Matzen Castle (Matzen-Raggendorf)

Matzen Castle
Place:	Matzen - Raggendorf, Austria
Geographical location	48 ° 24 '15.4 " N , 16 ° 41' 41.5" E Coordinates: 48 ° 24 '15.4 " N , 16 ° 41' 41.5" E
Height:	219 m above sea level A.

Façade of the southeast wing and the eastern front of the main wing

The Schloss Matzen is in the Lower Austrian municipality of matzo Raggendorf .

The medieval castle was probably built at the same time as Matzen was founded in the 12th century. From 1551 in the possession of the Barons von Herberstein the castle was converted into a renaissance castle.

Today's castle is the result of these modern building measures, in particular the renovations by the Fünfkirchen family , who owned the castle between 1629 and 1700. By marriage, Matzen went to the Kinsky family . Christian Joseph Graf Kinsky (1776–1835) carried out another renovation in 1827 in order to transform the palace into a neo-Gothic castle with small towers and battlements in the Romantic style . Paul Graf Kinsky sold Matzen in 1931 to the Löw family, whose company Gustav and Wilhelm Löw were active in the alcohol production, for which many agricultural areas were leased in the area. At the end of the Second World War, it was looted and then fell into disrepair.

From 1966 to 1989 the castle was a branch of the Museum of Ethnology . The high-lying, irregular assembly with an arcade courtyard, three-story main building, crenellated walls and square tower is today in a structurally deplorable condition.

Web links

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

Entry about Schloss Matzen in Lower Austria Castles online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
Entry via Matzen (Marchfeld) on Burgen-Austria

Individual evidence

^ Defense structures in Austria
↑ Entry about Schloss Matzen in Lower Austria Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
↑ Christian Josef KINSKY from WCHINITZ and TETTAU. Comte Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau. In: gw1.geneanet.org. Family tree Jean Herv FAVRE - GeneaNet, accessed July 26, 2020 .
↑ Temporary castle lords: The Löw family in Matzen, Lower Austria by Tina Walzer on juden.at.
↑ An overview of the history of the Weltmuseum Wien. (PDF) In: weltmuseumwien.at. Retrieved July 26, 2020 .
^ Etta Becker-Donner: The branches of the Museum of Ethnology: Schloss Matzen and Kartause Gaming (Lower Austria). In: Austria's museums introduce themselves. 1973, pp. 39–42 (entire article p. 39–47, PDF on ZOBODAT ).
^ Castle owners am Wort , NÖN February 12, 2016

[1] Defense structures in Austria

[2] Entry about Schloss Matzen in Lower Austria Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg

[3] Christian Josef KINSKY from WCHINITZ and TETTAU. Comte Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau. In: gw1.geneanet.org. Family tree Jean Herv FAVRE - GeneaNet, accessed July 26, 2020 .

[4] Temporary castle lords: The Löw family in Matzen, Lower Austria by Tina Walzer on juden.at.

[5] An overview of the history of the Weltmuseum Wien. (PDF) In: weltmuseumwien.at. Retrieved July 26, 2020 .

[6] Etta Becker-Donner: The branches of the Museum of Ethnology: Schloss Matzen and Kartause Gaming (Lower Austria). In: Austria's museums introduce themselves. 1973, pp. 39–42 (entire article p. 39–47, PDF on ZOBODAT ).

[7] Castle owners am Wort , NÖN February 12, 2016