Windegg castle ruins
| Windegg castle ruins | ||
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.png) Windegg Castle around 1674, copper engraving by Georg Matthäus Vischer |
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| Creation time : | 12th Century | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Schwertberg | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 17 '38 " N , 14 ° 35' 48" E | |
| Height: | 315 m above sea level A. | |
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The Windegg castle ruins (also: Windeck) are the ruins of a hilltop castle about 3 km north of Schwertberg in the Perg district in the Mühlviertel in Upper Austria . The castle was built in the 13th century and changed hands several times. In the 16th century, the castle was united with the Schwertberg rule and fell into ruin from 1675. Today the castle is privately owned.
history
The Regensburg cathedral bailiff Otto von Lengenbach (1170–1237) is believed to be a possible builder . The castle was first mentioned in documents in 1208, when the castle was administered by Dietrich de Windeckke. Between 1267 and 1313 Leuthold I. von Kuenring was the fief owner of the Regensburg property. Like many other, later owners, he did not live in the small castle, but had it managed by carers. Around 1300 his cousin Albero von Kuenring was the lord of the castle. Leuthold III. von Kuenring sold the rule to Ulrich and Eberhard von Kapellen in 1354 . The Wallseer claimed parts of the rule and were able to persuade the band to renounce it. In 1410 the people of Wallsee received the castle. After Reinprecht von Wallsee's death (1422) the castle passed to his sons Wolfgang and Reinprecht. After Wolfgang's death in 1483, his daughter Barbara inherited the castle. She was married to Count Siegmund von Schaunburg and so the castle came into their family property. His successor was Eustach von Scherffenberg .
In 1557 Christoph von Tschernembl bought the castle of Eustach von Scherffenberg. Since his son Hanns von Tschernembl also bought the Schwertberg Castle , these gentlemen were united. In 1594 the castle was one of the refuges for the population in the course of the Turkish threat. In 1605 Georg Erasmus von Tschernembl bought the castle from the Regensburg owners for 1500 guilders and took it over as free property. In the course of the Counter-Reformation , the Protestant Georg had to flee in 1620 and the castle was taken over by the Imperial Lord Chamberlain Count Leonhard Helfrich von Meggau, who acquired numerous properties from expropriated Protestants in the lower Mühlviertel. His daughter married Count Heinrich Wilhelm von Starhemberg in 1644 . In 1675 Count Heinrich Lobgott Kuefstein inherited the castle. During this time, the castle began to fall into disrepair, as it was soon only used as a warehouse. In 1724 the castle came into the Thürheim family through marriage and remained in the family until 1899. From 1899 Baroness Therese von Schwitter owned the castle. Count Alexander Hoyos bought the castle in 1911, and the castle is still owned by the family today. The ruins have been renovated by a local castle association since 1980.
description
The castle is located at 315 m above sea level. A. high field spur, which rises from the valley of the Windeggerbach. The main castle has an area of around 1042 square meters, the outer castle is 3518 square meters. The castle is a building in Romanesque humpback brick masonry , a rare type of construction in Upper Austria. The 25 meter high keep is 10 × 10 meters in size and has a wall thickness of 2 to 2.5 meters. The east side and the curtain wall have been repaired since 1980. The wall is 8 meters high and up to 2 meters thick.
From Palas the original walls are still standing. The hall itself dates from the founding time and still has slotted windows. There are only a few remains of the other residential buildings.
Since the Windegg working group was founded in 1980, the Windegg castle ruins have been continuously rebuilt by volunteers. In the meantime, both the keep and the hall have largely been restored. The castle ruin serves as an event location, and since its completion there have been annual art exhibitions in the "gallery in the tower".
See also
literature
- Leopold Mayböck: Contribution to the 800th anniversary of the Windegg castle. In: Windegger events. Bulletin of the Windegg working group in the Schwertberger Kulturring. Issue 06/2008. Windegg working group in the Schwertberger Kulturring, Schwertberg 2008, OBV , pp. 2–19, online (PDF; 1.7 MB) in the OoeGeschichte.at forum.
- Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces of Upper Austria. 2nd Edition. Wilhelm Ennsthaler, Steyr 1992, ISBN 3-85068-323-0 .
Web links
- Entry via Windegg to Burgen-Austria
- Picture gallery for Windegg on Burgenkunde.at
- Bibliography on Windegger Events in the OoeGeschichte.at forum (with many PDF files from the Windegger Events series available online ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Windegg working group in the Schwertberger Kulturring. Researching regional history - regional and local research in Upper Austria in the forum OoeGeschichte.at