Turkish fall
| Turkish fall | ||
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 Artificial ruin of the Turks Fall |
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| Creation time : | 1824 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 40 '46 " N , 16 ° 8' 12" E | |
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The Türkensturz is a steep rock face and artificial ruin in Gleißenfeld near Seebenstein in the Bucklige Welt in Lower Austria .
The name comes from the time of the Turkish Wars , especially from the years 1529 ( First Turkish siege of Vienna ) and 1532, when the Turks were in the Pittental . There is no precise record of the origin of the name, but there are numerous sagas and legends surrounding the origin. One of the legends tells that a Turkish troop who are said to have belonged to Kasim Bey's warriors , rode after a girl. When this jumped aside in front of the abyss, the riders fell from the rock face. In another version of the same legend, this girl is the Virgin Mary , who suddenly disappeared before the abyss and thus lured the greedy Turks to perdition.
Close to the abyss was Prince Johann I von Liechtenstein 1824, the artificial ruin Türkensturz build. Today the area around the ruins is a popular excursion area and part of the Seebenstein-Türkensturz nature park . The rock face is a striking landmark on the south motorway .
Web links
- Entry on the fall of the Turks in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
- Old walls
- The fall of the Turks near Seebenstein on haben.at
- Maria Sterkl: The fall of the Turks. In: TIME. August 18, 2011, accessed August 19, 2011 .
- Simon Hadler: Seebenstein, Türkensturz In: www.tuerkengedaechtnis.oeaw.ac.at, July 9, 2012