Top 8 Castles around Meggenhofen

Legend of Irnharting Two damsels were riding out in 1329 and got lost in the woods west of Gunskirchen. They asked God for help and promised to build a small church. But soon they were found and saved. In gratitude, her father had a small church built and a magnificent castle next to it.

The Aistersheim moated castle is one of the most beautiful in Upper Austria. The entire castle stands on a myriad of wooden pilots and is completely surrounded by water. Two massive wooden bridges lead to the two large entrance gates. Although it was actually a defensive structure that has been besieged several times throughout history, the builders managed to create one of the finest examples of late Renaissance architecture. A visit or an inspection of this beautiful building is worthwhile!

Irnharting Castle is two kilometers west of Gunskirchen. The castle consisting of two parts was built in a large square pond on two islands in it. The front chateau with the tower was connected to the rear building by a bridge. The buildings on the front island were grouped around a courtyard that was open on one side, namely the one that faced the other island with its castle building. Located on the former front island, the complex is a three-wing structure. The tower, the base of which has been converted into a gate hall, stands almost in the middle of the front wing and is still the only entrance to the palace today, since the pond in the form of a wide, water-bearing ditch has been preserved here. A brick bridge spans the moat in front of the gate tower. The second castle complex, formerly also a horseshoe-shaped complex, was closed and covered by modifications and is now the actual inhabited castle. The drained pond floor is significantly lower than the level of the former islands and the adjacent corridors, but the grassy ground is continuous wet and even swampy in places.

The outer form of today's castle building goes back to Truchsess Jakob (1546-1589) and his wife Johanna (1548-1613). In the years that followed, they had it rebuilt from scratch in place of the one that had been destroyed by a chimney fire in 1578 and, as Zimmer's chronicle says, "a bewildered building made of wood and frame work". In the powerful, regular four-wing complex with the protruding corner towers, contemporary demands for living comfort and representation could finally be realized. The functional rooms were on the ground floor, the guest apartments were on the first floor and above them the living quarters of the count's couple. The highlight of a series of representative rooms is the main hall on the second floor of the west wing, the knight's hall, at the end of the main staircase rising from the portal hall. In front of this are the banquet hall and the picture room in the north wing. The building did not last long. On December 28, 1646, the troops of the Swedish Field Marshal Wrangel set it on fire during one of their campaigns through the Uplands. Although parts of the castle were preserved, the top floor in particular - and thus the main floor - went up in flames. The beginning of the reconstruction work was delayed until 1651 due to the hardship of the post-war period. The decisive phase in the furnishing of the representative rooms fell between 1691 and 1700. The leadership in the redesign of the representative rooms, both in terms of the stucco and the equipment As for sculptures, it was in the hands of the sculptor and plasterer Balthasar Krimmer (1653-1702) from Wangen. Drastic structural changes took place in the first half of the 18th century, when the guest apartments on the first floor were redesigned in Rococo style. In the late 19th century, a series of dining rooms were designed in keeping with the taste of the time. At that time, the palace chapel also received its neo-Gothic appearance. With the completion of the Gothic room, the adjoining rooms and the corridor at the end of the 19th century, the conversion work at Wolfegg Castle was complete.

The castle is only open to guests twice a year for major international concert series. Guided tours are also offered here. The royal family lives in the palace.

The moated castle of Würting was first mentioned in documents as early as 814 as a Romanesque farm, and is therefore the first documented reference to the community of Offenhausen. The owners of the moated castle have always been the determining force for the market town of Offenhausen. After an eventful history, the area went to Jörg Perkheimer in 1455, who had today's moated castle built from 1462. It is also thanks to the people of Perkheim that Offenhausen received market rights in 1534. After a few changes of ownership in the 17th and 19th centuries, the castle was in a pitiable condition when it was sold again in 1921. The new owner Heinrich Gutman therefore had the castle completely renovated and refurbished. During the Nazi era, Würting was an SA school, and the valuable facility disappeared at that time. After the end of World War II, refugees were billeted until 1952, when the Gutman family returned the property. However, the decay was already far advanced, and so the castle changed hands several times until 1975, when it was finally bought by the paleontologist Dr. Schaffer was bought. It now houses his collection. Unfortunately, Dr. Schaffer did not manage to stop the decay, and so the castle, which is not open to the public, is still left to decay today.

Irnharting Castle is two kilometers west of Gunskirchen.

From 2012 to 2015 I rented a tower apartment with my wife Hund zwei and two cats and it was not expensive at all. Approx. 850.- / including operating costs. I don't know what it looks like now. In any case, it was an adventure of a lifetime