Steegen Castle
The Castle Steegen is located in the municipality of Steegen in Grieskirchen in Hausruckviertel of Upper Austria.
history
The Edelgut zu Steegen is mentioned in a chronicle as early as the eleventh century. Steegen Castle was first mentioned in a document in 1371. At that time, the owners were the Hieber; How these came into the possession of Steegen is unknown. What is known, however, is the sale in 1696 by Johann Achaz Hieber to Count Heinrich Johann von Strattmann. When he died, he had no children entitled to inheritance and so Steegen fell to the Strattmann line of Peuerbach. After the dissolution of the Peuerbach Fideikommiss in 1825, Steegen was broken out of the property complex and was freely sold. From 1826 to 1930 Steegen was owned by the Eisterer family. The Steegen Castle Brewery was also housed here between 1831 and 1882. The Raiffeisenbank Peuerbach , which was founded in 1923 as the “Steegen Advance Fund Association for the Parish Peuerbach-Land”, was located in Steegen Castle and Brewery until 1928.
Steegen Castle today
In 1956, through renovations, Steegen Castle became the St. Pius Caritas Institute (Piusheim); in September 1957 the first 20 children with disabilities were admitted to St. Pius. Steegen Castle is now owned by the Diocesan Episcopal Aid Fund. Today 250 adults, young people and children with disabilities are accommodated there.
literature
- 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 .
Web links
- Steegen Castle on Burgenkunde.at
- Historical development of the Raiffeisenbank Peuerbach
- Caritas Upper Austria - Pius Heim
- Historical development of the Johann Eisterer State School on the Caritas site in St. Pius
Coordinates: 48 ° 20 ′ 29.1 ″ N , 13 ° 45 ′ 55.9 ″ E