Rottenegg castle ruins
| Rottenegg castle ruins | ||
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 Rottenegg castle ruins today |
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| Creation time : | before 1300 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Rottenegg, St. Gotthard in the Mühlkreis | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 22 '9 " N , 14 ° 8' 23" E | |
| Height: | 310 m above sea level A. | |
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The Rottenegg castle ruins are located on a hill in the Rottenegg district of the St. Gotthard municipality in the Urfahr-Umgebung district in the Mühlviertel in Upper Austria . The castle was first mentioned in a document in the 13th century and is now privately owned.
location
The ruins of the small hilltop castle are located on the protruding rock nose of a steep hill near the center of Rottenegg at the confluence of the Kleiner and Großer Rodl at an altitude of 310 m above sea level. A.
Surname
The part of the name Middle High German rôt (= red) possibly indicates a coloration of the rock there, but could also refer to the color of the former building paint. Mhd . egge, eck (= corner) describes a protruding, laterally sloping terrain edge. The dativic use of place names, which was common in the Middle Ages , led to today's contracted place names, for which the spelling with double t was established: (to) the red corner - Rottenegg
description
Almost only the outer walls of the palace on the former north side of the castle are preserved. The once three-story building no longer has any false ceilings; it still shows remains of stucco and frescoes on the inner walls . A few remains of the wall still bear witness to the former keep on the ring wall and the farm buildings. The former gate building, however, is well preserved and is still inhabited. A legend about the castle is depicted in a sgraffito on a house below the ruin. It explains why the castle wall is colored red.
history
| year | Documented name |
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| 1242 | "Rotenekk" |
| 1285 | "Rotenekk" |
| 1378 | "Rotenekk" |
The first known owners of Rottenegg Castle were the brothers Chunrat and Sighart, the P (B) iber von Rotenek , on July 25, 1285 . The male line of the Rottenegg family branch of the Piber died out with Otto II around 1340. His daughter Dietmut married Herrmann von Landenberg , who owned the castle. In 1363 the property was handed over to the sons Ruger and Berengar von Landenberg. After that, the owners or fiefdoms changed several times: in 1375 the castle went to the Lords of Walsee , in 1377 to Rudolf Neundling as a (purchase fief ), after the Walseers died out to the Habsburgs (possession), in 1489 to Balthasar Neundlinger (fief), 1494 to the Greisenecker family via his wife Agnes Greisenegger. In the 16th century the castle was rebuilt by the Giengern , in 1586 it was inherited by the Künast family and a few years later by purchase to Christoph Artstetter von Wartberg. In 1600 the castle was converted into a palace. In 1606 the castle came to Jobst Schmidtauer von Oberwallsee and Etzelsdorf , in 1712 Franz Veit von Schmidtauer sold the castle to Count Thomas Gundaker von Starhemberger .
- Rottenegg castle ruins
Palas of the Rottenegg castle ruins
Rottenegg castle ruins: castle wall
Gatehouse
Legend of the Rottenegg castle ruins
The Rottenegg dominion was combined with the Eschelberg dominion at the time of the Starhemberg ownership and was initially administered by a caretaker. The castle was abandoned by the staff at the beginning of the 18th century, made available to poor people as an apartment and finally left to decay. The facility has been owned by the Plakolm family since 1936.
In 1712 the complex, which was redesigned as a small castle, was described as follows: “First of all, the well-built castle, half a mile from the Danube near Ottensheim, is located in a very funny and pleasant place, which is only 3 yarns high with pleasant rooms, a large one Hall, beautiful large chapels and vaults, but also with good cellars carved in stone; In which you can at least put all kinds of drinks in the 2000 buckets, as well as with a strange Stöckl built right next to the castle, including [...] a well-built brewery and a well-built Meierhof with large brick stalls for horses and cattle. "
See also
literature
- Herbert E. Baumert, Georg Grüll : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. Volume 1: Mühlviertel and Linz. Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-85030-046-3 , pp. 84f.
- 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 of Upper Austria . 2nd Edition. Wilhelm Ennsthaler, Steyr 1992, ISBN 3-85068-323-0 .
- 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
- Entry above the Rottenegg castle ruins on Burgen-Austria
- Rottenegg at: Burgenkunde.at