Angern Castle (Angern an der March)

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Parts of the gate system

Angern Castle was a castle in Angern an der March in Lower Austria .

A castle was first mentioned in 1314, but it was destroyed towards the end of the 15th century and rebuilt between 1531 and 1544 as a castle in the Renaissance style . In 1722 the castle passed to the old Bohemian noble family Kinsky , who sold it to Gustav and Wilhelm Löw in 1931 . The castle was destroyed by fire in 1945 and completely demolished in 1968 . Today only a small part of the gate wall is still standing . There is an engraving by Georg Matthäus Vischer of the once magnificent castle .

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literature

  • Gerhard Reichhalter, Karin and Thomas Kühtreiber : Castles - Weinviertel . Freytag and Berndt publishing house, Oberhaching 2005.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry about Angern auf NÖ-Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era, University of Salzburg
  2. ^ Entry on Angern Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved December 5, 2018.

Coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′ 43.4 "  N , 16 ° 49 ′ 38"  E