Droß Castle
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| Alternative name (s): | Droß Castle | |
| Creation time : | 1726 | |
| Conservation status: | lock | |
| Place: | Droß | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 27 '49.8 " N , 15 ° 34' 18.8" E | |
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The Castle Droß , formerly Castle Droß called one is listed castle in the municipality Droß in the district of Krems-Land in Lower Austria .
history
In 1156 "Ruediger de Drozze" was first mentioned in a document. The St. Georg castle chapel is mentioned as early as 1135. In 1295 the castle became sovereign. In 1427 Albrecht V gives the castle to Georg Mühlfelder as a fief , subject to church patronage, in view of the services rendered in the defense against the Hussites . King Ladislaus Postumus enfeoffed his descendants with the entire Droß castle, again with the exception of the Droß church patronage.
From 1604 the owners changed frequently (including the Counts Abensperg and Traun ). In 1671 a fire damaged the castle, which was rebuilt in 1726. In 1884 the castle came to Wilhelm Ritter v. Gutmann , whose family remained owners until after 1945. Then follow the Österr. Bundesforste and ultimately the current owner, Franz Haubenberger.
description
The castle is located on the southern edge of the village, on a raised terrace on the road to Senftenberg . The current complex is located on the site of a medieval castle that had to give way to the four-wing complex. Today's appearance goes back to a baroque redesign around 1726. The east side, which can be seen as the main front, is accentuated by a gate tower with an onion helmet over the entrance, the 4 corners are accentuated by building-high, over-corner façade towers with curved pointed roofs.
literature
- Evelyn Benesch, Bernd Euler-Rolle , Claudia Haas, Renate Holzschuh-Hofer, Wolfgang Huber, Katharina Packpfeifer, Eva Maria Vancsa-Tironiek, Wolfgang Vogg: Lower Austria north of the Danube (= Dehio-Handbuch . Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs ). Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna et al. 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0652-2 , p. 116 f .
- Georg Binder: The Lower Austrian castles and palaces. 2 volumes, Verlag Hartleben, Vienna / Leipzig 1925, II, p. 20 f.
- Bertrand Michael Buchmann, Brigitte Fassbinder: Castles and palaces between Gföhl, Ottenstein and Grafenegg. Castles and palaces in Lower Austria , Volume 17 Birch series, St. Pölten / Vienna 1990, p. 124 ff.
- Falko Daim , Karin Kühtreiber, Thomas Kühtreiber : Castles - Waldviertel, Wachau, Moravian Thayatal . 2nd edition, Verlag Freytag & Berndt, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-7079-1273-9 , p. 103 ff.
- Franz Eppel : The Waldviertel . Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1966, p. 93.
- Georg Clam-Martinic : Österreichisches Burgenlexikon , Linz 1992, ISBN 9783902397508 , p. 114 f.
- Gerhard Reichhalter, Karin and Thomas Kühtreiber: Castles Waldviertel Wachau . Verlag Schubert & Franzke, St. Pölten 2001, ISBN 3705605305 , p. 85 f.
Web links
- Entry via Droß on Burgen-Austria
- Entry for Droß in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Entry about Droß Castle in Lower Austria Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era, University of Salzburg
- Droß Castle at wehrbauten.at
Individual evidence
- ↑ Online at Austria Forum