Burg Werfenstein

If necessary, the Danube could be closed to shipping by stretching chains between the two facilities. Downstream there were other, similar facilities.The castle was first documented in 1242. Werfenstein belonged to the sovereign's property and was repeatedly pledged to various owners between the 13th and 15th centuries. At the end of the 15th century, the castle was abandoned after the last inhabitants had moved to the newly built Greinburg. In 1645, the already dilapidated castle burned down.The palas was demolished in 1780 due to the danger it posed to the newly constructed riverside road. Only parts of the curtain wall and the tower have been preserved from the medieval building stock.In 1907, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels acquired the ruin and converted it into the "Ordensburg" of his völkisch-esoteric Neutempler Order.In 1963, the castle was sold again and converted into a private residence.The new building erected for this purpose, however, blends harmoniously into the old building stock and cannot be seen from the outside.