It’s Friday, so a post from otmar should come as no surprise! Today we have the first of two castles from ottar – the other one will be next Friday. Then, for the two weeks after that we will have entries from First Timers. I hope! Come on, First Timers, I know you’re out there, with some great photos. I hope you’ll share them with us. ~WaterGirl
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My last submission was Burg Hochosterwitz, which is a very large and very well preserved building. I’d guess there are a few dozens of those in Austria. But time has not been so kind to all of the castles that were built by all sorts of knights, bishops and nobility during the middle age.
As the corona lock-down was easing here in Austria, we met up (of course purely by accident) with friends and went hiking in remote parks east of Vienna.
The first trip brought us to the national park of the flood-plains of Danube / March close to the border to Slovakia.
This is the view from the ruins of Castle Röthelstein. Translated from a local webpage:
Röthelstein secured the Danube on the Austrian side for centuries, just as Thebes did for the Hungarians and Slovaks. Röthelstein Castle was first documented in 1180. The first known Röthelsteiners were Ulrich, Heinrich and Irnfried, who between 1170 and 1209 were ministers of the Vohburgs, once one of the most powerful noble families in this area, and served as lords of the castle.
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