Pitten Castle
Pitten Castle , also called Pitten Castle , is a former hilltop castle in the market town of Pitten in Lower Austria, which was converted into a hunting lodge in the 19th century .
history
A castle was probably built in the middle of the 11th century on the site of an old rampart on the mountain spur above the Pitten parish church, secured by trenches and palisades . Of this once fortified complex, which was first mentioned in a document in 1094 and is also mentioned in the Nibelungenlied , only images exist today. In its dominant position, the castle secured the border to Hungary, but was captured and destroyed by Matthias Corvinus in 1482 after four years of siege. When supplies were running low, legend has it that Wolfgang Teufel Pfleger von Pitten sent the Hungarian king his last rabbits, bread and wine to show that his storage cellar was still full, whereupon Corvinus first broke off the siege and only destroyed it after seeing through the ruse. In recognition of this, Wolfgang von Pitten received the Pitten Corvinus cup , which is now owned by the municipality of Pitten. The facility, which was then rebuilt and enlarged, withstood the Turks in 1529 and 1683.
modification
Around 1840 a profound renovation took place and in 1884 a further extension with residential wings, whereby the castle-like character was lost. Only in the west are the remains of a high medieval ashlar wall preserved. The current hunting lodge served primarily as a base for stately hunting parties and came to the House of Parma / Habsburg in 1883 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pitten Castle on wehrbauten.at
- ^ Castle - The "Veste Pitten" on pitten.gv.at
- ↑ Pitten Castle at burgen-austria.com
Coordinates: 47 ° 42 ′ 59.3 " N , 16 ° 11 ′ 26.1" E