Jedenspeigen Castle

It is not possible to determine when the castle was built. It is first mentioned in 1296 as Ydungspiugen. At that time, a knightly family lived here, who named themselves after Jedenspeigen.

Around 1440, the brothers Kaspar, Jörg and Balthasar allied themselves with Pankraz von Holitsch and devastated the surrounding land in a feud against Emperor Ferdinand III. Thereupon, the provincial estates raised a force and besieged the castle in 1441. After its conquest, it was destroyed. The lordship was first expropriated, but then returned to the family. In 1497, Clara von Jedenspeigen married Max Steinpeiß. From 1524 to 1570, the Barons of Lamberg were in possession of the lordship.

Josef Hagen von Thurnberg followed thereafter. Between 1578 and 1583, Jedenspeigen belonged to General and Imperial Marshal Konrad von Pappenheim. Afterwards, Georg Seifried von Kollonitsch took over the estate and, before 1600, built the current Renaissance castle on the remains of the old castle. In 1809, it temporarily served as a military hospital. When Max Graf Kollonitsch died in 1874, it passed by inheritance in 1879 into the possession of the Archdiocese of Vienna. In the 20th century, the largely neglected building was primarily used for agricultural purposes. In 1985, the municipality of Jedenspeigen acquired the building and renovated it. Since then, it has served as a local cultural center.