New Castle (Breiteneich): An Estate Building Converted Around 1672
Site at a Glance
- Rating
- 5
- Popularity
- Very Low
- Country
- Austria
- Primary era
- Early Modern
- Eras represented
- Early Modern
- Civilizations
- Habsburg, Holy Roman Empire
- Site type
- Domestic
- Remains
- Elite Residence
History
New Castle (Breiteneich) is a castle in Breiteneich, within the city of Horn in Austria. Around 1672, an estate outbuilding was converted into the New Castle.
An inscription dated 1541 on the Old Castle’s portal names Erasmus von Schneckenreith, lord of the Breiteneich estate by 1537, and his wife Margaretha as the people who had its gate and a defensive wall built. Part of the wall survives alongside the New Castle garden, separating it from the village. A large entrance gate, decorated with a coat of arms and simple stone vases, opens onto a forecourt. New Castle stands on the left and Old Castle on the right. The facade is simply designed but has a stately appearance.
By the 1920s, the Roretz family had lived in New Castle for many years. During the war, circumstances separated ownership of New Castle from that of Old Castle. The Wesner family acquired New Castle in the early 1960s and continued to own it.
