Genghof noble residence

Coordinates: 48 ° 34 ′ 9.7 "  N , 14 ° 4 ′ 22.3"  E

Genghof in St. Stefan am Walde

The noble estate Genghof is located in Oberriedl in the municipality of St. Stefan-Afiesl , near the village of St. Stefan am Walde in the Rohrbach district of Upper Austria .

The stately home Genghof was a fief of Wallseer . In 1440 it was given to Friedrich Ruedleinstorffer. In 1448 he sold the seat to Mert Öder, who held it as a sovereign fief. In 1490 Anton Burger, citizen of Freistadt , received the Genghof from Emperor Friedrich III. to fief. In 1586 the Genghof was owned by the Grienthal family . In 1647 it was owned by Hanns Heinrich Dietmayr von Morau.

Today the Genghof is a stately farm.

literature

• Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home. 3rd edition . Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1976, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .
• Georg Grüll : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria, Volume 1: Mühlviertel . Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1962.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Leopold Josef Mayböck : Palaces, castles, castle ruins, castle stables, seats, large open-air yards in the Rohrbach district. no year