Sarmingstein castle ruins
| Sarmingstein castle ruins | ||
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.JPG) View of the Altburg Sarmingstein |
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| Creation time : | 1st half of the 13th century (first documented mention) | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, rocky location | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Parish of St. Nikola on the Danube | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 14 '5 " N , 14 ° 56' 27" E | |
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The Sarmingstein castle ruins are the ruins of a rock castle on a rocky knoll about 200 m above the Danube in the district of Sarmingstein in the municipality of St. Nikola an der Donau in the Perg district in Upper Austria .
The ruin can be reached via a steep, marked hiking trail that branches off from the Sarmingstraße (L575) leading to Waldhausen im Strudengau about 500 meters after a serpentine . The Sarmingstein castle ruins consist of an old castle , a bailey and an upstream artillery position (the so-called cannon roundel ).
history
The castle can be seen under the summer walls in the 2nd half of the 13th century. 1296 it is one of those castles that in the course of the nobility uprising against I. Duke Albrecht had been destroyed. After that, the castle and rule only reappeared in the late 15th century, when the castle, which was in sovereign possession, was administered by the lords of Prüschenk from the 1470s or 1481.
In 1488, Emperor Friedrich III. the Siegmund and Heinrich von Prueschenk the order to build the castle Sarmingstein. The fact that the Lords of Prueschenk used the castle as a residence from 1491 during the construction of Greinburg speaks in favor of rapid construction . With the completion of Greinburg in 1493, the center of power of the Prueschenks was moved to Grein .
In 1513, Emperor Maximilian I gave Sarmingstein to Waldhausen Abbey . In 1534, on behalf of Emperor Ferdinand I under Provost Konrad von Waldhausen, the castle, the tower complex and the bastions were repaired again. In addition to the main castle , the massive field-side forework and the tower existed in the local area .
During the Thirty Years War , the facilities were destroyed by the Swedes in 1645 or 1648 and remained in ruins from then on.
Sarmingstein castle ruins today
The Altburg von Sarmingstein encompasses a polygonal area of around 48 × 28 meters, which is enclosed by the remains of a block-like circular wall . Among the former interior fittings include foundation remains inside the northern Bering on a narrow rocky terrace , on a former Palas indicate.
Narrow buildings of several stages (late 13th century) can also be assumed on the opposite side. Two towers (so-called individual neck towers) erected on two rock heads 50 or 300 meters further north were in front of the castle.
The tower in the immediate apron had walls that were almost five meters thick on the attack side. The quadrangular floor plan shows bevelled corners and a tiny, decentralized interior. The round tower of the outer Vorwerk also shows a tiny square interior with a diameter of eleven meters. An oval plateau adjoins the older round tower, which is surrounded by a steep wall with remains of walls inside. Below the inner forecourt, there is an approximately seventy meter long outer bailey, which was protected by small roundels . In the outer bailey are the ruins of farm buildings and the large wall wreath of a cistern . The Vorwerk was expanded around 1500.
Sarmingstein cannon roundel
The " Kanonenrondell " is an artillery position consisting mainly of earthworks. The unique fortification, which had already been set up for large artillery , was probably built under Provost Konrad von Waldhausen to strengthen Sarmingstein Castle.
The cannon roundabout, which was still well preserved in the 1980s, has now been severely damaged by transportation routes. The complex is not a listed building , although it is unique in Upper Austria. The roundabout is located about 300 meters southeast of the Burgner farm in the forest and is not accessible because the property is now extensively fenced.
A floor plan of the castle can be found on the castle database of the European Castle Institute, further pictures can be found on a database about ruins in Austria.
literature
- 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 .
- Christian K. Steingruber : A critical consideration of the historical-topographical manual of the fortifications and mansions of Upper Austria . Upper Austrian Provincial Archives , Linz 2013.
Web links
- Entry on Sarmingstein in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Sarmingstein / Säbnich In: burgseite.com. ( Page no longer available )
- Sarmingstein tower ruin. Sarmingstein ruins. Cannon roundel. In: ruine.at.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian K. Steingruber , 2013, p. 215.
- ^ Entry by Thomas Kühtreiber on Sarmingstein in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute, accessed on September 16, 2016.
- ↑ Sarmingstein