Baumgarten Castle (Neulengbach)
| Baumgarten Castle | ||
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 East view |
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| Place: | Neulengbach | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 11 '0 " N , 15 ° 50' 54" E | |
| Height: | 309 m above sea level A. | |
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The Castle Baumgarten is in Ollersbach in the municipality of Neulengbach in District St. Pölten-Land in Lower Austria . The castle is under monument protection ( list entry ).
It is an example of those many country castles in Austria in which no spectacular historical events took place and which do not have any particular architectural highlights. While it was owned by several families of the Austrian aristocracy , but their representatives have hardly lived here because it amid their residences of more important gentlemen had. Baumgarten was of particular economic interest to them as the center of an estate .
history
The former Baumgarten Castle was first mentioned in a document in 1074 as the property of the Ollersbach high freemen. They are followed by the Ministerials zu Totzenbach, who later call themselves "zu Baumgarten". In 1565 the complex was owned by Count Trauttmansdorff , who converted the castle into a palace.
During the second Turkish siege in 1683, the poorly fortified castle was destroyed by Turkish troops, but was soon rebuilt. The former three-storey main wing in the south was only rebuilt with two storeys and the remaining three wings, which had previously only been one-storeyed, were increased to two storeys.
In 1945 the castle was burned down again, but the exterior was completely restored by Walter Lechner. Inside it was furnished in a modern way. Baumgarten remained in bourgeois hands. In 2001 it was auctioned again. The current owners are the Wimmer-Schick family. Parts of the castle, which houses various companies, can be rented for seminars and events.
owner
- 1709–1717: Countess Auersperg
- 1717–1809: Count von Galen and his family
- 1809–1841: Maria von Pidoll zu Quintenbach
- 1841–1865: Count Bussy-Mignot
- 1865–1931: Geissler-Kühnell family
- 1938–1968: Lechner family
- 1968–1978: Schmid-Schmidsfelden
- 1978–1996: Riedl-Riedenstein
- 1996–2001: Raiffeisen-Leasing GesmbH
- since 2001: Wimmer-Schick family
literature
- Rudolf Büttner: Castles and palaces in Lower Austria. Volume 5: Between Greifenstein and Sankt Pölten. Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1982, ISBN 3-85030-015-8 .
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . Ollersbach, Baumgarten Castle, pp. 1611–1612.
Web links
- Site of the castle
- Entry via Baumgarten (Ollersbach) to Burgen-Austria
- Pictures and history of the castle