Batthyány Castle
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| Creation time : | 1761 | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Place: | Gussing | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 3 '33 " N , 16 ° 19' 24.9" E | |
| Height: | 234 m above sea level A. | |
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The Batthyány Castle is a castle in Güssing in Burgenland . Not to be confused is the castle Batthyány with the also owned by the family Batthyány situated castle Güssing .
Design
The fort is a building from the 1860s on a hook-shaped floor plan, two-storey and arcades closed with glass windows.
history
King Ludwig II transferred the castle Güssing to the Hungarian nobleman Franz Batthyány and his nephew Christoph as a reward for the victory over a Turkish army near Jaice. The family had the castle expanded in the 16th century because of the threat from the east. In the course of the construction work, Count Ludwig Ernst Batthyány had the fort built at the eastern city gate of Güssing in 1761. When Burgenland was to be handed over to Austria in accordance with the Trianon and Saint Germain peace treaties at the end of August 1921 , Hungarian irregulars occupied parts of what is now Burgenland and temporarily set up their command post in Batthyány Castle.
use
The castle is now used for residential purposes and is still owned by the Batthyány family.
literature
- Georg Clam Martinic: Austrian Castle Lexicon. Castles and ruins, mansions, palaces and palaces . 1st edition. Landesverlag, Linz 1991, ISBN 3-85214-559-7 .
