Totzenbach Castle

There were two families who named themselves after Totzenbach. The older one, with the personal name Winther, appeared in the retinue of the Ollersbacher and Hagenauer families. A Winther is mentioned as a witness in a document from 1110. As early as 1147, a new family, also named after the place, is attested. They came from Gleiß near Waidhofen/Ybbs.

After the death of the last Totzenbacher in 1394, the dominion fell to the Polheimers, after which the owners changed quite frequently. Around 1513, the castle came into the possession of David von Trauttmansdorff. During the time of the Turkish invasions, the castle was spared from attacks. In 1588, Job Hartmann von Trauttmansdorff had a Renaissance castle built around the old castle.

In 1822, the castle passed to the Princes of Liechtenstein in Neulengbach. They had little use for the building. It soon served only as a residence for the forester and the village schoolmaster and fell into increasing disrepair. In 1857, the east wing was demolished. Some of the stones were used for the construction of Kirchstetten train station. After the construction of a new village school, the south wing, which had previously served as a school, was demolished in 1894. In 1971, the municipality of Totzenbach bought the now ruined castle and sold it in 1974 to Josef Figl. The condition of the buildings was so desolate at the time that the municipality had already considered blowing up the ruin. Figl had the moat excavated and rebuilt the castle in four years of work.

In 2002, the Ruschitzka family bought the complex. In 2003, Totzenbach was bought by the Berger family. The castle is still inhabited and in private ownership.