Ochsenburg Castle

Ochsenburg Castle
Ochsenburg Castle today
Creation time :	circa 14th century
Conservation status:	Received or received substantial parts
Place:	St. Polten
Geographical location	48 ° 7 '51 "  N , 15 ° 38' 2"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 7 '51 "  N , 15 ° 38' 2"  E
Height:	331  m above sea level A.

The ox Castle is a castle in St. Pölten . It stands on an approximately 30 meter high ledge on the right bank of the Traisen in the southernmost St. Pölten district of Ochsenburg .

history

The medieval castle of Mr. Ochsenburger was converted into a palace in the style of the Renaissance in the course of the 16th century . The baroque south wing was probably only built around 1698 under Jakob Prandtauer . In the 18th century, the Nikolauskapelle in the castle was redesigned, here Martin Johann Schmidt played a major role.

From 1383 to 1530 the castle was owned by the canons of St. Pölten . In 1699 it was bought again by the monastery under provost Christoph Müller. In the course of the Josephine reforms , the St. Pölten monastery was dissolved in 1784 and the castle was added to the Lower Austrian religious fund. In 1785 the newly established diocese of St. Pölten received the right of use. During the Second World War the castle was used as a hospital and then fell into disrepair. Since the renovation, the castle has served the St. Pölten bishops as a summer residence. In 2010 it became known that the diocese of St. Pölten is offering Ochsenburg Castle for sale for around three million euros. Since no buyer could be found by mid-2011, it was announced that the castle would be renovated and could be rented for celebrations. However, a buyer is still being sought.

The castle and the manor directly to the east are under monument protection.

gallery

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  The Ochsenburg Bridge in front of the Ochsenburg Castle

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  The entrance of the castle

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  Ochsenburg Castle in 1672, engraving by Georg Matthäus Vischer

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  Ochsenburg in 1750, engraving by Aquilin Hacker

literature

• Thomas Karl among others: The art monuments of the city of St. Pölten and its incorporated villages , chapter Ochsenburg - Castle . 1999, ISBN 3-85028-310-0 , pp. 462-470.
• Georg Clam Martinic : Castles and palaces in Austria - from Vorarlberg to Burgenland . Tosa Verlag, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-85001-679-1 , p. 166.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Ochsenburg (St. Pölten)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry via Ochsenburg to Burgen-Austria
• Castle lore
• Entry on Ochsenburg Castle in the Austria Forum  (in the Heimatlexikon)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bishop wants to get rid of summer residence on orf.at, January 22, 2010
2. ↑ bridal dress up in Bishop's Castle . In: Kurier , online edition, May 30, 2011
3. ^ Lower Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento of September 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF), ( CSV ( Memento of September 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )). Federal Monuments Office , as of June 9, 2017.