Schrattenstein castle ruins
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| Creation time : | Around 1182 | |
| Castle type : | Section castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Schrattenbach | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 46 '36 " N , 15 ° 59' 55" E | |
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The Schrattenstein castle ruins are located in the southern foothills of the Alps , in the municipality of Schrattenbach , Lower Austria .
location
The castle ruins were built on a rock spur that drops vertically about 100 meters to the west and south-west.
history
In 1182, a document from Margrave Otakar IV of Styria (also Ottokar) attests to a "Chalhoch de Stratensteine", which confirms the freedoms of the Seckau monastery , which his father had dedicated . Two years later, his son "Ortolf" also appears in a document. Both names are characteristic of the von Schrattenstein family .
The Schrattensteiner owned the castle as free property , but probably died out in the second half of the 13th century. Then the castle fell to Rudolf I von Habsburg . This gave it to Friedrich von Hohenzollern . At the beginning of the 14th century, the castle was a fiefdom of the Margraves of Brandenburg and the Burgraves of Nuremberg , which it had given to the Lords of Hauenfeld, who were related by marriage to the Schrattensteiners .
In 1364 Jörg (Georg) von Hauenfeld sold the "half veste Schrattenstain" to Peter von Ebersdorf . A year later, his brother Stephan von Hauenfeld left the other half to the same buyer. At this time the purchases were made with the consent of the feudal lord Count Friedrich von Nürnberg. Peter von Ebersdorf, who now owned Schrattenstein Castle “with all its accessories”, was the chief treasurer in Austria. For the time being, Schrattenstein was administered by burgraves .
In 1416 the people of Ebersdorf had the palace built and the fortress expanded. Subsequently, the plant passed into the possession of the Wallseer. Barbara von Wallsee gave half of the castle to her husband Siegmund von Schaunberg.
In 1542 Erasmus von Scherffenberg acquired the castle and sold it in 1559 to the baron Johann Baptist Hoyos . Schrattenstein Castle was already in ruins at that time. In the same year it is called "ode veste". Stixenstein is designated as a place of refuge for the surrounding residents , since “Schraitenstein has been abolished”.
In the Turkish wars , the castle no longer played a role, as it was already abandoned and ruined at that time. Presumably it was already damaged and abandoned in the fighting with the Hungarians under Matthias Corvinus in the 80s of the 15th century. However, numerous archaeological finds indicate that the castle was at least partially inhabited in the first half of the 16th century. An earthquake in 1590 caused further damage.
In 1937 the ruin and all the surrounding property were sold together with Stixenstein Castle to the City of Vienna, which currently still owns them.
The castle today
Today the castle grounds and the castle ruins themselves are partially maintained, secured and freely accessible.
Web links
- Schrattenbach municipality Official website of the Schrattenbach municipality
- Defense structures in Austria Schrattenstein castle ruins
- Entry over Schrattenstein castle ruins on Burgen-Austria
- Schrattenstein ruins geoview.info