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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Wachau Cultural Landscape' has mentioned 'Castle' in the following places:
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| Contents 1 History 1.1 Ancient history 1.2 Modern history 2 Geography 2.1 Melk 2.2 Krems 2.3 Spitz 2.4 Dxc3xbcrnstein 2.5 Other towns 2.5.1 Willendorf 2.5.2 Artstetten-Pxc3xb6bring 2.6 Geology 3 Wine 4 Historical monuments 4.1 Melk Abbey 4.2 Schallaburg Castle 4.3 Steiner Tor 4.4 Gothic Piarist church 4.5 Gxc3xb6ttweig Abbey 4.6 Burgruine Aggstein 4.7 Schloss Schxc3xb6nbxc3xbchel 5 Foreign influence 6 See also 7 References 8 External links | WIKI |
| [4] An interesting part of the 12th-century history is the imprisonment of Richard the Lionhearted, the King of England at the Kuenringerburg castle (now in ruins) above the Dxc3xbcrnstein town for the reason that he insulted the Babenberg Duke, Leopold V by showing disrespect to the Austrian flag (he had thrown it into a drain). | WIKI |
| Right: Durnstein castle in ruins | WIKI |
| Chronologically, the historical legacies associated with the town are as follows: imprisonment of the English King Richard the Lionheart in the Kuenringer Castle (now seen in ruins) from December 1192 to March 1193; the conquest by the Babenberg Duke Frederic II over the rebels of the Kuenring in 1231; building of the St. Kunigunde church in 1231; construction of the town hall (which was later modified in Renaissance style in 1547) with towers and gates between 13th and 14th centuries; recognition as a town in 1347; end of the dynastic rule of Dxc3xbcrnstein by the Kuenrings in 1355; the Habsburgs acquisition of Dxc3xbcrnstein as sovereigns under the rule of Duke Albrecht III of Austria in 1356; establishing the monastery of the Order of St. Augustine xe2x80x93 "Augustiner-Chorherren" xe2x80x93 and the gothic monastery between 1410 and 1440; Emperor Frederic III awarding the municipal coat of arms to the town in 1476; dissolution of the order of St. Clara's nunnery (built in 1330) and its control delegated to the Augustinian monks in 1571; the 16th century construction of residential buildings in a unique style, which continue to be recognized for their distinct artistic value to this day; building of a new castle in 1630; construction of the baroque monastery between 1710 and 1740; construction of the Wine Cellar Castle or the Keller-Schlxc3xb6xc3x9fl in 1714; dissolution of the Augustinian monastery by Emperor Joseph II in 1788; battling the French invasion November 11, 1805 (Napoleonic Wars known as the Battle of Dxc3xbcrenstein fought in the flood plains between the river and the mountains in the river section which is curved in the shape of a crescent between Dxc3xbcrnstein and nearby Krems an der Donau; the first city mayor's election in 1850; inauguration of the railway line along the Danube in 1909; refurbishing of the baroque tower of the monastery and painting it in its original blue colour. | WIKI |
| Artstetten-Pxc3xb6bring is a small town in the Melk district most known for Artstetten Castle, which is noted for its many onion-shaped domes. | WIKI |
| The castle has been refurbished many times over the past 700 years. | WIKI |
| It is famous for the fact that the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the former owner of the castle. | WIKI |
| A museum in the castle has pictures of the life history of "the one and only Duke" and his wife during their stay in the castle. | WIKI |
| The castle also houses their tomb. | WIKI |
| Some of them are: The Benedictine abbeys of Melk (Stift Melk a massive baroque Benedictine monastery) and Gxc3xb6ttweig (a monastery of canons regular), at the beginning and end of the scenic Wachau section of the Danube Valley from where one gets a visual feast of the city of Melk; the Schallaburg Castle, a Renaissance style castle 4 kilometres (2.5xc2xa0mi) from Melk; the Steiner Tor in Krems or Krems an der Donau, the late-Gothic Piarist church; Dxc3xbcrnstein for its wine growing area and the Durnstein castle; and the Burgruine Aggstein. | WIKI |
| Schallaburg Castle[edit] | WIKI |
| Main article: Schallaburg Castle | WIKI |
| Schallaburg Castle, located in the municipality of Schollach, is one of the best-known Renaissance style castles in Lower Austria north of the Alps. | WIKI |
| Schallaburg Renaissance Castle is located 5 kilometres (3.1xc2xa0mi) from Melk, in the region known as Mostviertel. | WIKI |
| The central part of the castle was built in the Middle Ages, in 1572, by the Lose Steiner dynasty. | WIKI |
| It depicts a unique combination of a Romanesque residential castle and the Gothic chapel, patterned on the Italian palazzo style, which was in vogue then. | WIKI |
| At the gate entrance to the castle, there are two large "smoke-spewing dragons", each 30 metres (98xc2xa0ft) long and 6 metres (20xc2xa0ft) high, which is favourite entertainment spot for the children to slide down its mouth from the top. | WIKI |
| Burgruine Aggstein is the remnant of a castle on the right bank of the Danube, north of Melk. | WIKI |
| According to archaeological excavations of the foundations of the castle it has been inferred that the castle was built in the early part of the 12th century. | WIKI |
| The old name of the castle was Dunkelsteinerwald. | WIKI |
| The castle was built by the Kuenringer family (famed for their notoriety) by Manegold III Aggsbach Getbeen of the Kuenringer family descent and his son Aggstein Manegold IV inherited it as a fiefdom of Bavaria. | WIKI |
| They started living in the castle from 1180 AD onwards. | WIKI |
| [7] The castle was built about 300 feet (91xc2xa0m) above the river bank on a 150 feet (46xc2xa0m) rock ledge, by Manegold III of Acchispach. | WIKI |
| The castle was besieged during the revolt of the Austrian nobility against Duke Albrecht I in 1295/96. | WIKI |
| Kuenringer Leutold occupied the castle from 1348 to 1355 and then it fell into disrepair. | WIKI |
| In 1429, Duke Albrecht V pledged to rebuild the ruined castle because of its strategic position on the Danube. | WIKI |
| Later, another dishonest baron, Georg von Stain, occupied the castle but in 1476 he was caught and expelled and was forced to surrender the castle. | WIKI |
| Duke Leopold III took over the castle in 1477. | WIKI |
| In 1529, the castle was burned down by a group of Turks during the first Turkish siege of Vienna. | WIKI |
| In 1606, Anna Baroness acquired the castle, but after her death, the castle was neglected. | WIKI |
| In 1685, the castle became the property of Count Ernst Rxc3xbcdiger von Starhemberg. | WIKI |
| Then in 1819, one of his descendants, Ludwig Josef Gregor von Starhemberg, sold the castle to Count Franz von Beroldingen who renovated the castle in the 19th century. | WIKI |
| [38] The Beroldingen family owned the castle until 1930 when the estate and the ruins of Schxc3xb6nbxc3xbchel Aggstein were sold to Count Oswald von Seilern Aspang. | WIKI |
| Schloss Schxc3xb6nbxc3xbchel is also a 12th-century castle located on a hill about 5 kilometres (3.1xc2xa0mi) from Melk. | WIKI |