Streitwiesen Castle

A castle is first mentioned here in 1144. Shortly before, one of the Lords of Stiefern had come into possession of the fortress. He now called himself Ozzo von Streitwiesen. His descendants are traceable as ministerials of the Babenbergs until the beginning of the 15th century.

In the first half of the 13th century, the castle was greatly expanded. In 1296, it was probably destroyed during the noble uprising against the sovereign, but soon rebuilt. Bernhard von Streitwiesen died as the last of his family in 1396. However, the ancestral castle had already been sold in 1373 to the Volkersdorfer, who left it to Hans von Maissau. Before 1434, the lordship came into the possession of the Fleischeß family.

They were followed in 1455 by the Schrott, in 1522 by the Albrechtshaim, in 1536 by the Kernbaum, and in 1550 by the Rot. The south front of the current castle with its two round towers, as well as the top two floors of the residential tower, were built around 1556 by Jakob Rot von Reinprechtspölla. After that, there was a frequent change of ownership again. In 1584, the Velderndorfer are attested, and from 1598, the Lords of Peukheim. In 1697, the Sinzendorfer bought the lordship and united it with Pöggstall, which already belonged to them. Since the administration was concentrated there, Streitwiesen was left to decay.

Between 1777 and 1795, the Counts Abensperg-Traun were the owners. After that, Streitwiesen again belonged to Pöggstall. Together with it, it came into the possession of Emperor Franz I in 1795 and, after the dissolution of the monarchy, to the Republic of Austria. In 1972, eleven former group leaders of the Austrian Scout Association bought the ruin with the idea of creating a youth castle here. Before that, however, a partial reconstruction and a new roofing of the still usable parts of the building had to take place.