Bockfließ Castle

Knight Luduvicus de Pochvlise is the first documented reference to a manor house existing here in 1168. The Lords of Bockfließ, last mentioned in 1292, were followed around 1346 by Bertold von Bergau, who, however, only owned two-thirds of the fortress, and then from 1372 by the Lords of Eckartsau.

The latter were enfeoffed with Bockfließ by Duke Albrecht IV in 1396. After their extinction in 1507, the lordship passed to Sigmund Ludwig von Polheim. Emperor Maximilian I confirmed his possession as a free estate. It is presumed that the present castle was essentially rebuilt at that time. In 1547, Bockfließ came into the possession of the Prankh family. In 1592, Andreas Freiherr von Teufel acquired the castle. Under Carl Freiherr von Teufel, the lordship was confiscated in 1621 due to debt.

His son-in-law Franz Christoph Graf Khevenhüller settled the debts and sold Bockfließ to Sigmund Adam Graf Traun in 1635. In 1663, Bockfließ was designated as a refuge for the surrounding population. Count Ernst's son Ferdinand Ernst succeeded in repelling a siege of the castle by Turkish raiders. In 1780, a severe storm destroyed the old roof truss. Rudolf Graf Abensperg-Traun took this as an opportunity to add a new floor with the inwardly sloping lean-to roof. During the Napoleonic Wars, Bockfließ suffered greatly in 1809. However, World War II hit it even harder. In 1945, Russian soldiers devastated the interiors. The Abensperg-Traun family had the damage from World War II repaired. Today, the castle belongs to Countess Maya Goess, born Countess Abensperg-Traun. It serves as the family's residence.