Oberhöflein Castle

Oberhöflein Castle
	Oberhöflein Castle
Creation time :	16th Century
Castle type :	Niederungsburg : moated castle
Conservation status:	Received or received substantial parts
Place:	Oberhöflein (community of Weitersfeld)
Geographical location	48 ° 47 '59.9 " N , 15 ° 44' 27.1" E Coordinates: 48 ° 47 '59.9 " N , 15 ° 44' 27.1" E

The Oberhöflein Castle , a former moated castle is a four-wing building with two tall towers in Oberhöflein (municipality Weitersfeld) in the district of Horn in Lower Austria . It is a listed building and is in a very poor condition (2016).

history

Oberhöflein Castle was first mentioned in the 13th century. In 1578 it was owned by Andreas Kielman von Kielmannsegg. In 1658 the castle was bought by Ernst Ferdinand Freiherr von Breuner. Conversions were carried out in the 16th century and in 1724 by Matthias Freiherr von Suttner. Since then it has been owned by the Barons von Suttner . In 1945, among other things, the hall was damaged by fire.

Building description

Southeast view of the castle

Outside

The castle is still surrounded by a moat, over which a stone bridge leads to the gate. The arched portal in the gate tower is decorated with a sundial. At the north-west corner there is a second, square tower. There are Renaissance arcades on three sides of the courtyard. The farm building and the Gasthaus zum Schwarzen Adler are located next to the castle.

Inside

A south-east room shows illusionistic wall paintings by Johann Bergl and Martin von Molitor around 1770. Schweickhardt mentions the existence of an earlier secret passage to the inn.

Surroundings

Neighboring castles and palaces are the Neudegg ruins , Therasburg Castle and Fronsburg Castle .

literature

Eva Berger: Historical Gardens of Austria: Lower Austria, Burgenland , Vol. 1. Böhlau Verlag Vienna, 2002, ISBN 3-205-99305-5 .
Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Lower Austria north of the Danube. Edited by Evelyn Benesch, Bernd Euler-Rolle u. a. Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0652-2 , p. 814ff.
Franz Xavier Joseph Schweickhardt: Representation of the Archduchy of Austria under the Ens: through a comprehensive description of all ruins, castles, lordships, cities, markets, villages, Rotten & c & c. topographical-statistical-genealogical-historical edit. and ranked according to the four existing districts. Ober-Manhardsberg district . 1840, p. 148 Google Ebook

Web links

Commons : Schloss Oberhöflein - collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry about Schloss Oberhöflein on Lower Austria Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era, University of Salzburg
Entry on Schloss Oberhöflein in the Austria Forum
Entry via Schloss Oberhöflein to Burgen-Austria

Individual evidence

^ Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Lower Austria north of the Danube. Edited by Evelyn Benesch, Bernd Euler-Rolle u. a. Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0652-2 , p. 814ff.

[1] Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Lower Austria north of the Danube. Edited by Evelyn Benesch, Bernd Euler-Rolle u. a. Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0652-2 , p. 814ff.