Hanselburg ruins

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Hanselburg castle ruins
Hanselburg in the Loosdorf Forest

Hanselburg in the Loosdorf Forest

Creation time : 1800
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: artificial ruin
Geographical location 48 ° 38 '43 "  N , 16 ° 27' 40"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 38 '43 "  N , 16 ° 27' 40"  E
Hanselburg ruins (Lower Austria)
Hanselburg ruins

The Hanselburg is the artificial ruin of a hilltop castle in a wooded area in Lower Austria's Loosdorf (municipality of Fallbach) in the Weinviertel .

In 1800 , Prince Johann I von Liechtenstein had the romantic artificial ruin built as a hunting pavilion and snack bar on the remains of an old house mountain . On his name day , the building was inaugurated as the Hanselburg.

The Loosdorfer Hanselburg has a much larger counterpart in South Moravia , the Hansenburg , near Eisgrub Castle .

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