Goldegg Neidling Castle - Schloss Goldegg Neidling

Goldegg Neidling Castle - Schloss Goldegg Neidling, Neidling, Lower Austria, Republic of Austria.

    A Wézil von Goldegg is first mentioned in a document from 1293. The sovereign's holdings passed to the Goldegg family as a fief in 1326, giving rise to the name of both the castle and the town. Further changes of ownership and tenure followed. In 1495, the chapel is recorded under the ownership of Stephan Uttendorfer. From 1589 to 1639, the existing castle, with its keep, palace, and chapel, was transformed into a spacious, irregularly shaped, three-winged late Renaissance palace through extensive renovations by the Enenkel family. In 1641, the palace passed to Johann Mathias Prücklmayer, Baron von und zu Goldegg, who bequeathed it to his daughter. She sold it in 1669 to the Trautson family, who began further expansion of the complex. From 1782 to 2015, the palace was owned by the Auersperg family. In 2014, the property passed to Egmont Auersperg's daughter, and thus to the Auersperg-Zaksek family. War damage from 1945 was later repaired.

    In the southwest of the castle complex, the nearly square keep and palace of the castle are still visible. Adjoining this to the east is the later chapel, whose chancel projects far to the south. Further east, the manor house with its adjoining gate tower was built. To the north, along the axis of the chapel, a kitchen wing was added. This extension, comprising the manor house and kitchen wing, was then enclosed to form a courtyard, which features a corner tower in its northeast corner.

    The three-bay Chapel of the Crucified Savior has a groin vault and is adorned with rich stucco work from the late 17th century. The altarpiece, Christ on the Cross, is by Josef Baldauf from 1839. The canvas paintings, St. Andrew Embracing the Cross (1745) and Christ in Limbo (1747), are by Martin Johann Schmidt. In the courtyard next to the chapel entrance is a gravestone for Charlotte Auersperg, née von Lasberg, from 1743.