Merkenstein ruins

The Merkenstein ruins are the remains of a castle in Lower Austria near Bad Voslau inside the Grossau cadastre . In a few resources, it's miles noted as early as the year 1141. The first particular mention is in the Codex Falkensteinensis in 1170. Ludwig van Beethoven committed Lieder to the damage. In 1486, the citadel turned into captured through king Matthias Corvinus of Hungary.

After this era, it become managed by imperial guardians; from 1603 to 1672 it become owned with the aid of the Heissperger circle of relatives, and afterwards by means of the Dietrichstein own family. In 1683 the fort changed into taken over and destroyed by way of Ottoman troops. In the 1600s, Merkenstein controlled Gainfarn, Grossau, Pottenstein, Furth, Muggendorf and St. Veit. Besides the lots younger Schloss Merkenstein, approximately 40% of the Grossau congregation belonged to Merkenstein. Until the stop of World War II, the castle and its precinct belonged to the Krupp family. After the struggle it fell under the manipulate of the Administration for Soviet Property in Austria, as German belongings. In accordance with the Austrian State Treaty, the citadel became the property of the Austrian state, managed through National Parks Austria.