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Liechtenstein Castle (german: Burg Liechtenstein) is a privately owned
Castle Liechtenstein
Information in German
Burg Liechtenstein, Maria Enzersdorf
Information in German Liechtenstein * Establishments in the Duchy of Austria {{Austria-castle-stub
Liechtenstein Castle (german: Burg Liechtenstein) is a privately owned castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
near Maria Enzersdorf in Lower Austria, bordering Vienna. It is on the edge of the '' Wienerwald'' (Vienna Woods). The castle, originally built during the 12th century, was destroyed by the Ottomans
The Ottoman Turks ( tr, Osmanlı Türkleri), were the Turkic founding and sociopolitically the most dominant ethnic group of the Ottoman Empire ( 1299/1302–1922).
Reliable information about the early history of Ottoman Turks remains scarce, ...
in the siege of Vienna Sieges of Vienna may refer to:
* Siege of Vienna (1239)
* Siege of Vienna (1276)
* Siege of Vienna (1287)
* Siege of Vienna (1477), unsuccessful Hungarian attempt during the Austro–Hungarian War.
*Siege of Vienna (1485), Hungarian victory during ...
in 1529, and again in the Battle of Vienna
The Battle of Vienna; pl, odsiecz wiedeńska, lit=Relief of Vienna or ''bitwa pod Wiedniem''; ota, Beç Ḳalʿası Muḥāṣarası, lit=siege of Beç; tr, İkinci Viyana Kuşatması, lit=second siege of Vienna took place at Kahlenberg Mou ...
in 1683, and it remained in ruins until 1884, when it was rebuilt with the help of architect Carl Gangolf Kayser
Carl Gangolf Kayser (or Carl Gangolph Kaiser; born 12 February 1837, in Vienna; died 2 September 1895) was an Austrian architect at the service of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico, during the Second Mexican Empire. In the later part of his life he r ...
.
Liechtenstein (German for "bright stone") Castle is the place of origin of the House of Liechtenstein, the ruling family of the Principality of Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarch ...
. The family owned the castle from at least 1140 until the 13th century, and again from 1808 to the present.
Today, the castle hosts the Nestroy
Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy (; 7 December 1801 – 25 May 1862) was a singer, actor and playwright in the popular Austrian tradition of the Biedermeier period and its immediate aftermath. He participated in the 1848 revolutions an ...
Theatre Festival, which is held annually during the summer months. The 1969 film ''A Walk with Love and Death
''A Walk with Love and Death'' is a 1969 American adventure drama historical romance war film directed by John Huston and starring Anjelica Huston and Assi Dayan.
Plot
The story is based on the 1961 novel by Hans Koningsberger, set at the time ...
'', the 1971 film '' The Vampire Happening'', the 1979 film ''The Fifth Musketeer
''The Fifth Musketeer'' is a 1979 German-Austrian film adaptation of the last section of the 1847–1850 novel '' The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later'' by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in t ...
'', and the 1993 film '' The Three Musketeers'' featured shots of the castle.
See also
* Vaduz Castle in Liechtenstein – the official residence of the Princely Family of LiechtensteinReferences
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Castle Liechtenstein
Information in German
Burg Liechtenstein, Maria Enzersdorf
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