St. Georgen Castle

The former fortified building was originally owned by the Counts of Berngau, who were succeeded by the Counts of Plain in the 12th century. They had St. Georgen administered by burgraves, who soon named themselves after the castle. In 1147, a Rutpertus de sancto Georgio is mentioned for the first time.

After the extinction of the Counts of Plain, the lordship fell to the then sovereign, King Ottokar. He continued to have it managed by burgraves. In 1340, the Bishop of Seckau renounced his lordship of Wachsenegg, for which he received St. Georgen from the sovereign. During the Hungarian invasion of 1479, the bishop handed over the castle to the troops of the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus. It was then conquered and plundered by a field captain of Emperor Frederick III.

Afterwards, the Hungarians occupied it again. In 1482, Emperor Maximilian I returned the regained St. Georgen to the Diocese of Seckau. In 1555, Andree von Glojach bought the castle and lordship. The Renaissance conversion dates back to him and his successors. In 1753, the Glojach family had to sell the property to Joseph Dominikus Frei- und Panierherr von Egkh-Hungerspach. However, he hardly lived here and leased the estate. In 1814, the castle passed to the bailiff Franz Xaver Mihurko. He was followed by Anton Graf Attems, then Adelheid Gräfin Kottulinsky, and in 1859 Karl Freiherr von Binder-Krieglstein. In 1876, the southwestern part of the castle was demolished. Further owners included Graf Finck von Finckenburg (1917) and the poet Paul Ernst (1925).

Since Ernst came from the Harz region, the castle was confiscated as German property in 1945, but returned to the poet's daughter-in-law in 1958. In 1981, the Reinisch family acquired the already heavily neglected castle and had it renovated in the following years. It still belongs to them today. For years, a school for the training of therapeutic masseurs has been housed here.