Deutsch-Altenburg Castle

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Deutsch-Altenburg Castle
Southeast view

Southeast view

Place: Bad Deutsch - Altenburg, AustriaAustriaAustria 
Geographical location 48 ° 8 '10.9 "  N , 16 ° 54' 10.8"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 8 '10.9 "  N , 16 ° 54' 10.8"  E
Height: 150  m above sea level A.
Deutsch-Altenburg Castle (Lower Austria)
Deutsch-Altenburg Castle

The Castle German-Altenburg , including Castle Ludwigstorff called, is a castle in Bad German-Altenburg , Lower Austria .

history

The knights Dörr von Wildungsmauer owned the castle from the 12th century to 1620. Altenburg is first mentioned in documents in 1297, but the Romanesque nave of the church and the Karner date from the beginning of the 13th century. In the Middle Ages the building served to secure the Hungarian Gate . After several changes of ownership, the castle came to the Barons von Ludwigstorff around 1709 , who had it expanded by Carlo Antonio Carlone . After the Second World War, Ernst Zwilling's Africa Museum was temporarily housed in the castle . The castle is private and not accessible.

description

Ludwigstorff Palace is a one-storey, four-winged building around a trapezoidal courtyard and surrounded by a park. There are bay windows with pointed roofs on the four corners of the building.

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