The remains of the Castle can be visited
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Türkensturz Castle
The Türkensturz is a castle ruin on a steep rock face in Gleissenfeld near Seebenstein in the Bucklige Welt in Lower Austria.
The name dates back to the time of the Turkish Wars, specifically from the years 1529 (First Siege of Vienna) and 1532, when the Turks were in the Pittental. A precise tradition about the origin of the name is missing, but numerous sagas and legends surround its creation. One of the sagas tells that a Turkish raiding party, said to have belonged to the warriors of Kasim Bey, rode after a girl. When she jumped aside before the abyss, the riders fell from the rock face. In another version of the same legend, this girl is the Virgin Mary, who suddenly disappeared before the abyss, thus luring the greedy Turks to their doom.
Near the abyss, Prince Johann I of Liechtenstein had the artificial ruin Türkensturz built in 1824. Today, the area around the ruin is a popular excursion destination and part of the Seebenstein-Türkensturz Nature Park. The rock face is a striking landmark on the Southern Motorway.
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