Fixed Rauhenstein
The Rauhenstein fortress is a former defense structure in the village of Weißenalbern in the market town of Kirchberg am Walde in Lower Austria . The building is a listed building .
history
Initially, the building was a Kuenringer watch and signal tower . The main walls are from the 13th century. An Ortolf von Kirchberg was mentioned in a document in 1289. In 1343 a Rudolf von Rauhenstein was named. In 1592 a Hannibal was named from Sondernhof zu Kirchberg am Walde. In 1743 it was converted into a bulk box . In 1752 it was sold to two farmers.
architecture
The rectangular four-storey fortress under a hipped roof stands in the west of the parish church in Weißenalbern and was originally surrounded by a circular wall. The masonry is made of granite rubble and has walled-up arched windows with walls and, on the top floor, rectangular and arched windows. Insert holes of a wooden weir corridor have been preserved in the masonry. On the north side there is a spiral staircase from the 16th century.
literature
- Georg Binder: The Lower Austrian castles and palaces. 2 volumes, Hartleben Verlag, Vienna / Leipzig 1925, II, p. 86 f.
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube 1990 . Weißenalbern, Feste Rauhenstein vulgo ´s Gmäu, p. 1254.
- Falko Daim , Karin Kühtreiber, Thomas Kühtreiber : Castles - Waldviertel, Wachau, Moravian Thayatal . 2nd edition, Verlag Freytag & Berndt, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-7079-1273-9 , p. 242 f.
- Franz Eppel : The Waldviertel . Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1978, p. 46.
- Karl Kafka: Fortified churches of Lower Austria II . Birkenverlag, Vienna 1970, p. 149.
- Georg Clam-Martinic : Österreichisches Burgenlexikon , Linz 1992, ISBN 9783902397508 , p. 206.
- Walter Pongratz , Gerhard Seebach : Castles and palaces Litschau - Zwettl - Ottenschlag - Weitra. Lower Austria's castles and palaces III / 1 (birch row) . Vienna 1971, ISBN 3850300072 , p. 45 f.
- Gerhard Reichhalter, Karin and Thomas Kühtreiber: Castles Waldviertel Wachau . Verlag Schubert & Franzke, St. Pölten 2001, ISBN 3705605305 , p. 181 f.
Web links
- Entry about Feste Rauhenstein on Lower Austria Castles online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
- Entry on Weißenalbern Castle (Rauhenstein, festivals) in the Austria Forum
- Entry via Feste Rauhenstein on Burgen-Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ Online at Austria Forum
Coordinates: 48 ° 42 ′ 43.6 ″ N , 15 ° 3 ′ 57 ″ E