Drösiedl Castle
The Drösiedl Castle is in the west of the village of Drösiedl in the market town of Ludweis-Aigen in the Waidhofen an der Thaya district in Lower Austria . The castle is under monument protection ( list entry ).
history
Nikolaus der Dreyzidler was mentioned in a document in 1283. The castle was owned by the barons of Hofkirchen from 1427 to 1612.
The new construction of the castle with the Meierhof took place around 1600 and was largely completed in 1611. From 1974 the castle was restored.
architecture
The four-winged former moated castle with a front yard and bulk box is at the end of an avenue .
The three-storey, almost square four-wing building stands on a mighty embankment and is surrounded by regular trenches lined with rubble stones. In the western front there is a setback, probably determined by the older core. The arched portal in a rectangular panel with wind holes in the thoroughfare on the south front is marked 1616, probably the year of completion. The structure by adjoining ornamental bands with a double eagle relief on the side and a Luther rose on the passage dates from around 1600 . The north and south sides of the remarkable Renaissance courtyard are divided into segmented arcades. Three portals and a window on the east side are still chamfered in the late Gothic style and are possibly remnants of an older core.
In front of the castle is a three-wing, two-story meierhof , which dates back to the construction time of the main building, and on the southern side is a baroque, three- story bulk box from the first half of the 18th century.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube 1990 . Drösiedl, Ludweis-Aigen community, castle, chapel, forecourt, pp. 112–113.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′ 18.6 " N , 15 ° 29 ′ 33.2" E