The castle in Wolkersdorf is very nicely situated on a pond and next to a park. There are also a few hammocks in the park where you can safely take a nice break on longer tours.
According to documents, the castle was taken over by Dietrich von Pillichsdorf in 1320 as a permanent house together with the Prun(n) estate. After wars with the Turks, the fortress house fell into desolation around 1529.
"'Marchfeld's weir', 'place of escape for the residents', a 'real fortress' are names for the castle in medieval documents. In the 15th century the castle was known as a moated …
That's Don Quixote. The stand once at the foot of the pretty first (if not first) wind turbine in front of the town entrance Wolkersdorf and fought his fight against the windmills.
According to a document from 1287, the area was a fiefdom of the Lords of Eslarn. The property went to Baron von Teufel in 1579. In an engraving by Georg …