Falkenberg ruins (Straßertal)

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Falkenberg
Straß Castle ruins Falkenberg02.jpg
Creation time : Middle of the 12th century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Strass in the Strassertal
Geographical location 48 ° 29 '51.1 "  N , 15 ° 43' 55.3"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 29 '51.1 "  N , 15 ° 43' 55.3"  E
Falkenberg ruins (Lower Austria)
Falkenberg ruins

The Falkenberg castle ruins are the remains of a medieval hilltop castle in the municipality of Straß im Straßertale in the Krems-Land district in Lower Austria . The castle ruins are under monument protection .

location

The ruin is located in the valley of the Gscheinzbach at the southern end of the Manhartsberg .

history

A Rapoto von Valchenberch is mentioned around the middle of the 12th century. His descendants, Hadmar and Rapotto, were accused of being hostile to the Habsburg rulers and of mugging . While Hadmar fled to Bohemia , Rapoto defended the castle. The siege lasted from Michaelis (September 29th) 1299 until Rapoto's death in March 1300. The Duke showed mercy towards the Falkenbergers and gave them back their possessions, but the castle was razed. Possibly the chapel was excluded from this, since around 1365 a pastor was mentioned in Valchenberg. When the Falkenbergs died out in 1355, the Kapellers and Walseeers, as their heirs, were given permission to rebuild the castle, but this did not happen.

description

The castle is located on the edge of the market town of Straß, the center of which used to be near the castle, on a steep slope that offers natural fortification on three sides. Only a sparse remnant remains of the formerly imposing castle (forecourt 60 meters).

Say

When the Swedes came in 1645, many people withdrew to the ruins. Torstenson , the leader of the Swedes, sat down opposite the ruins on Pösingberg to lead the attack against the people who had fled here. He was just having his lunch when suddenly the Falkenberg defenders hit his stone table. He was so shocked by it that the knife and fork fell out of his hand. Torstenson could not explain where this unexpected attack was coming from and immediately ordered his men to withdraw.

literature

  • Evelyn Benesch, Bernd Euler-Rolle , Claudia Haas, Renate Holzschuh-Hofer, Wolfgang Huber, Katharina Packpfeifer, Eva Maria Vancsa-Tironiek, Wolfgang Vogg: Lower Austria north of the Danube (=  Dehio-Handbuch . Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs ). Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna et al. 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0652-2 , p. 1150 .
  • Georg Binder: The Lower Austrian castles and palaces. 2 volumes, Vienna / Leipzig 1925, II, p. 45.
  • Bertrand Michael Buchmann, Brigitte Fassbinder: Castles and palaces between Gföhl, Ottenstein and Grafenegg. Castles and palaces in Lower Austria (= birch series. Volume 17). St. Pölten / Vienna 1990, p. 124 ff.
  • 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. 518 f.
  • Franz Eppel : The Waldviertel . Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1978, p. 45.
  • Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages, floor plan dictionary . Würzburg 1994, p. 179.
  • Otto Piper, Thomas Kühtreiber (Hrsg.): The castles of Lower Austria by Otto Piper . Schleinbach, Ed. Winkler-Hermaden, 2012, ISBN 978-3-9503151-0-3 , p. 53.
  • Gerhard Reichhalter, Karin and Thomas Kühtreiber: Castles Waldviertel Wachau . Verlag Schubert & Franzke, St. Pölten 2001, ISBN 3705605305 , p. 378 ff.
  • Gerhard Stenzel : From castle to castle in Austria. Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1973, ISBN 321800229X , p. 172.
  • Hans Tietze : The monuments of the political district Krems . Austrian Art Topography I, Vienna 1907, p. 121.

Web links

Commons : Burgruine Falkenberg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.sagen.at with reference to Thomas Hofmann, Das Weinviertel in seine Sagen , Weitra 2000, p. 160 , queried May 24, 2018