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Albrechtsberg  Castle
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Link to a download page (with screensavers with photos of Albrechtsberg Castle, guide as word doc, map, ...) for downloading.

Links to other sites about Albrechtsberg Castle:
Homepage Dunkelsteiner Forest, Albrechtsberg
 

Links to other sites, which are in indirect connection to Albrechtsberg Castle:
Albrechtsberg Castle lies at the edge of  Dunkelsteiner Forest, near the river Pielach, in the lower Pielach valley. The village Albrechtsberg is part of the municipality Loosdorf. The next bigger town is Melk. >From the western section one can see the castle Schallaburg (exhibitions, restaurant).
Next to the castle are a riding stable  (informations: Landesfachverband für Reiten und Fahren in Niederösterreich or Pferdeforum), as well as fishing grounds.

Some more comments on the castle:
Short (not quite correct) description in: Clam Martinic, Georg: Burgen & Schlösser in Österreich [fortresses and castles in Austria]. Wien: Tosa Verlag, 1996. (S. 106-107):
Up rising three to four storey [correctly: two to three storey] castle, which still retained its military character. A stone bridge leads across the moat to the unequally rectangular building. Portal built with blocks of stones, round tower, oriels, two [correctly: three!] yards (in the smaller one corridors with arcades), wooden gallery in the first floor. Early gothic, today's profaned chapel with remarkable Epitaph (tombstone) of David Enenkel, about 1600, as well as a Holy Mary Statue from stone above the portal (16th. century). [Between 1950 and 1980 taken away by unknowns]. About 1100 here a "Festes Haus" [sturdy, strong, solid  house] mentioned. 1147 possession of the brothers Hademar and Siegfried from Mauer (retinue of the count of Schalla); in the 13th century mention of the chapel. 1378-98 possession of the Kilber, from 1400 till 1605 of the Enenkel, later the owner often changed (Tschernembel, Starhemberg and some more). In the 19th century big structural modifications, from 1909 till 1950 property of the family prince Rohan.
[note: more detailled history and description in the guide].
 

 

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