Schönering Castle

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Schönering Castle
Core work of Schönering Castle today

Core work of Schönering Castle today

Creation time : first mention 833
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Burgstall, earthworks
Place: Wilhering
Geographical location 48 ° 18 '26.8 "  N , 14 ° 9' 51.9"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '26.8 "  N , 14 ° 9' 51.9"  E
Schönering Castle (Upper Austria)
Schönering Castle

The Outbound Castle Schönering was in the town of Wilhering in District Linz-Land of Upper Austria .

history

Schönering was first mentioned in 833 and the parish of the same name in 985; the parish was probably established as early as 750 by Hochstift Passau with the parish Hartkirchen .

1362 the vest ze Schönhering is mentioned. In 1362 the people of Aisterheim issued a declaration of commitment to Ulrich von Schaunberg , in which they vowed to keep their Schönering fortress open, after which they received the fortress back as a fief . 1375 called Wernhart von Aistershaim zu Schönhering . The Aistershamers owned Aistersheim Castle, Schönering Castle and Eggenberg Castle at that time .

From September 20, 1427 the news comes that Engelhart der Grueber has received the seat zw Schönhering from the diocese of Passau as a fief . In 1472 Hanns Hohenfelder zu Schönering is said to have sat here. The seat of Messrs. Schönering-Blankenburg is said to have been destroyed in 1477.

Schönering Castle today

The earthworks of a small hilltop castle on the Eiselsberg, which is about 0.7 km from the village of Schönering, is believed to be the location of Schönering Castle. By airborne laser scanning and repeated commission could be certain that it is in reference with high probability to the castle Beautiful ring. There is a house mountain with a frustoconical core.

literature

  • Josef Reitinger: The prehistoric and early historical finds in Upper Austria (=  series of publications of the Upper Austrian Museum Association . Volume 3 ). Upper Austrian Provincial Publishing House, Linz 1968.
  • Christian K. Steingruber : A critical consideration of the historical-topographical manual of the fortifications and mansions of Upper Austria . Upper Austrian Provincial Archives , Linz 2013.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Parish Schönering .
  2. Followers of the Counts of Shaunberg .
  3. Josef Reitinger, 1968, p. 475.
  4. Norbert Grabherr 1975, p. 80.
  5. Christian K. Steingruber , 2013, personal communication.