- Type
- Castle
- Origins
- 1136 · 12th century per Wikidata: founding, first mention or construction
- Location
- Lower Austria, Austria
- Visiting
- probably – Wikidata lists it as a museum or gives tickets, opening hours or visitor numbers; check before you go
- Coordinates
- 48.0927°, 16.2704°
History
In the 1130s Hugo of Petronell built a castle on a pale limestone crag near Vienna and began calling himself von Liechtenstein after it. The Romanesque chapel and the oldest sections of wall date from this time and rank among the finest Romanesque monuments in Austria. The family lost the castle while still in the Middle Ages, and during the Ottoman sieges of Vienna in 1529 and 1683 it was wrecked and left in ruins. Early in the 19th century Prince Johann I Joseph bought back his ancestors' seat, and late in the century Johann II had it rebuilt in a romantic historicist spirit, giving it its present outline.
What to see
The castle sits on a rocky ridge in the Föhrenberge Nature Park on the southern edge of Vienna, a few minutes' walk from the car park. Guided tours cover the courtyard, the Romanesque chapel and the rooms furnished in the 19th century. The surrounding woods hide romantic garden follies built by the Liechtensteins in the early 19th century, and the paths offer views of the slender castle rising above the pines.
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