Burgstall Hainfeld
| Burgstall Hainfeld | ||
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 Instead of the old fortress, there is now a Catholic. Parish Church of St. Andreas |
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| Creation time : | High medieval | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Ministeriale | |
| Place: | Hainfeld | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 2 '3.5 " N , 15 ° 46' 5.7" E | |
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The Postal Hainfeld is an Outbound hilltop castle (probably a tower castle ) on a hill near the village of Hainfeld in Lilienfeld in Lower Austria .
history
When exactly the castle was built is no longer known today. However, it is certain that the fortress Hainfeld was one of the first, or even the first bulwark in the Gölsental for clearing and urbanization. The fortress Hainfeld was the seat of the Lords of Hainfeld, a noble ministerial family who belonged to the Styrian Otakars . The two last relatives of the Lords of Hainfeld, Richard the Elder von Hainfeld and his son Richard the Younger von Hainfeld, are known to us thanks to a document from the late 12th century (approx. 1170–1172) in which they are known in the event of childlessness Richards the Younger bequeath all their property to Vorau Abbey .
The Veste Hainfeld no longer existed at the time of this document at Stift Vorau, because around 1120 the Traungau Margrave Ottokar II of Styria repealed the Veste Hainfeld and replaced it with a Romanesque fortified church of St. Andreas founded. The keep of the former castle became part of the new church.
1161 handed over Ottokar III. the two margravial churches at Hainfeld and St. Veit (both founded by Ottokar II ) at Göttweig Abbey .
literature
- Josef Greimel: Hainfelder Heimatkunde, 1st issue , 1924, page 11
- Margarete Kowall in: Karl Jägersberger: Becoming and growing the city of Hainfeld , 2004, pages 32–33