Niederfladnitz Castle

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The Niederfladnitz Castle in Niederfladnitz (Lower Austria) is located on the Thayatal road B 30 west of Retz in the forest area .

history

In 1279 an Otto de Vlednitzer is mentioned. In 1425, Duke Albrecht the V leaves the rule of Kaja, to which Niederfladnitz also belongs, to Ulrich von Eyczing .

At the beginning of the 16th century, the Eyczingers moved their residence from Kaja Castle to Niederfladnitz. To this end, they had the manor house expanded and made more homely. However, they saw the castle more as an administrative center than a representative building. In 1615 Niederfladnitz was inherited from the Trautson family as part of the Kaja rule. She also sees an administrative headquarters in the building and not a residence.

In 1775 the Auersperg family inherited the estate with Niederfladnitz Castle and Kaja Castle. Prince Karl Auersperg-Trautson (1750–1822) built a representative hunting lodge near Niederfladnitz with Karlslust around 1800. The old castle remains the administrative seat. After the death of Prince Franz-Joseph Auersperg (1856–1938), the property passed through his daughter Christiane to the Croy family, then to the Waldstein-Wartenberg family . In 1944/45 Jewish forced laborers from Hungary are used to work in agriculture and forestry. The Kaja ruins, Niederfladnitz Castle and Karlslust have been owned by the Waldstein-Wartenberg family since 1945 . Niederfladnitz Castle is partly owned by the Hardegg community.

Surroundings

Neighboring castles are the castle Hardegg , Kaja castle , Schloss Fronsburg and Riegersburg , Schloss Karlslust and the Czech Republic the ruins of Novy Hradek .

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Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′ 47 "  N , 15 ° 53 ′ 46"  E