Wocking moated castle
| Wocking moated castle | ||
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 Remnants at a moat |
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| Creation time : | Mentioned in 1165 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, small remains | |
| Place: | Wohlfahrtsbrunn - Wocking | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 9 '53.1 " N , 15 ° 11' 57.9" E | |
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The Wasserburg Wocking is an Outbound Wasserburg southeast edge of the village Wocking in Wohlfahrtsbrunn in the municipality Bergland in the district of Melk in Lower Austria . The remains of the castle are under monument protection ( list entry ).
The Wocking seat is documented from 1165 onwards. The facility was inhabited until 1832.
description
The polygonal core is surrounded by a moat . Lining walls can still be seen on the inside of the trench spanned by a bridge with a dam and a weir .
literature
- Falko Daim (Ed.): Castles - Mostviertel . 1st edition. Freytag & Berndt Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-7079-1041-4 , pp. 69-71.
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . Bergland, Wohlfahrtsbrunn, Wocking. P. 249.
Web links
Commons : Wasserburg Wocking - Collection of images, videos and audio files
