Rufling Castle

Rufling Castle is located in the district of Rufling in the municipality of Leonding in the Linz-Land district (Ruflinger Straße 213).

The first mention of a manor dates back to 791. Under Odalsalh von Rudolfvingen, it was in Passau possession. In 1120, Otto and Hartwik Lengau from Grieskirchen are named as owners. In 1133, the manor came to the Meginhart family and in 1154 to Wilhering Abbey. A Rudolfingen is mentioned in an abbey document between 1151 and 1161. In 1159, Rufling is named as the property of Bishop Konrad of Passau. Lady Williburg, née Waxenberger, received Rufling in 1215 as a dowry. Since her husband and son were murdered, the property fell to a relative. In 1280, Rufling came to the Linz citizen Heinrich von Jetzigner and in the same year to the brothers Heinrich and Otto von Lohnsdorf. In 1302, Rufling belonged to Göttweig Abbey. In 1475, Rufling is attested as a knight's seat of the Stettner family. In 1648, Rufling was the seat of the Vicedominus and the Vizedomamt.

The list of further owners is relatively long: 1754 Georg Josef Freiherr von Monstorf, 1755 Count Philipp Fieger, 1764 Maria Theresia Freiin von Pilati, 1825 Anton Ritter Grimburg, 1846 Wilhelm Grimus Ritter von Grimburg, 1849 Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen, 1872 Josef Nossberger, 1878 Franz Löbl, 1886 Anton Markl, 1898 Anton Chuchar, 1900 Jakob Penka, 1903 Eugenie Everats from Belgium, 1909 Max Everats, 1910 Therese Pöschl and Friedrich Pollak, 1911 Heinrich Kraus. In 1916, Rufling fell to the Alfons and Anna Wagenhofer family. Today, Luis Wagenhofer and his extended family live in Rufling Castle.

In history, Rufling Castle has not particularly stood out, apart from the fact that it was a manorial office and court until the end of manorialism in 1848. Its local significance probably lies in the fact that a large agricultural enterprise belonged to the castle, which is still successfully operated today.