Großpoppen Castle

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Castle United Poppen was from 1938, when the evacuation of United Poppen for the investment of the training area Döllersheim done, left to decay. It is described in the Austrian art topography .

history

Großpoppen Castle had developed from a knight's seat that already existed in the 12th century. After numerous changes of ownership, Joachim Freiherr von Windhag acquired the estate in 1656 and had the upper storey, which burned down in 1620, and the roof rebuilt. A new tower with a bell and clock was also built. After his daughter went to the monastery as his only child, the estate was converted into the Windhagsche Scholarship Foundation in 1675 . In 1876 the castle was sold to a private person.

From 1960, the castle and church were deliberately targeted and destroyed during target exercises by the Austrian Armed Forces .

description

According to Georg Matthäus Vischer from 1672 and the Topographia Windhagiana from 1673, Großpoppen Castle was a three-storey building with a five-storey tower above the entrance gate on the north side.

The Austrian art topography from 1911 describes Großpoppen Castle as a simple two-story building that enclosed a square courtyard and had a shortened gate tower with a gable roof.

The parish church of Großpoppen was built directly next to the castle .

literature

  • kk Central Commission for Art and Historical Monuments (Ed.): Austrian Art Topography. Volume VIII: The monuments of the political district Zwettl in Lower Austria (without Zwettl Abbey). Part 1: Allentsteig judicial district. on commission from Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1911, DNB 365375071 .
  • Johannes Müllner: The desecrated homeland. 2nd Edition. Association Information Waldviertel, Allentsteig 1998, ISBN 3-9500294-0-0 .
  • Silvia Petrin, Willibald Rosner (Ed.): The Allentsteig military training area - region, origin, use and effects. Self-published by the Lower Austrian Institute for Regional Studies, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-85006-046-2 . (Studies and research from the Lower Austrian Institute for Regional Studies, Volume 17)

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Müllner: The desecrated home.
  2. ↑ Willibald Rosner (Ed.): The Allentsteig military training area. Region, origin, use and impact. (= Studies and research from the Lower Austrian Institute for Regional Studies. Vol. 17 = Lectures and discussions of the 12th Symposium of the Lower Austrian Institute for Regional Studies = Lower Austrian Writings 55 Science ). Lower Austrian Institute for Regional Studies, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-85006-046-2 .
  3. ↑ Gross Poppen "- Schloss Großpoppen Allentsteig Kupferstich antique print on zvab.com, accessed on November 22, 2018

Coordinates: 48 ° 40 ′ 1.3 ″  N , 15 ° 20 ′ 31.1 ″  E