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Streitwiesen Castle

Name: Streitwiesen Castle
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Location: Weiten, Bezirk Melk, Mostviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

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Wolfgang STB

November 17, 2023

The first castle on the hill on the left bank of the Weitenbach consisted of a square residential tower built in 1140, just over 8 meters long on a side, with four residential floors and a fifth fortified upper floor. At the foot of the small mountain hill was the free-standing, ashlar-walled Romanesque chapel of St. Pancras. In terms of its basic structure, the castle of the Lords of "Stritwisen", first mentioned in 1144, corresponded to the ancestral home of a then wealthy and respected ministerial family. The Streitwieser belonged to one of the most respected noble families in early Austria, related to a family that was one of the Babenbergs' closest entourage . One of them jousted with Ulrich von Liechtenstein in Vienna in 1227, another was in the court of the last Babenberg woman, Queen Margarethe, and stood at her deathbed at Krumau Castle. The Streitwieser's rule, to which they later acquired that of the neighboring Mollenburgers, originally lay with the Weiten market in the territory of the county of Weitenegg-Persenbieg. It was only in the 13th century that people in the Weitental felt they belonged to Babenberg Austria. After the Streitwieser people died out in the 14th century, their property fell into many hands. The castle fell into disrepair under the Sinzendorfers, who united it with the Pöggstall rule.

The castle ruins have been owned by the federal government since 1972 to build and maintain an Austrian youth castle and have been partially restored.

More about the story:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jugendburg_Streitwiesen

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Location: Weiten, Bezirk Melk, Mostviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

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