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Rottenegg, Upper Austria
Rottenegg is a village in the municipality of Sankt Gotthard im Mühlkreis, in Upper Austria. It is named after the now-ruined Rottenegg Castle, just east of the village. Rottenegg is surrounded by hilly country and is a good area for hiking, with excellent views. It once lay on a Via Regia The Via Regia (Royal Highway) is a European Cultural Route following the route of the historic road of the Middle Ages. There were many such ''viae regiae'' associated with the king in the medieval Holy Roman Empire. History Origins The ..., a medieval trade route. The ruined castle is on a projecting rock promontory where the Kleinen Rodl enters the Großen Rodl river from the north, looking over the confluence. It guarded the old trade route. The village puts on the Rottenegg Cultural Summer Program each year, which includes cabarets, concerts and plays. The village is home to the ''Mühlviertler Heimatverein Rottenegg'', a club that preserves folk dances and songs, and that puts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rottenegg Castle
Rottenegg Castle (german: Burgruine Rottenegg) is a ruined castle near the village of Rottenegg in the municipality of Sankt Gotthard im Mühlkreis, Austria. It dates to the 13th century, and was built to protect a medieval trade route. After 1712 the castle was allowed to decay, and much of it has disappeared. Location Rottenegg Castle is in Upper Austria about northwest of Linz. Is about to the north of Ottensheim, which lies on the Danube. The ruined castle is on a projecting rock promontory where the Kleinen Rodl enters the Großen Rodl river from the north, looking over the confluence. It guarded an old trade route that ran past this location. History Rottenegg is first mentioned in 1285. That year Chunrad and Sieghard Piber were cited as witnesses to a charter of the Wilhering Wilhering (Central Bavarian: ''Wilaring'') is a municipality in the district Linz-Land in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Its slogan is "culture and life". There is the Wilhering Abbey, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has a population of 9 million. Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Austria
Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg. With an area of and 1.49 million inhabitants, Upper Austria is the fourth-largest Austrian state by land area and the third-largest by population. History Origins For a long period of the Middle Ages, much of what would become Upper Austria constituted Traungau, a region of the Duchy of Bavaria. In the mid-13th century, it became known as the Principality above the Enns River ('), this name being first recorded in 1264. (At the time, the term "Upper Austria" also included Tyrol and various scattered Habsburg possessions in South Germany.) Early modern era In 1490, the area was given a measure of independence within the Holy Roman Empire, with the status of a principality. By 1550, there was a Protestant majority. In 1564, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urfahr-Umgebung District
Bezirk Urfahr-Umgebung () is a district of the state of Upper Austria in Austria. It is named after Urfahr, a former city, today a borough of Linz, seat of the district's administration (''Bezirkshauptmannschaft''). Municipalities Towns (''Städte'') are indicated in boldface; market towns (''Marktgemeinden'') in ''italics''. *Alberndorf in der Riedmark *''Altenberg bei Linz'' *Bad Leonfelden *Eidenberg *Engerwitzdorf *''Feldkirchen an der Donau'' *Gallneukirchen *Goldwörth *'' Gramastetten'' * Haibach im Mühlkreis *'' Hellmonsödt'' *Herzogsdorf *Kirchschlag bei Linz *Lichtenberg *'' Oberneukirchen'' *'' Ottenschlag im Mühlkreis'' *Ottensheim * Puchenau *''Reichenau im Mühlkreis'' *'' Reichenthal'' *'' Schenkenfelden'' * Sonnberg im Mühlkreis * Sankt Gotthard im Mühlkreis *Steyregg *''Vorderweißenbach'' *''Walding'' *''Zwettl an der Rodl Zwettl an der Rodl (Central Bavarian: ''Zwe'l aun da Ro'l'') is a municipality in the district of Urfahr-Umgebung in the Austrian sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankt Gotthard Im Mühlkreis
Sankt Gotthard im Mühlkreis is a municipality in the district of Urfahr-Umgebung in Upper Austria, Austria. Attractions include Schloss Eschelberg, a stately home built in 1596, and the ruined 13th century Rottenegg Castle. Villages The municipality contains the following villages: *Eschelberg * Grasbach * Haselwies * Maierleiten * Mühlholz * Oberstraß * Rottenegg Population Gallery File:Rottenegg Vischer 1674.jpg, Rottenegg Castle Rottenegg Castle (german: Burgruine Rottenegg) is a ruined castle near the village of Rottenegg, Upper Austria, Rottenegg in the municipality of Sankt Gotthard im Mühlkreis, Austria. It dates to the 13th century, and was built to protect a mediev ..., now ruined File:Schloss Eschelberg-1.jpg, Schloss Eschelberg, built in 1596 File:Schloss Eschelberg-2.jpg, Schloss Eschelberg forest house File:St. Gotthard - Unterreithmühle 05.jpg, Medieval mill house File:St. Gotthard - Ehemaliges Gefängnis Eschelberg 01a.jpg, Former prison References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in a few North African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time (MET, German: MEZ) and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels Time, Madrid Time, Paris Time, Rome Time, Warsaw Time or even Romance Standard Time (RST). The 15th meridian east is the central axis for UTC+01:00 in the world system of time zones. As of 2011, all member states of the European Union observe summer time (daylight saving time), from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. States within the CET area switch to Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00) for the summer. In Africa, UTC+01:00 is called West Africa Time (WAT), where it is used by several countries, year round. Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia also refer to it as ''Central E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Via Regia
The Via Regia (Royal Highway) is a European Cultural Route following the route of the historic road of the Middle Ages. There were many such ''viae regiae'' associated with the king in the medieval Holy Roman Empire. History Origins The Via Regia ran west–east through the centre of the Holy Roman Empire, from the Rhine at Mainz-Kastel (''Elisabethenstraße'') to Frankfurt am Main, trade city and site of the election of the King of the Romans, continuing along Hanau, the '' Kaiserpfalz'' at Gelnhausen, the towns of Steinau an der Straße, Neuhof, Fulda and Eisenach to Erfurt, a centre of woad production. It ran further eastwards to Eckartsberga, crossing the Saale river between Bad Kösen and Naumburg and reached Leipzig, another trade city. The eastern part continued through Upper Lusatia (''Via Regia Lusatiae Superioris'') along Großenhain, Königsbrück, Kamenz, Bautzen and Görlitz to Wrocław in Silesia with further connection to Kraków in Polan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
