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Pitten Castle

Name: Pitten Castle
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Location: Pitten, Bezirk Neunkirchen, Lower Austria, Austria

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1. Leitha River at Lanzenkirchen – View of Burg Seebenstein loop from Scheiblingkirchen-Warth

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02:10

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2. View of Burg Seebenstein – Parish Church of Bromberg loop from Kirchberg am Wechsel

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3. Leitha River in Lanzenkirchen – Türkensturz loop from Katzelsdorf

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930m

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Wolfgang STB

April 7, 2024

A castle was probably built in the middle of the 11th century on the site of an old rampart, secured by ditches and palisades, on the mountain spur above the Pitten parish church. Today, only images of this once fortified structure, which was first mentioned in documents in 1094 and is also mentioned in the Nibelungenlied, exist. In its dominant position, the castle secured the border to Hungary, but was nevertheless captured and destroyed by Matthias Corvinus in 1482 after a four-year siege.

The subsequently rebuilt and enlarged structure, however, withstood the Turks in 1529 and 1683. The famous 140 m deep well was commissioned by Johann Christoph Teufel Freiherr zu Gundersdorf. It was dug by hand, as gunpowder was not yet used for blasting at that time.

A major reconstruction took place around 1840 and a further extension with residential wings was added in 1884, although the castle-like character was lost. Only in the west are the remains of a high medieval ashlar wall preserved. The hunting lodge was primarily used as a base for noble hunting parties; it passed to the House of Parma/Habsburg in 1883.

Today the castle is privately owned.

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Location: Pitten, Bezirk Neunkirchen, Lower Austria, Austria

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1. Leitha River at Lanzenkirchen – View of Burg Seebenstein loop from Scheiblingkirchen-Warth

2. View of Burg Seebenstein – Parish Church of Bromberg loop from Kirchberg am Wechsel

3. Leitha River in Lanzenkirchen – Türkensturz loop from Katzelsdorf

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