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Hardegg Castle

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Location: Hardegg, Hollabrunn, Weinviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

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1. Hardegg Castle – Hardegg loop from Langau

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2. Retz Main Square – View of Hardegg Castle loop from Retz

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3. Hardegg Castle – View of the Thaya Valley loop from Unterretzbach

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04:46

1,060m

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CEYOND

October 17, 2021

In 145, Hardegg was first mentioned in a certificate from Elisabeth von Schleunz, and “Otto de Hardeck” is cited as a witness to the donation. But before that there was already a small weir system. The first owners were the Counts of Plain and Hardegg.

After this family died out, the castle had different owners such as the Magdeburg-Hardegger. Among them, the castle was expanded significantly until it was one of the largest in the country. A tower, a hall and a chapel were built. The castle served as the administrative center of the County of Hardegg, which can be traced back to 1294. [Note. 1] Towards the end of the 15th century, the County of Hardegg was directly part of the empire. The power of the lords of the castle was based on numerous knightly followers in the surrounding areas; The main towns in the county administered from Hardegg were Pulkau and Retz, which was founded between 1280/1305. After the death of the childless Michael, Count of Hardegg and Burgrave of Magdeburg, the castle passed into the possession of the Habsburgs, who in 1499 passed it to the Magdeburg heirs, the Prüschenk brothers, Baron von Stettenberg, hereditary taverns ob der Enns and Truchsessen in the Styria, pass on. At the same time, the two were appointed Imperial Counts of Hardegg and Machland. In 1501 Ulrich von Hardegg acquired the county of Glatz from his later brothers-in-law, Albrecht, Karl and Georg von Münsterberg, and thus also the title of Count of Glatz. In 1502 Heinrich and Sigmund received the silver right to mint.

In the middle of the 17th century the castle changed hands again and came into the possession of the Counts Khevenhüller, who from 1730 took their main residence at Riegersburg Castle. Since then the castle has hardly been inhabited and fell into disrepair. When the city of Hardegg burned in 1764, the residents were allowed to use stones and wood from the castle to rebuild their houses.

From 1878 Johann-Carl von Khevenhüller, who also became known as a fighter of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico against the troops of the Republican Mexican government, had the fortress rebuilt and a family crypt built under the castle chapel. The plans for this came from Carl Gangolf Kayser, who was the imperial court architect in Mexico from 1864–1867. A museum was set up in the castle in honor of Emperor Maximilian.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Hardegg

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September 22, 2022

Top location above the Thaya

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Seaside Rendezvouz

May 11, 2024

The border between Austria and Moravia has always run through the middle of the Thaya – probably the reason for the construction of the castle.

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Location: Hardegg, Hollabrunn, Weinviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

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1. Hardegg Castle – Hardegg loop from Langau

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