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| Alternative name (s): | Oberwesen Castle | |
| Creation time : | 1138
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| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Ruin, tw. renovated, inhabited | |
| Place: | Graben, community of Waldkirchen am Wesen | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 26 '26 " N , 13 ° 49' 40" E | |
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The Wesen castle ruins are the ruins of a hilltop castle in the municipality of Waldkirchen am Wesen in Upper Austria . The castle is located high above the Danube , a little downstream from the Wesenufer market .
history
The castle was probably built at the beginning of the 12th century by the lords of beings. Ancestor was a 1100/20 named Richer from Ort im Innkreis . His son Mangold was enfeoffed with the castle and named himself after the castle as early as 1125 (the document from 1116 is a forgery). The main line of the family is derived from his brother Richger (circa 1140–1170). Around 1160/70 it is divided into the lines Wesen, Marsbach and Wesenberg.
The Wesener were ministerials of the Passau bishops , and also owned by Niederwesen Castle in Wesenufer . Erchinger II von Wesen was the administrator of the Traungau in 1230/31 . From 1209 to 1252 Hademar I can be traced, who worked his way up to the highest court official in Passau. After his death, the Diocese of Passau took over the castle for a short time and gave it to Wesener Ministeriale. Only under the Habsburgs did the lords of Wesen take over their property again. They took part in the aristocratic revolt against Duke Albrecht of Austria , but submitted in 1294, whereby they had to give up the tower to beings . The last of his family was Erchanger von Wesen, who died on February 1, 1322 without any birth.
After the Wesner family died out, the castle fell to Hadamar von Waldeck, who came from Waldeck Castle near Diersbach . The Waldecker united the property in essence with that of Einburg, today a district of Raab . Hadamar von Waldeck bequeathed the Wesen castle to the Passau bishopric in 1325 as an eternal soul device , d. H. as an eternal measurement foundation for himself and his family. The castle was subsequently administered by Passau keepers, with the keeper Kaspar Albrechtshaimer and his son Pongraz in 1454 and 1457 also holding the castle on a pledge.
From 1540 the management of the property of the Waldecker takes place from the castle Marsbach , also castle Wesen had lost its importance as a Danube protection castle; all this favored the ruin of the castle. After the secularization of the Diocese of Passau in 1803, the ruins were sold.
Burgruine Wesen: Gate tower with bridge
Castle ruins Wesen: Coat of arms on the gate tower
Castle ruin Wesen: Palas and curtain wall
Ruin beings today
The former outer bailey with the Zwinger was destroyed by road construction, but the gatehouse, remains of the palace and the walls that enclosed the courtyard are still to be found. The mighty round tower has been removed down to the foundation walls . There is a deep moat in front of the castle , which used to be spanned with a drawbridge and today with a brick bridge.
The castle, which had fallen into ruins by then, has been renovated as a private residence since 1960, although the approach was not always based on historical preservation criteria (e.g. parts of the fortifications with exposed concrete have been restored). The privately owned ruin has been partially restored, but can only be viewed from the outside.
literature
- Otto Geyer: The lords of beings and their castles. In: home bells. Supplement to the Passauer Neue Presse. 1973, No. 8.
- 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 .
- Herbert Erich Baumert, Georg Grüll : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. Volume 2: Innviertel and Alpine Foreland. Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-85030-049-3 .
- Georg Clam Martinic : Castles and palaces in Austria. From Vorarlberg to Burgenland. Landesverlag in Veritas-Verlag, Linz 1991, ISBN 3-85214-559-7 .
Web links
- Entry about castle ruins Wesen on Burgen-Austria
- Entry on beings in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute