Haiding Castle
The Haiding Castle is a former moated castle in the village of Haiding the municipality of Krenglbach in the Austrian state of Upper Austria . It was first mentioned in a document in 1340.
History of the castle
The Knights of Gelting settled in Haiding around 1312 and built a fortified moated castle here. The Schaunbergers, who claimed this area for themselves, took the castle, burned it down and forced a declaration from the Geltings that they never wanted to build Haiding as a castle anymore. After the Schaunberger were defeated by the Habsburgs, Ulrich Geltinger received Haiding in 1386 as a sovereign fiefdom. After this family died out, a Hostorffer received the estate - presumably as a royal keeper. It is not known how the possession came to the Rondinelli; in any case, a Hans Sigmund Rondinelli sold the seat in Haiding to Count Engelbert Katzianer; In 1674 a Sigmund Ferdinand Katzian was still living on the property, which had grown into a castle. In 1727 the castle appears in the possession of Count Wilhelm Strattmann. The latter had bought the castle from the possession of the Katzians and assigned it to his Fideikommiss of the Peuerbach rule . Until the suspension of entails in 1825, Haiding belonged to the Strattmann-Batthyany property. After a division of property, Haiding came to Prince Philipp Batthyany. In 1879 Prince Wilhelm Alfred Montenuovo , who was married to Juliane Batthyany, inherited the castle. Three years later, the prince sold the uninhabited castle to Hans and Maria Pauler, who used it as a farm. At the beginning of the 20th century, the castle was left to decay. It was not until 1970 that it was renovated by the builder and penultimate owner Friedrich Achleitner or now by his son and made accessible to the public. The building is a historical monument.
present
The main building with a magnificent stone portal from 1604 is still preserved today. The former north wing has been demolished, but the eastern section is still there. Of the ponds that used to surround the moated castle, only one pond in front of the castle building has survived, the other ditches are largely filled in, whereby the existing reed still indicates the earlier course of the moat. The open back yard has remnants of pavilions and arcades and open balconies . The south wing is formed by a chapel whose choir protrudes with a pronounced semicircle. The still preserved wrought-iron window baskets underline the castle character. Today the castle is also used as a cultural center.
Picture gallery
Haiding Castle - front with pond
Haiding Castle - rear entrance gate with a picture of a crossbowman
Haiding Castle - commercial and residential buildings
Haiding Castle with chapel wing and arbor
literature
- Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home. 1976 (3rd revised edition), Linz: Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .
Web links
- Entry via Schloss Haiding to Burgen-Austria
- Haiding Castle at burgenkunde.at
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 47 " N , 13 ° 58 ′ 28" E