Deutschkreutz Castle

Deutschkreutz Castle
	Deutschkreutz Castle
Creation time :	around 1490
Conservation status:	Received or received substantial parts
Geographical location	47 ° 35 '59 " N , 16 ° 38' 44" E Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '59 " N , 16 ° 38' 44" E
Height:	185 m above sea level A.

The Castle German Kreutz is located in the central Burgenland about five kilometers from the Hungarian border crossing Sopron away. It is a splendid renaissance castle consisting of a mighty four-wing building with two-story courtyard arcades and corner towers. There is stucco work to see the castle chapel with old frescoes , furniture and tapestries . The long-time owner Anton Lehmden (1929–2018) ran a painting exhibition in the castle .

history

In German Kreutz one was first in 1492 medieval castle mentioned. It was owned by the Kanizsay family until 1535 . By marriage she came into the possession of the Nádasdy family . The castle was built by Thomas III. Nádasdy was converted into a castle in the Italian Renaissance style in 1560. The first documentary mention comes from 1597.

The castle in its current form was built in 1625 by Paul Nádasdy, who also had the chapel built in 1632.

Francis III Nádasdy was sentenced to death for a conspiracy against Emperor Leopold I and executed. The goods fell to the emperor, who sold them to the executed man's brother-in-law, Count Paul Esterházy , in 1676.

The later Prince Esterházy did not stay often in Deutschkreutz Castle, so it became less and less important. It became the center of a huge agricultural estate and remained so until World War II .

From 1945 to 1955 the castle was administered by the Soviets and used as barracks. Much of the interior was badly damaged and the chapel was destroyed.

In 1957 the municipality of Deutschkreutz was able to acquire the castle.

From 1966 it was privately owned by the artist Anton Lehmden , who has been restoring the building bit by bit since then.