Almegg Castle

Almegg Castle, in its current form, is a Renaissance castle. It was first mentioned in the 12th century and is located in the municipality of Steinerkirchen an der Traun in the district of Wels-Land. The complex is privately owned and cannot be publicly visited.

Almegg is already documented as property of Kremsmünster Abbey in 1183. The monastery granted the then castle as a fief to the ministerialis Otto de alben. In 1360, a Wolfgang Achleutner was named as a feudal tenant. The transfer of feudal sovereignty to the sovereign must have taken place in the 14th century. In 1380, Stephan der Sachs is recorded as a feudal tenant of Duke Albrecht III. The Sachs family remained in possession of Almegg until 1511. Afterwards, the ownership rights to Almegg were divided between the Barons of Ragendorf and Vinzenz Schaler. In 1530, the Aspans were again in undivided possession of the castle. In 1626, Almegg was plundered and set on fire by General Löbel and his soldiers. From the Aspans, the property passed to the Albrechtsheimers, who gave it as a dowry to Achaz Hohenfelder. It remained in his family's possession until 1808. Then Otto von Hohenfeld sold the castle to Franz Foret von Breitenfeld, who already sold it in 1811 to Ehrenreich von Schinnern. After further changes of ownership, the complex, along with the estate, came into the possession of Baron Franz von Handel and his wife Marie von Guaita in 1870. It remains in their family's possession today.