Luftenberg Castle
Luftenberg Castle is the castle-like Meierhof of Luftenberg Castle in the Upper Austrian market town of Luftenberg on the Danube .
description
While the old fortress Burg Luftenberg was left to decay from the middle of the 17th century , the associated Meierhof was generously expanded into a castle-like building (Neu-Luftenberg). This consists of two opposite, elongated wings, which are connected in the middle by a transverse wing. On the connecting central tract there is a gate with a turret with an onion helmet that was removed after a fire.
The middle wing forms two courtyards, each closed with a wall. The gate in the wall of the rear courtyard made the direct connection to the castle. The front wall of the front courtyard had a gate with flanking round towers, which were however removed. The trench dug in front of the flat foreland was passable via a movable bridge.
Luftenberg Castle housed a trotter stud around 1901, was a refuge for people from the former Gusen concentration camp in the days after the Second World War and has been part of the Linz Golf Club Luftenberg since 1990 .
literature
- Oskar Hille: Guide to all castles and palaces in Upper Austria , pp. 106-107
- Oskar Hille: Castles and Palaces in Upper Austria , 2nd edition 1992, p. 106
- Norbert Grabherr : Castles and Palaces in Upper Austria , 3rd edition 1976, pp. 196–198
- Norbert Grabherr: Historical-topographical manual of the fortifications and mansions of Upper Austria , 1975, p. 85
- Heimatverein and community of Luftenberg an der Donau: Heimatbuch Luftenberg an der Donau , 1997
- Parish St. Georgen an der Gusen: 700 years of the Church of St. Georg in St. Georgen ad Gusen - Parish Book , St. Georgen 1988
- Erhard Wansch: Luftenberg an der Donau - Living and feeling comfortable on the outskirts of Linz , in: Association for the publication of a district home book Perg - Communities of the district Perg: Our home - The district Perg , 1995
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Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′ 11.9 " N , 14 ° 24 ′ 40.5" E