Goldburg
The Goldburg belonged to the Althan family and was once one of the most splendid castles in Lower Austria . Today you can only find remains of the garden wall in the center of Murstetten .
Murstetten Castle stood on the site from 1140 to 1529, and the Althans married it in 1526. It was completely destroyed by the Turks . In 1580 the Althans started building the Goldburg in the style of the Italian Renaissance a little above . In 1644 it was expanded into a baroque palace . In 1683 it was again badly damaged by the Turks , but from 1706 Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach under Count Gundacker von Althan made it even more splendid.
Emperor Charles VI. , Empress Maria Theresia and Emperor Joseph II are said to have been prominent guests at the Goldburg with Count Gundacker von Althan , who was then court war councilor and imperial court building director. After the Count's death, the family moved to Zwentendorf an der Donau in 1747 .
In 1809 Napoleonic troops were quartered in the vacant Goldburg in Murstetten . When, after a night of partying, a soldier was found stabbed to death in the courtyard, the commandant had the gold castle set on fire. After that, the castle was not rebuilt.
Today the area overgrown by scrub is a listed building. The owners are still the Althan family, who live in Zwentendorf.
Web links
- Entry via Goldburg on Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ 10 " N , 15 ° 49 ′ 44" E