Neu-Wartenburg Castle

The history of the Wartenburg dominion, to which the later Neu-Wartenburg Castle belonged, dates back to 1128, when Arnold von Wartenburg was first mentioned in a document. For over 300 years, the Lords of Pollheim shaped the region, starting with Ortolf von Pollheim in 1319. Wolfgang von Polheim founded the first Paulaner monastery in the German-speaking world in the late 15th century. During the Counter-Reformation, the Protestant Ludwig von Pollheim sold the dominion around 1640 to the Catholic Tobias Nütz von Goisernburg, who converted the fief into free property.