Top 6 Castles around Ottnang am Hausruck

another castle in Atzbach

The castle stands within an area enclosed by a stone wall. On the access side, a double-leaf wrought-iron gate replaces a former gatehouse. The castle is two-story, hook-shaped. It has a broken mansard roof with four corner turrets resting on consoles, each with a broken roof and a bulbous dome crowned by a finial. The ground-floor windows have wrought-iron sashes. In the castle courtyard is a triangular coat of arms of the Querrer family bearing the year 1593. The castle has been rebuilt frequently; its current appearance dates from the end of the 20th century. The former castle chapel no longer stands. The Schausberger family has been fundamentally renovating the castle since the 1970s. Today, the castle is enlivened by cultural events.

The Pollheimersche lordship of Wartenburg is documented as early as 1319. Their original seat of power was Wartenburg Castle on the southern foothills of the Hausruck above the Vöckla, and from 1639 the Alt-Wartenburg Castle to the north, both derelict today. Neu-Wartenburg Castle is located on the right Vöcklauf, below the castle. The palace was built by the Viennese architect Anton Erhard Martinelli between 1730 and 1732 on behalf of Johann Albert Graf Saint-Julien-Wallsee (1673–1766). Count Wallsee bought the manor in 1729 from Nütz von Goisernburg, who had been there since 1640. He had Emperor Charles VI. invited to a falcon hunt for 3 days and wanted to offer him accommodation befitting his status. Already in 1754 he had to sell the property again because of debts. Through the Ghelen family, it passed to the nobles von Grechtler in 1766, to Thaddäus von Reischach in 1785 and to Ludwig Ratzesberg in 1847, until Albert Graf von Saint-Julien was able to bring it back into family ownership in 1869. The last heiress of the Saint-Julien family was adopted by Elisabeth Countess von Strachwitz; the castle has belonged to the von Strachwitz family since 1973.

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!

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 palace and park are privately owned by the Strachwitz family and are not open to the public.

Beautiful little castle that can only be visited from the outside.