Neuhaus Castle on the Danube

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Complete overview of the castle with a chain tower on the slope just above the Danube

Schloss Neuhaus an der Donau , also known as Feste Neuhaus or Schloss Neuhaus im Mühlviertel , towers above the village of Untermühl (municipality of Sankt Martin im Mühlkreis ) at the confluence of the Großer Mühl with the Danube , between the Schlögener Schlinge and the market town of Aschach an der Donau .

The facility is privately owned and permanently inhabited. It was renovated in 2007 .

history

On the time in the former castle the opinions of historians differ Neuhaus. It is dated to the 12th or (more likely) 13th century. In the 12th century, there was probably only one permanent house that served the bishops of Passau as a base for falcon hunting. The names of the two scattered settlements Falkenberg and Falkenbach , which are separated by the stream of the same name , also remind of this activity .

Neuhaus on an engraving by Georg Matthäus Vischer , 1674
Old castle
New castle and keep

The oldest component is located in the rear, north-eastern section of the facility and extended to the point where the transverse wing with the clock tower is today. In a second construction phase, the pentagonal tower with a shield wall in front was built in the 14th century . In the third construction phase during the 16th century, the complex was supplemented by a bailey and the old castle from the first construction phase was also rebuilt. A residential wing was built into the shield wall and the ring wall on the Danube side, which is how today's castle was built . By 1729, the fortifications in the south and east were demolished, strengthening the castle-like character.

The Danube could be blocked with a chain from the chain lock tower, which stands below the castle. From the castle, the Danube could be seen from Aschach to almost the Danube loop near Exlau (approx. 8 km).

The Schaunbergers , who were given the responsibility of protecting Danube shipping, appeared as lords of the castle . In the Schaunberg feud , a power struggle between the Schaunbergers and the Austrian Duke Albrecht III. , Neuhaus Castle was successfully defended against the ducal troops in 1381, 1386 and 1389. Despite the military successes, the Schaunberger were ultimately defeated in this dispute and Albrecht III. recognize as liege lord .

In 1481, Duke Georg the Rich of Bavaria-Landshut captured the castle. He died in 1503 without a male heir. After the end of the Landshut War of Succession that broke out , Emperor Maximilian I also claimed Neuhaus Castle as war compensation, among others. As a result, the castle was pledged several times, from 1537 to the Sprinzensteiner . In 1565 the Sprinzensteiner received the castle as a fiefdom, in 1591 as free property. In 1729 the present castle was married to the Counts of Thurn and Taxis . In 1868 Eduard Planck von Planckenburg bought the castle. In 1920 it came to the current owner family Plappart (von Leenheer) through marriage.

literature

  • Norbert Grabherr: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. 3. Edition. OÖ Landesverlag, Linz 1976. P. 264 ff.
  • Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces of Upper Austria. Ennsthaler, Steyr 1992, ISBN 3-85068-323-0 .
  • Johann Nepomuk Hinteröcker: Neuhaus Castle with its immediate surroundings, due to its peculiarities and rarities in fauna and flora, one of the richest districts for nature lovers in Upper Austria, as a contribution to the fauna and flora of this crown land. In: Annual report of the Museum Francisco-Carolinum XXIII. Linz 1863, pp. 93–116, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.

Web links

Commons : Neuhaus Castle on the Danube  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Topographical information on the school history of Neuhaus. In: Mühlviertler Heimatblätter. Volume 4, Linz 1964, p. 90, entire article p. 89–92, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
  2. ↑ Georg Clam Martinic: Austrian Burgenlexikon. Palaces, castles and ruins . A&M, Salzburg 2007, ISBN 3-902397-50-0 , p. 242.

Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ′ 22.7 ″  N , 13 ° 59 ′ 28 ″  E