Burg Wiener Neustadt

Burg Wiener Neustadt is a castle in Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, Austria. Burg Wiener Neustadt is 268 metres above sea stage. The first castle in Wiener Neustadt become built in 1193–94, whilst at the same time, the metropolis partitions of Wiener Neustadt were built. The prices have been paid from the ransom of Richard the Lionheart. This citadel is said to have stood on the north-jap nook of the town, however there's no archaeological proof of this. When that castle became too small, however, the newer fort changed into built on the prevailing site by way of Leopold VI the Glorious at the beginning of the thirteenth century.

Since the location is pretty marshy, it became constructed on wood piles. Under Frederick II the Warlike it became in the end surrounded by means of a moat, outer walls and towers. In 1246 east of the citadel the Battle of the Leitha changed into fought, whilst Frederick II became killed. A monument at Burgenland avenue nevertheless reminds of it. In 1260 the castle became first mentioned in files. The wall became eliminated, but, underneath Otakar II of Bohemia already in 1253 and built up again inside the late thirteenth Century.