Top 15 Castles around Oberndorf an der Melk

The beautiful castle park with its impressive old trees is also freely accessible through the campus of the agricultural college

The Wolfpassing municipal office is located in the main building of the castle

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.

Privately owned and therefore unfortunately can only be viewed from the outside. Story: The place was first mentioned around 1074 by the Hochfrei Adalbert von Kilb. In the 12th century, the rule came to Rudolf von Perg. Friedrich von Perg was inherited by the Babenberg Duke Leopold V in 1191. In the 13th century, a knightly family again named itself after Kilb. In 1410 a knight from “Sebeck” was named as the owner. In 1460, Jörg von Pottendorf sold his castle in Kilb to Bernhard von Tiernstein, who built an extensive new building and, ten years later, bequeathed it to the brothers Rüdiger and Jörg von Starhemberg, but also promised the defense construction to his grandson Georg von Velderndorf. The latter probably received it, because in 1521 Hans Velderndorfer sold the fortress to Göttweig Abbey. The castle was now called Grünbühel. He bought it back in 1534, but finally sold it to Jakob Gienger in 1549. Jacob's son Nikolaus had the old fortified building converted into a more comfortable Renaissance castle. As a result, the owners usually changed quite quickly. Around the middle of the 17th century, the Barons Ruess von Ruessenstein came into possession of the castle. Only the barons and later Counts of Wickenburg owned Grünbühel for a longer period from 1720 onwards. In 1830, Karl Theodor Graf Wickenburg had major construction work carried out, which gave the building its current appearance. In 1845 the castle came into rapidly changing bourgeois ownership. From 1969 to 2004 it belonged to the Friedel-Klarenberg family. Since then, Dr. Georg Graf Pachta-Reyhofen, lord of the castle at Grünbühel.

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.

The castle on the slope of the Hiesberg was first mentioned in 1100 in connection with a Wernher von Zelking. Wernher von Zelking's origins are unclear. A relationship with the noble family of the Lords of Haguenau is not proven, nor is it that he was the son of Reginbert (III.) of Haguenau, as is usually assumed in research. He was married and the father of Ulrich (I.) von Zelking.[1] The Lords of Zelking died out in 1634. The festival passed through marriage to the Polheim family in Wartenburg and around 1662 to Andrä Joachim Graf Sinzendorf.[2] When the Turks besieged Vienna in 1683 and their patrols advanced far into western Lower Austria, the still well-fortified castle served as a place of refuge for the surrounding civilian population.[2] After the manorial administration was relocated to nearby Matzleinsdorf, the fortress was abandoned. In 1802 Franziska Countess Kinsky, a widowed Countess Sinzendorf, married Count Harrach for the second time. Later owners included the Counts of Rohrau and the Galgozy-Galantha family. Today the ruins only consist of stonework from the 12th to 16th centuries. However, you can still see the massive arched gate and some notched windows. More about the story: http://noeburgen.imareal.sbg.ac.at/result/burgid/1394

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.

Large, heavily overgrown ruins. Wild and romantic