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Location: Rossatz-Arnsdorf, Bezirk Krems, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

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3. Dürnstein Pulpit – Ruins of Dürnstein Castle loop from Scheibenhof

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Paul

December 14, 2023

The town hall, Dürnstein
From 1547 onwards, the town hall was set up in a late Gothic house in the centre of the town and rebuilt in the Renaissance style in 1563. The inner courtyard with the picturesque staircase to the town hall is a popular photo subject.
Text / Source: Dürnstein Municipality, 3601 Dürnstein, No. 25
duernstein.at/ueber-duernstein/historische-gebaeude

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Paul

December 14, 2023

Dürnstein History
During the 11th century, the Kuenringers came to Austria from the Bavarian-Saxon region and received large areas around Eggenburg and Gobelsburg as imperial fiefs.
In the service of the Austrian Babenberg sovereign, they acquired a large part of the Waldviertel. The Tegernsee monastery in Bavaria appointed them as bailiffs over the monastery's properties in the Wachau.
Asso von Kuenring acquired the area around today's Dürnstein, and his grandson Hadmar I fortified the rock above the Danube for the first time.
In 1192/93, the English King Richard I the Lionheart was imprisoned in the Kuenringer castle on behalf of the Babenberger Leopold V. A share of Richard's ransom, which went to the Kuenringers, enabled the castle and town of Dürnstein to be expanded and flourished in the 13th and 14th centuries.
In the division of inheritance between the Kuenringer brothers Leuthold III and Johann I in 1347, the new town was referred to as a town for the first time. In this year, Dürnstein was probably granted town rights by Johann I, and the residents are referred to as citizens.
The town of Dürnstein was not awarded its coat of arms until 1476 by Emperor Friedrich III.
Text / Source: Dürnstein Municipality, 3601 Dürnstein, No. 25
duernstein.at/ueber-duernstein/geschichte

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