Stubenberg ruins
| Stubenberg ruins | |
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 Stubenberg ruins - Gutenbrunn Castle in Kirchau 2013 |
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| Alternative name (s): | Gutenbrunn castle ruins, Kirchau castle ruins |
| Creation time : | 12th Century |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg |
| Conservation status: | ruin |
| Standing position : | Ministeriale |
| Place: | Warth |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 38 '59.2 " N , 16 ° 4' 29.6" E |
The Stubenberg ruin , also called Gutenbrunn castle ruin or Kirchau castle ruin , is the ruin of a low castle in the community forest between Kirchau and Haßbach in the market town of Warth in the Neunkirchen district in Lower Austria .
history
Chuno von Kirchowe, also known as the "wild Chuno", belonged to a ministerial family of the Kirchauers and has been documented since the 12th century. Around 1160, Chuno's children, Heinrich, Wilhelm and Mechthild, began building Gutenbrunn Castle, named after the only abundant source of water in the area. The castle had an oversized defense tower , from which the brisk freight traffic on the Hochstraß (Warth - Aichhof, Kirchau, Molfritz, Haßbach) could be controlled particularly well. In the middle of the 13th century the castle was destroyed by the Hungarians. In 1320 Duke Albrecht had Gutenbrunn Castle repaired and enlarged into a bulwark against the enemy. In 1381 Konrad Perner sold the castle to Wulfingen von Stubenberg. Gutenbrunn was probably never referred to as Stubenberg in the Middle Ages. In 1470 the imperial family stormed Gutenbrunn and in 1474 destroyed the castle. This should be a gesture by Emperor Friedrich III. to the Hungarians because of an undesirable armistice with them.
source
- Text by Josef Kerschbaumer, based on records in the Kirchau parish chronicle