Wartenburg Castle

The Lordship was in the possession of the Lords of Pollheim (Polheim-Wartenburg line) for over 300 years. Ortolf von Pollheim was mentioned in a document in 1319 as the owner of the estate. One of the most significant owners was Wolfgang von Polheim (1458–1512), who founded the first Paulaner monastery in the German-speaking world in nearby Oberthalheim. His son Cyriak von Polheim (1495–1533) and his descendants joined the Reformation. In the course of the Counter-Reformation, around 1640, the Protestant Ludwig von Pollheim sold the Lordship to the Catholic Tobias Nütz von Goisernburg. He succeeded in converting the fief into a free estate. Around 1729, Johann Albert Graf Saint-Julien-Wallsee bought the Lordship from Nütz's bankruptcy estate. Subsequently, there were several changes of ownership (Johann Ignaz von Ghelen, Freiherr Johann Georg Grechtler, Freiherr von Reischach, Ludwig von Ratzesberg) and in 1869 it came back into the possession of the Counts Saint-Julien-Wallsee. In 1973, the Alt- and Neu-Wartenburg estate was acquired by the Counts Strachwitz.

Wartenburg Castle

Wartenburg Castle was located on a hill on the left bank of the Vöckla, and was partially demolished in the 18th century. Currently, only the round keep remains.

Neu-Wartenburg Castle

Neu-Wartenburg Castle is located on the right bank of the Vöckla, below Wartenburg Castle. The castle was built between 1730 and 1732 by the Viennese architect Anton Erhard Martinelli on behalf of Johann Albert Graf Saint-Julien-Wallsee (1673–1766).

Alt-Wartenburg Castle

Tobias Nütz, who bought the Lordship from Ludwig von Polheim in 1639, built a castle on a hilltop adjacent to the old castle. The new seat of power was partly constructed with demolition material from the old castle. In 1678, the castle burned down, but was rebuilt in 1689/90. After the construction of Neu-Wartenburg Castle in 1732, Alt-Wartenburg Castle served only a subordinate purpose, and after the Second World War, the castle largely fell into ruin. Currently (as of 2009), the area is used for occasional open-air events.