Goldegg Castle

Goldegg Castle is situated on an elevated southern spur of the Dunkelsteiner Forest in the village of Goldegg at No. 1 in the municipality of Neidling in Lower Austria.

A document from 1293 mentions a Wézil von Goldegg. In 1326, the princely property was granted as a fief to the Goldegg family, which gave the castle and the village their name. This was followed by further changes of fief and ownership. In 1495, the chapel is mentioned under the owner Stephan Urtendorfer. From 1589 to 1639, the existing castle with its keep, palas, and chapel was transformed into a spacious, irregular three-winged Late Renaissance castle by a generous redesign by the Enenkel family. In 1641, the castle came into the possession of Johann Mathias Prücklmayer, Baron von und zu Goldegg, who bequeathed it to his daughter. She sold it in 1669 to the Trautson family, who began further expansion of the complex. Since 1782, the castle has been owned by the Auersperg family. War damage from 1945 was later repaired.

In the southwest of the castle complex, the approximately square keep and palas of the castle are recognizable. To the east, the later chapel adjoins, which projects or was built far to the south with its choir. Further to the east, the manor house with an adjoining gate tower was then erected. To the north, on the axis of the chapel, a kitchen wing was added. The extension of the manor house and kitchen wing was then provided with a castle courtyard, which was equipped with a corner tower in the northeast corner.