Steinerberg castle ruins
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 Steinerberg castle ruins today |
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| Alternative name (s): | Steinaperig | |
| Creation time : | 1195 (first documented mention) | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Community Altenfelden | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 27 '23.5 " N , 13 ° 56' 45.8" E | |
| Height: | 537 m above sea level A. | |
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The Steinerberg castle ruins are the ruins of a hilltop castle at 537 m above sea level. A. in the Unteredt district of the Altenfelden community in the Rohrbach district of Upper Austria . The remains of this castle complex are near the Turmbauer farmhouse (Steinerberg 8).
history
The Kirchbergers are named as the first owners of Steinerberg. An ulricus de Chrichperch is mentioned here around 1195. Carl von Kirchberg sold his fiefdom to the Tannberger in 1263 . The Steinerbergers who lived here in the 13th century were also servants (so-called "single-shield knights") of the Tannberger. Ulricus de Stainaperg is mentioned in 1279, Gottfried von Steinaperg is mentioned in 1303, a Seibot from Stainaberg is also documented in 1309. After the death of their liege lord Kunrad von Tannberg († 1356), the Steinerbergers began to sell their property and migrate. In 1362 they sold their ancestral castle to Gundacker von Tannberg zu Pürnstein . The last detectable Steinerberger was Andreas Steinerperger, who was Schallenberger's servant in 1415 . He was married to Dorothea Steinaperg, the widow of Erhard von Schallenberg. The last of the Steinerberger was probably Wolfgang Steinaperg.
Steinerberg castle ruins today
The castle is located on a rocky hill that drops steeply on three sides. It was around 40 m long and 15 m wide and was once protected by surrounding ditches . In front of the entrance on the west side there was a bailey (possibly a tower with two meter thick walls) with a drawbridge . Today there are still upright remains of the wall that have been gradually removed by the landowner in recent years. A ditch in the neck can still be seen.
A so-called earth stable from the 12th century was discovered near the castle , which is presumably related to the castle.
- Steinerberg castle ruins
Steinerberg castle ruins: walls
Steinerberg castle ruins
Steinerberg castle ruins: moat
Steinerberg castle ruins: moat
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 .
- Georg Grüll : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria, Volume 2: Innviertel and Alpine foothills . Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1964.
- Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria then and now . Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Sons, Horn 1975, ISBN 3-85028-023-3 .
- 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.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Steingruber, 2013, p. 254.
- ↑ Erdstall discovered in the Mühlviertel ( memento of the original from March 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- The ruin empire of Oliver Popelka
- Burgstall Steinerberg on Burgenkunde.at
- Entry on Steinerberg Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- Steinerberg on defense structures in Austria