Weissenberg ruins
| Weissenberg Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | 12th century | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | minor remains of the wall | |
| Place: | Münichreith (Münichreith-Laimbach municipality) | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 15 '30.2 " N , 15 ° 7' 40.1" E | |
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The Weissenberg ruins are the remains of a spur castle in a forest on the eastern slope of the Weißenberg between the Kollnitzberg and the Weißenberg in the Lower Austrian municipality of Münichreith-Laimbach . Today, however, only a few remains of the wall are visible. The castle was built towards the end of the 12th century. At that time the rule included the area of Laimbach-Münichreith and Marbach.
history
From 1268 to 1326, Weissenberg Castle was probably owned by the family of the same name. Otto von Weissenbergh is named in a certificate from Pöchlarn . After that, the castle was completely deserted and became part of the Mollenburg rule.
Around 1560, Samson Präzl renovated Weissenberg Castle, equipping it with a water pipe and building an inn with a garden. He raised it to the seat of an important government with a regional court . The Marbach market on the Danube , the Kollnitz Forestry Office with the forests on the Ostrong and the Münichreith and Laimbach offices of the Mollenburg rulership were then placed under the control of Weissenberg.
In the 17th century the castle fell into disrepair. In 1675, the castle was largely described again as being dilapidated and not habitable.
In 1678 the castle with its possessions, 140 subjects and 64 pounds of income came to the Counts of Starhemberg . However, they moved the lordship to the manor house in Marbach, whereupon the castle continued to fall into disrepair. In 1818 Wenceslaus Tuwora sold the castle to the imperial family. Later this year, the estate was the Austrian Emperor Francis I visited. Until 1896 the property remained united with the Persenbeug estate. From then on, the goods at Münichreith and Laimbach were added to the Gut Pöggstall , where it remained until 1919.
description
The castle was built on a slightly lower terrace in the east of the Weißenberg. A trench was dug in the direction of the forecourt, which was interspersed with rocks .
In 1971 Seebach made a floor plan, but it is difficult to reconcile it with the situation that is visible today. A three-storey defense tower with a square floor plan each 4.6 m long and a defensive plate under its steep tent roof formed the core of the castle according to this floor plan. The foundation walls of this tower are still visible today on the northwest side of the terrace. A gate was built on the southwestern edge of the tower, which formed a courtyard with buildings in the eastern part of the castle. In the south and east, rubble mounds and small remains of walls suggest a polygonal ring or building situation. Here there was probably a pentagonal courtyard , which, however, was about 2 m lower than the first and surprised by its small size.
From today's perspective, however, it should by no means have been a tower. The rather thin walls between 65 and 80 cm suggest a building designed for residential purposes.
The name Weissenberg suggests a light mountain, but a connection to a possibly whitewashed castle can also be established.
Individual evidence
- ^ Weissenberg. In: http://ruine.at/weissenberg.htm . Retrieved February 4, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e f search result - Lower Austrian castles online | IMAREAL. Retrieved February 4, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d Village Renewal Association Münichreith am Ostrong: Münichreith am Ostrong, past and present . Ed .: Village renewal association Münichreith am Ostrong. Cultural Department of the Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, November 2010.
- ↑ a b c d e Alois Pfeffer and Wilhelm Groß: Local history of the political district Pöggstall . Printing and publishing house Otto Neugebauer in Zwettl, 1928.