ザンクトアントンアンデアヘスニッツの洞窟・トップ7

A nice S1 trail, only the start is a bit tricky. It has a large left turn in a meadow.

A beautiful little town with a church and a castle. The north-south long-distance hiking trail 05 and the Roman road 651 pass through here.

Purgstall Castle is privately owned and unfortunately not open to the public. The castle dates back to a Roman site. Today we find various architectural styles in it. The castle courtyard with its chapel built in 1220 is particularly picturesque.

Castle with rectory A Maganus de Churnperge is mentioned around 1130. His castle has long since completely disappeared, but was located on the site of the later dean's office or castle. The last woman from Kirnberg was Judith, the daughter of Otto von Kirnberg, who still appears in documents in 1208. The new owners, the Lords of Plankenstein, then had the castle, which is referred to as such in 1338, partially demolished and today's parish church built in its place. More about the story: http://www.burgen-austria.com/archive.php?id=1428

We stayed overnight in the castle on our long-distance hike from Hungary to Switzerland. We were impressed by the stylish room (do you say room in a castle?) and the good dinner. We can highly recommend this castle.

Plankenstein Castle was lovingly restored over decades of work by Peter Trimbacher since 1975 and by its new owner Erich Podstatny since 2010. The castle has a tavern and a hotel with exceptional rooms! Ask for a tower room! You will be amazed! My room was rather simple, but had direct access to the large sun terrace with a mountain panorama. I enjoyed it: the sun, the view, the sunset and at night the stars and the Milky Way. However, the castle can not only be visited by hotel guests. Tours are at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. It is noticeable that a lot of ceramic works of art and terracotta figures by the artist Melanie Hell can be seen in the castle. Please be sure to visit the playground and the large tournament area behind the castle. All of this is freely accessible. It is also noteworthy that there are two steeply sloping cliffs behind the castle. The very first castle was built on the rock that is closer to the castle. It was actually just a fortified house. However, it did not last long because there was a rockfall. Therefore, the current castle was moved further forward. Behind the castle there is an old steel bridge with riveted trusses. This bridge was dismantled in Melk and rebuilt by Mr. Podstatny between the tournament square and the former castle rock.

Stage destination of my bike tour, with overnight stay at the castle. Everything was excellent. Rooms, tavern with good food and of course the castle itself is worth seeing, including the extensive grounds (be sure to walk in the direction of the tournament). https://www.burgplankenstein.at/

The castle is privately owned and cannot be visited, only part of the castle park is open to the public. Story: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Purgstall