To be privately owned
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Burgschleinitz Castle
Burgschleinitz Castle in Burgschleinitz in the Lower Austrian district of Horn has been placed under monument protection by official decree.
The former Burgschleinitz Castle was the ancestral seat of an Austrian ministerial family. The last of this lineage, Otto von Schleunz, died in 1260 near Staatz in battle against the Hungarians. Several changes of ownership followed.
In 1480, Hussite troops under Wenzel Wlčeks were able to establish themselves here until the castle was recaptured and completely destroyed by Austrian troops in 1482. From about 1543, the castle was rebuilt and from approximately 1589, it was expanded under Georg Bayer von Niederdürnbach.
At the beginning of the Thirty Years' War, Burgschleinitz was burned down by Bohemian troops and later rebuilt by the Counts of Kuefstein, who resided at Greillenstein Castle. They were succeeded as owners by the Barons von Sazenhofen. Currently, the castle is owned by the Eckert family.
Since 1974, the moat has been reflooded. Among the guests at Burgschleinitz Castle was Franz Grillparzer.
Description+
When the conversion of Burgschleinitz Castle into a palace took place is not known. Burgschleinitz Castle is surrounded by a pond and can only be reached via a bridge, where a statue of John of Nepomuk from the second quarter of the 18th century stands. Three two-story building wings with hip roofs, grouped around a narrow and irregular, approximately rectangular courtyard, form the main building. The fourth side of the courtyard is formed by a wall with a door, through which the forecourt can be reached via a staircase.
This semicircular forecourt is enclosed by rubble stone walls and is closed off on the east side by the rectangular gate tower with a round-arched passage.
The first forecourt, in the shape of an irregular rectangle, is surrounded by outbuildings and is also closed off to the outside by rubble stone walls with the main gate. From this main gate, a bridge leads over the moat. Formerly, there was a drawbridge here.
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