Limberg (municipality of Maissau)

Limberg ( village ) locality cadastral municipality Limberg administrative district
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Hollabrunn  (HL), Lower Austria
Pole. local community	Maissau
Coordinates	48 ° 35 '47 "  N , 15 ° 51' 53"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 35 '47 "  N , 15 ° 51' 53"  E
height	296  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	306 (January 1, 2020)
Building status	195 (2011)
Area  d. KG	3.7 km²
Post Code	3721
prefix	+ 43/02958
Mayor	Gerhard Steinschaden
Official website	www.maissau.at
Statistical identification
Locality code	03799
Cadastral parish number	09117
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; NÖGIS

Limberg is a village with a good 300 inhabitants in the municipality of Maissau in the Hollabrunn district in the state of Lower Austria in Austria . The former municipality was incorporated into the municipality of Maissau on January 1, 1972.

The place is known for the Limberg-Maissau train station of the Franz-Josefs-Bahn and for the Hengl quarry .

geography

Limberg is located in the Weinviertel between the Manhartsberg and the Schmidatal . The Schleinzbach flows through the village .

Neighborhoods:

	Straning
Burgschleinitz		Niederleinz
Maissau	Ravelsbach	Unterdürnbach

population

Population development

Attractions

• Limberg Castle : The irregular square building with a tower and a small arcade courtyard was created in the 16th century through the expansion of a late Gothic Meierhof . During the renovation in 1982/1983, the year 1570 was uncovered, andtwo lion figures in the Romanesque style were foundin the masonry , which were probably once used as building blocks during expansion work or repairs after war devastation. They are now in Altenburg Abbey and have been carefully restored. Whether they come from the old castle or from the former Meierhof ( noble seat ) could not be determined. Lion figures mostly flank the main entrance of a building or noble residence and symbolize the defensive strength of the property.

• St. Jacob's Church: The fortified church is located in the local area on a hill that slopes steeply on three sides, the plateau of which it occupies along with the surrounding cemetery. The cemetery is surrounded by mighty stone walls. These served as a kind of defensive wall. The church is dedicated to Saint James the Elder. There are no documents or records about the year of construction and the consecration date of the church. The church tower , which was once built as a defensive tower after its weight and might be closed, was first dated back to the 11th century. The old "Veste Limburg zu Limberg" used to be near the church. It had already fallen into disrepair in the 16th century and probably suffered the same fate as the castle in Sachsendorf and the noble seat in Naschendorf (both also owned by the Zinken). The castle was partially or completely surrounded by water. In a map from 1823, a large pond is drawn. At the beginning of the 20th century there were still pond remains and a lot of reeds grew in this area. The groundwater level was very high until the stream was regulated. The pond may have been filled up with the remains of the ruined castle. A very strong foundation wall was found on plot 68 when digging a well. She put up such resistance to the excavation work that the owner decided to have the well dug in another location.

• Lettenbrücke: The Lettenbrücke was built as part of the construction of the Franz-Josefs-Bahn from Vienna to Pilsen. The steel giant is striking, especially because of its green color. The Lettenbrücke is one of six bridges that were needed to enable train traffic through Limberg. Coming from Vienna, the “Bahnstraßenbrücke”, the “Pfaffengrabenbrücke”, the “Jandabrücke”, the “Steinwegbrücke”, the “Halterberg-Seitwegbrücke” and finally the “Lettenbrücke” were on the railway line.

Nature:

• Old cow and dragonfly pond: at the intersection of the municipalities of Burgschleinitz-Kühnring , Maissau and Straning-Grafenberg , an unusual nature conservation project was created right in front of the abyss of the gravel works. Around the granite stone "Old Cow", which has been shrouded in legend for centuries, a "magic stone ring" was built based on the model of Stonehenge . The Hengl company project, which was awarded the 2011 Nature Conservation Prize by the Raw Materials Forum and WWF, was presented to the public for the first time in September at a large opening ceremony. 400 people from all three congregations came to see the "new" old cow - in their current company.

• Heidenstatt: The Heidenstatt is a large plateau that drops steeply on three sides. It is located west of Limberg. This former settlement is known as the place where it was found. These sites extend far beyond the actual parcel with the field name "Haidenstädt". The local researcher Johann Krahuletz stated in 1912 that traces of dams made of granite stones can be traced. Finds from the Stone Age , Mondsee culture , Aunjetitz culture , tumulus culture , Lusatian culture , Hallstatt culture , La Tène culture and the Slavic-Avar period were found on the Heidenstatt, which can be viewed in various museums ( Natural History Museum Vienna , Krahuletz Museum Eggenburg , Höbarthmuseum Horn, Museum Niederösterreich ). Judging by the finds, the Heidenstatt was one of the largest settlements in the region. The settlement was probably destroyed by fire at the end of the Middle Ages. Among other things, ceramics, pot shards, arrowheads, cast bowls, rings, weapons, tools, grinding stones and whetstones as well as other metal objects were found. Research work lasting several weeks was carried out in the 1980s. One could find out that the Heidenstatt had been inhabited since the 4th century AD. Today the Heidenstatt is mostly unused grassland, surrounded by forest and bushes. Small fragments of vessels and the like can still be found today.

Personalities

People related to the place:

• Erwin Wurm (* 1954), Austrian artist, sculptor and photographer, lives and works at Limberg Castle. After the successful renovation of the palace, the creator of the “One Minute Sculptures” also relocated his studio to Limberg, because there he has the space he needs in the large palace complex.

• Josef Weinbub (* 1942), Austrian stone carver. In his atelier in the old Limberg warehouse on Schlossstrasse, he prefers to work on the famous Limberg granite. His works include the altar of the Limberg Jakobskirche, as well as numerous Marterln in the region.

Web links

• Website of the Maissau community

Individual evidence

1. ^ Austrian city atlas : Maissau ( online ); Verlag Franz Deuticke, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3700546599
2. ^ Historical local dictionary of Lower Austria, Part 2. (PDF; 895 KB) In: oeaw.ac.at. June 30, 2010; Archived from the original on November 5, 2010 ; accessed on April 29, 2019 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Heimatbuch Limberg. Retrieved June 4, 2012
4. ↑ Information about Limberg Castle . Homepage of the Maissau community. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
5. ↑ Information about the old cow in Limberg . Retrieved June 4, 2012.