Gatterburg Castle (Retz)

Gatterburg Castle in the city of Retz

The gate castle stands in the southeast of the historic center of the municipality of Retz in the district of Hollabrunn in Lower Austria . The castle is a listed building .

history

The original Althof Castle in the northwest corner of the city fortifications of Retz was destroyed by the Hussites (Taborites) in 1425/1427 . In the southeast corner of the city fortifications, there was initially a meierhof , which was expanded into a Gothic city ​​castle in the late 15th century with the burgrave and city governor Nikolaus Bethlen .

architecture

The building is a square with an approximately square inner courtyard. The southern main front has three storeys .

Web links

Commons : Schloss Gatterburg, Retz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry about Schloss Gatterburg (Retz) on NÖ-Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
• Entry via Schloss Gatterburg (Retz) to Burgen-Austria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry about Althof Retz on NÖ-Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg

Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′ 20.4 "  N , 15 ° 57 ′ 11.2"  E