Waidhofen Castle on the Thaya
The Waidhofen an der Thaya Castle stands as a former castle on the eastern nose on the promontory of the town fortifications Waidhofen an der Thaya at the turn of the Vienna street in the township Waidhofen an der Thaya in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria . The castle is a listed building ( list entry ).
history
Ortolfus de Waidehouven was mentioned in a document in 1171 . The castle became sovereign around 1220 and after 1341 was pledged to different owners. In 1604 it was sold to the Barons of Mollart , in 1621 to Sprinzenstein , 1679 to the Counts of Lamberg , and in 1737 to the Barons of Gudenus .
There was construction activity in the middle of the 16th century. In 1770, a largely new building was carried out over the old core according to plans by the builder Andreas Zach .
architecture
A palace park connects to the north of the late baroque four-wing building. The former Wienertor on the south-west corner was removed.
The shape of the highly standardized, two-storey, tile-roofed rectangular complex is aligned with the terrain through the basement and a slight bend in the southern front. The grooved ground floor has chamfered windows. On the upper floor, the window axes are accentuated by fields and cantilevered doors , and a surrounding cornice can be seen. The castle is accessible in the south through a segment arch portal in a portal block with stepping stones. The lower part of a former tower is included in the northeast.
In the passage there is a coat of arms stone Sprinzenstein from 1659.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube 1990 . Waidhofen an der Thaya, Schloss, pp. 1225–1226.
Web links
- Entry via Schloss Waidhofen an der Thaya to Burgen-Austria
- Entry about Waidhofen on Lower Austria Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era, University of Salzburg
Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 55.5 ″ N , 15 ° 17 ′ 22.6 ″ E