberg.
The castle since the 20th century
A popular excursion destination during the post-war summer freshness, the castle ruins have sunk into a deep slumber with the absence of holiday guests. Shrubs and trees overgrown it and the proud castle on the hill above the village was forgotten.
In 1990 the ruins were renovated and revitalized through an initiative and the Reinsberg castle arena was created , in which various open air events take place today.
Rehabilitation of the castle
In 1990 the first negotiations with the Austrian Federal Forests began. The community, the village workshop and the home theater took care of the ruins. For the time being, a lease was signed. The castle complex has been owned by the municipality of Reinsberg since 1997.
Opera in Reinsberg
Operas have been performed at the castle since 2002. The unique open-air ambience of the Burgarena Reinsberg has around 900 seats, most of which are covered.
architecture
General
The Reinsberg castle ruins have long served as a location for theater performances, festivals and exhibitions. Through the granting of funds from the state of Lower Austria, through the community's own resources and through further extensive and free cooperation of the village renewal association, it was possible to convert the castle ruins into a professional event location.
canopy
The project is characterized by a worldwide unique mobile roofing of the lower courtyard. A used truck-mounted crane that has been set up in a stationary manner carries a huge elliptical lightweight structure that is anchored to the ground with steel cables. As the truck crane can be rotated, the roof can be positioned in different positions. The construction is very easy to dismantle and can therefore be easily dismantled outside of playing time.
South building
Immediately adjacent to the lower courtyard, an infrastructure building with a buffet, kitchen, office and a large roofed spectator terrace on the ground floor as well as facilities for the performance and storage rooms on two basement floors has been built.
Hall
The main building, the historically oldest part of the castle complex, is complemented by reinforced concrete columns and balcony-like steel structures at the level of the upper castle courtyard. From these balconies there is a fantastic view of the arena below.
Upper castle courtyard
The entire project is being developed in cooperation with and with the approval of the Federal Monuments Office. It was agreed that the area of the upper castle courtyard, which in all probability still has a cellar, will not be changed at this stage of construction. The possibility of a later excavation should remain here.
The conversion of the castle ruins into a cultural arena was planned by architect Johannes Zieser.
Web links
- Entry about Burg Reinsberg on Lower Austria Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
- Reinsberg Castle Arena
- Old views of Reinsberg Castle
- Entry via Burg Reinsberg to Burgen-Austria