Partenstein Castle
The Partenstein Castle or the Partenstein half ruin is located in the district of the same name in the municipality of Kirchberg ob der Donau in the Rohrbach district of Upper Austria above the Great Mühl .
history
The reign of Partenstein belonged to the Passau bishopric . Partenstein is mentioned for the first time in 1262, when the Passau bishop Otto von Lonsdorf pledged the property for the wedding equipment of the Kunigunde von Goldeck with Pilgrim von Tannberg . Then the castle came to the Harrachs as pledge . These also held the castle hat. In 1338 Wernhart der Harracher was called, his son Peter from 1360 to 1372. Peter the Urleinsberger followed as the Passau caretaker until 1390. Around 1400 Partenstein was pledged to Engelbert den Gruber auf dem Stein, a brother-in-law of the Harracher family, but redeemed again by Bishop Georg von Hohenlohe in 1421. Until 1489 the rule was again administered by carers (1443 to 1453 by Jörg dem Schenk, around 1489 by Hanns Staininger). In 1489 the castle was given to Oswald Hasler for loyal service for life as a personal treasure by Bishop Friedrich von Öttingen , after which it fell back to Passau.
In 1529 all episcopal administrations ( Tannberg , Velden and Partenstein) in the Mühlviertel were relocated to Marsbach . The other smaller administrations were given up, including Partenstein. A Kraxenmacher lived on Partenstein until 1556 . As can be seen in the engraving by Georg Matthäus Vischer from 1674, Partenstein was already in ruins at that time . A tower and the part of the house connected by an archway were still poorly covered, other parts were already without a roof.
In 1677 a "Herberg im Schloss" was mentioned in a document in the still existing part of the castle. Around 1789, during and after the construction of a failure flood and a wooden rake for the Schwarzenberg canal running under the castle, an inn for the floodplain workers ("Schlößlwirt") was set up in the remains of the castle. The last Gschlößlwirt, Franz Kastner, died in Aschach in 1922.
Castle or castle ruin Partenstein today
Since the building materials of the castle were used for later reconstructions and repairs to the parts that still exist today, the former building stock is difficult to recognize. The former main tower in the east was removed except for a short wall. The front part of the tower may have served residential purposes in the past. The longitudinal building adjoining it across the corner, perhaps a former utility wing, is at least old at ground level. An old cistern is still available today for water supply. The former curtain wall , however, no longer exists.
In 1919, Oberösterreichische Kraftwerke AG acquired the castle and the surrounding grounds in order to build the Partenstein storage power plant, which was opened in 1924. The plant manager of the power plant, Mr. Schlögl, set up a small local history museum in the Schlösschen in 1957 . Today the facility is privately owned and can no longer be visited.
literature
- Georg Clam Martinic: Castles and palaces in Austria. Landesverlag in Veritas Verlag, Linz 1991, ISBN 3-85001-679-1 .
- Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home . 3. Edition. Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1976, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .
- Georg Grüll : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria, Volume 2: Innviertel and Alpine foothills . Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1964.
- Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria then and now . Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Sons, Horn 1975, ISBN 3-85028-023-3 .
- Christian K. Steingruber : A critical consideration of the historical-topographical manual of the fortifications and mansions of Upper Austria . Upper Austrian Provincial Archives , Linz 2013.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ′ 55.6 ″ N , 13 ° 59 ′ 6.7 ″ E