Freiling Castle

The origins of Freiling Castle date back to 1170, when it was first mentioned as a moated castle in a document from Wilhering Abbey, its construction attributed to the Lords of Perg and Machland. For a long time, the complex was held as a fief by the Schifer family, until it passed to the Kauthen family in 1669. Under the Kauthens, the estate was rebuilt into a four-winged water castle. In the 19th century, it temporarily served as an asylum and later as an agricultural school. A fire in 1862 destroyed large parts of the castle, after which reconstruction proceeded slowly and was limited to the northern wing and a shortened tower. In the 20th century, it housed, among other things, a fly collection belonging to the amateur dipterologist Walter Peller.

Freiling Water Castle is located in the Freiling district of the municipality of Oftering in the Linz Land district, Upper Austria, Austria. It stands at an elevation of approximately 325 m above sea level.

Today, Freiling Castle is privately owned and not accessible to the public. Only the inner courtyard of the economic wing may be viewed under certain circumstances. A part of the economic wing is used by the Freiling volunteer fire brigade.