Top 17 Castles in Bezirk Wiener Neustadt

Schloss Brunn - The striking, three-winged, two-story complex with a characteristic round tower looks back on a centuries-old history that began as a medieval fortress. The most important milestones in its history: • Origin as a moated castle (14th century): The complex was built in the 14th century as a fortified moated castle. It was originally owned by the Teuffenbach family and passed as a fief to the Dukes of Styria in the 15th century. • Frequent changes of ownership (16th to 18th century): Over the following centuries, the noble owners changed regularly. Among others, the castle belonged to the Rappach family (16th and 17th century), later to the Counts of Palm, and the Eissner von und zu Eisenstein family. • The devastating fire and Baroque reconstruction (1708–1711): At the beginning of the 18th century, the complex was largely destroyed by a severe fire. Prince Paul I Esterházy acquired the property and had the castle completely rebuilt in the Baroque style between 1708 and 1711. During this process, the former moat was filled in and replaced by a garden with a representative horse chestnut avenue, remnants of which still exist today. • Destruction in the Second World War (1945): Towards the end of the Second World War, the castle was severely damaged by heavy fighting and subsequent looting. A devastating fire in 1945 completely destroyed the entire historical interior as well as the valuable castle archive. Current status: Today, the estate, which is enclosed by a high garden wall, is privately owned and serves as a private residence as well as the center of an agricultural estate. An interior tour or entering the castle grounds is therefore not possible. However, a view of the historical facade, the Baroque gate, and the round tower can be easily caught from the outside.

The castle ruins of Emmerberg tower over a wooded ridge directly above the entrance to the strategically important Prossetschlucht gorge. The most important milestones in its history: • Founding for border security (around 1160/1170): The castle was built on behalf of the lords of Emmerberg and was first mentioned in documents in 1170. Together with the neighboring Starhemberg castle, it formed an important bulwark on the northern border of the then Carantanian March. • Strategic protective function: In addition to monitoring the passage to the "New World," the facility served as a refuge during enemy incursions and possessed an optical warning system (signal fires) to relay signals as far as Wiener Neustadt. • Change of ownership: After the male line of the Emmerbergers died out in 1455, the fortress changed hands several times and was expanded over the centuries with Gothic and Renaissance additions. • Artificial destruction (from 1760): Its downfall was – similar to Starhemberg – of an economic nature. To avoid the imperial roof tax, the administrator at the time, Heinrich von Heussenstein, had the roof of the fortress demolished in 1760. The structure was thus left unprotected against the elements, decayed rapidly, and was used by the villagers as a quarry. • Modern era and decay: In 1833, Archduke Rainer bought the site. Since then, the area has been owned by the Habsburg-Lothringen family. The condition steadily deteriorated; in the winter of 1997/98, the striking staircase tower in the inner courtyard finally collapsed.

Beautiful old building, unfortunately I don't know if you can visit it

Beautiful old ruin, worth seeing

The Emmerberg castle ruins are a high medieval cliff castle in the market town of Winzendorf-Muthmannsdorf, which was first documented around 1170 and once served as an important fortification point on the northern border of the Carantanian March to guard the Prosset gorge. After more than six hundred years of use, the castle was abandoned at the end of the 18th century, after which the covering of the roofs to save building tax, as well as stone robbery, initiated its decay into ruins. Today, the facility, threatened by collapses, is privately owned and may not be entered for safety reasons.

Schloss Eichbüchl (Aichbüchl) was probably built in the 14th century by the Lords of Vierdung. According to other sources in Wiener Neustadt, it was supposedly only built between 1558 and 1566. It is possible that a first castle was destroyed during the First Turkish Siege in 1529 and that the current castle was rebuilt slightly off to the side.

The first castle was built in the 13th century as a reaction to the Hungarian invasions at the end of the early Middle Ages. It was largely destroyed during the Hungarian invasions in 1246 and 1260. The reconstruction partly has a castle character. In 1394, the lordship with all its accessories was bequeathed by the last Krumbacher, Hans von Krumbach, to Pilgrim III. von Puchheim, a maternal uncle of his, and his brothers, and remained in the possession of the Puchheims for over 200 years. In 1629, the lordship came into the possession of the Counts of Pálffy-Erdöd family. During the Second Siege of Vienna in 1683, Krumbach was besieged in vain by the Turks. After the revolutionary year of 1848, the serfdom relationship was abolished, thus the "Herrschaft Krumbach" came to an end. In 1875, the estates were sold by the Palffy family to the Wiener Neustadt lawyer Anton Riehl, after which there were frequent changes of ownership.

An actually very interesting ruin with an intact round chapel in the gate tower and an intact smoke kitchen. Unfortunately, the ruin has been closed for some time and left to further decay.