Albrechtsberg Castle (Loosdorf)
The albrechtsberg palace is a palace complex in Albrechtsberg , a cadastral of Loosdorf in Lower Austria District Melk . It stands on a hill on the north-western edge of the village and was temporarily the seat of the Upper Austrian family of Enenkel .
history
The castle was built and named by Albrecht von Perg (1120, † 1168) from the family of the Lords of Perg and Machland , who was married to a Countess von Schalla and who had brought the possessions in the Pielachtal into the marriage. Albrecht had bailiff rights over the St. Pölten monastery and was subordinate bailiff of the Melk monastery . Albrecht von Perg lived in the castle with his wife and their two sons Siegfried and Meingozus von Perg and probably also von Albrechtsberg.
The later history up to 1400 is closely related to the area around Kilb , where the Lords of Perg also had possessions.
After the Perger became extinct, half of the castle was transferred directly to the Babenbergs and half to the Grafschaft von Plain or their successor, the Grafschaft Schaunberg.
The castle was built in 1581 in the Renaissance style over a medieval castle . In 1606 Ludwig von Starhemberg became the new owner of Albrechtsberg Castle. Since he took part in the Protestant aristocratic uprising, his castle was set on fire by imperial soldiers in the course of the fighting. The castle was expropriated and the chapel was re-consecrated to Catholicism. In 1704 another fire destroyed the chapel tower.
At the end of the 19th century, extensive renovations took place under the Auersperg family . The castle was devastated in 1945, the year of the war. It has been owned by the Weinberger family since 1995 and is gradually being renovated.
literature
- Rudolf Büttner: Castles and palaces in the Dunkelsteiner Forest. Birkenverlag, Vienna 1973, ISBN 3-85030-005-6 , ( castles and palaces in Lower Austria 2, district above the Vienna Woods 2).
- Gerhard Stenzel: From castle to castle in Austria . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1976, ISBN 3-218-00288-5 , p. 163.
Web links
- www.schloss-albrechtsberg.at
- www.schloss-albrechtsberg.org
- Entry about Burg-Schloss Albrechtsberg on NÖ-Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
- Entry via Albrechtsberg / Pielach to Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 49 ″ N , 15 ° 23 ′ 23 ″ E