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[[File:Schlossalbrechtsberg.jpg|thumb|right|Albrechtsberg Castle]]
'''Albrechtsberg Castle''' ({{langx|de|Schloss Albrechtsberg}}) is a castle in the [[Melk District]] of [[Lower Austria]]. It is located in the [[cadastral municipality]] of [[Loosdorf]]. Standing on a hill on the northwestern edge of the town, it was the seat of the [[Upper Austrian]] Enenkel family.<ref name="schloss-albrechtsberg">{{cite web |title=Schloss Albrechtsberg an der Pielach |url=http://www.schloss-albrechtsberg.org/blog/ |website=www.schloss-albrechtsberg.org |access-date=11 September 2024}}</ref>
==History==
[[File:Albrechtsberg.jpg|thumb|right|Engraving of Albrechtsberg Castle by [[Georg Matthäus Vischer]], 1672]]
The castle was built and named by [[Albrecht von Perg]] (1120–1168), from the family of the Lords of Perg and Machland, who was married to a Countess of Schalla and brought property in the [[Rabenstein an der Pielach|Pielachtal]] into the marriage. Albrecht had [[bailiwick]] rights over the monastery of [[Sankt Pölten]] and was sub-bailiff of the [[Melk Abbey]]. Albrecht von Perg lived in the castle with his wife and his two sons, Siegfried and Meingozus von Perg und Albrechtsberg. The later history up to 1400 is closely connected with the area around [[Kilb]], where the Lords of Perg also had properties.<ref name="burgen">{{cite web |last1=Hammerl |first1=Martin |title=Albrechtsberg/Pielach |url=http://www.burgen-austria.com/archive.php?id=326 |website=www.burgen-austria.com |access-date=11 September 2024}}</ref>
After the Perger family died out, half of the castle passed directly to the Babenbergs, and the other half to the [[Parndorf Plain|County of Plain]] or its successor, the [[County of Schaunberg]].<ref name="burgen"/>
The castle was built in 1581 in the [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance style]] over a [[medieval castle]]. In 1606, [[Ludwig von Starhemberg]] became the new owner of Albrechtsberg Castle. As he took part in the Protestant aristocratic uprising, his castle was set on fire by imperial soldiers during the fighting. The castle was expropriated and the chapel was re-consecrated to the [[Catholic Church]]. In 1704, another fire destroyed the chapel tower.<ref name="burgen"/>
At the end of the 19th century, extensive renovation work was carried out under the [[House of Auersperg|Auersperg family]]. Between 1925 and 1936, Karl Anton [[House of Rohan|Rohan]] published the ''[[European Review]]'' in the castle. In 1945 at the end of [[World War II]], the castle was partially destroyed. Since 1995, it has been owned by the Weinberger family and is being gradually renovated.<ref name="imareal">{{cite web |title=Suchergebnis - NÖ-Burgen online {{!}} IMAREAL |url=http://noeburgen.imareal.sbg.ac.at/result/burgid/15 |website=noeburgen.imareal.sbg.ac.at |publisher=itute for Medieval and Early Modern Archaeological Research, [[University of Salzburg]] |access-date=11 September 2024}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of castles in Austria]]
==References==
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==External links==
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