Stein Castle (St. Marien)
The Stein Castle was located in the district of the same name of today's St. Marien municipality in the Linz-Land district in Upper Austria .
history
The castle was the seat of the Lords of Stein. When Imbrich, Bishop of Würzburg, at the request of Friedrich von Rot, declared the bridge in Wels toll-free for hikers in 1140, an Albuin von Stein and his son Pezelin are mentioned among the witnesses. Albero de Steine was there when Margrave Otakar III. von Steyr confirmed the possessions of Garsten Abbey . Margrave Otakar IV of Steyr confirmed in 1180 a contract between the Garsten monastery and Heinrich Tunchenstein and his wife Liutgard, who was a daughter of Reinher von Stein. A Merboto von Stein settled a dispute between Kremsmünster Abbey and several of its ministerials in 1200 . Between 1236 and 1266 an Ernest von Stein appears several times as a witness in various documents. In 1272, a document from St. Florian Monastery lists Friedrich von Stein and his son Leopold. The last of this family was probably a Dietmar von Stein (around 1356).
Castle Stein had already come into the possession of Friedrich Kerschberger von dem Stein between 1304 and 1334. The Kerschberger were feudal people of the Volkensdorfer. From the brothers Marchard and Ortlof Kerschberger, Stein came to the Kuenburg family by inheritance . In 1361 a Friedrich der Kuenburger sealed the contract on the distribution of property between Friedrich and Heinrich von Wallsee. Katharina, daughter of Heinrich Kerschberger and widow of the Kuenburger, married Engelhard Gruber zu Luftenberg for the second time. In 1444 she was widowed for the second time. In 1490 Siegmund Kuenburger had to provide two rescue vehicles for the siege of the Tettauer Schanze at Stein bei Weißenberg. This Siegmund had three daughters. Of these, Juliana married Ulrich von Perkheim zu Hofeck in 1508, Anna in 1527 with Hans Fuetersass and Margarete in 1527 with Alexander Göttinger zu Haiding. Michael Kuenburger married Johanna Grosser, widow after Siegmund Stainböck in 1520. It is not exactly known when the Kuenburgers lost their possession to Stein.
The Volkensdorfer followed the Kuenburger . In 1598 Wolf Wilhelm von Volkensdorf received Stein as a fief from Emperor Rudolf II . After the death of Wolf Wilhelm von Volkensdorf in 1620, Stein came to the general Count Johann t'Serclaes von Tilly . Around 1715 the castle was rebuilt. Stein remained in this family until 1730. The last t'Serklaes was Ferdinand Laurenz Franz Xaver t'Serklaes, who died in 1724. His sister Maria Anna Katharina, wife of Anton d. Ä. from Montfort, started. In 1730 she sold stone to Johann Josef Clement Anton Freiherrn von und zu Weichs. His widow, Freiin Ludovica von Weichs, came into the possession of Stein in 1757 and sold the Stein estate in 1764 to the provost Engelbert of the St. Florian monastery .
The property belonging to Stein was dismembered and sold in the first half of the 19th century. In 1848 the castle was demolished except for a house and a stable building. Part of it went to the Wagner family, which was followed by the Aumayr in 1910.
Stein Castle today
The Palas of Schloss Stein was a three-story building with an attached two-story outbuilding. The castle stood by a pond.
Today only one farm yard, which has been partially renovated, is all that remains of Stein . In front of the building there is a small lake, a remnant of the former pond. In the village, memories of other buildings belonging to the castle, such as the former forge, are still alive.
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 .
- Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria then and now . Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Sons, Horn 1975, ISBN 3-85028-023-3 .
- Alfred Rolleder: Local history of Steyr. Historical-topographical representation of the political districts of Steyr city and country. 1894. (Reprint: Wilhelm Ennsthaler, Steyr 1975, ISBN 3-85068-045-2 )
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Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 16.6 ″ N , 14 ° 17 ′ 17.6 ″ E