Schloss Hernals, Medieval château in Hernals district, Vienna, Austria
Schloss Hernals was a castle at Elterleinplatz in Vienna's 17th district, Hernals. In the late Middle Ages it was the seat of the Protestant noble family Jörger zu Tollet und Köppach. A bank branch and the Hernals District Museum now stand on the site.
In the late medieval period, the castle served as the noble seat of the Protestant Joerger zu Tollet and Koeppach family. This family shaped the region through their religious conviction and influence on local developments.
The Jörger zu Tollet und Köppach family held the castle as a Protestant noble seat in the late Middle Ages; the name Hernals is first documented in connection with this estate. Nothing of the building survives, but the Hernals District Museum at Elterleinplatz keeps the family and the former castle in its local-history displays.
The site is at Elterleinplatz in Vienna's 17th district, Hernals. A bank branch and the Hernals District Museum now occupy the spot; the museum is the place to look for information on the former castle. The location is served by public transport at Elterleinplatz.
The castle site at Elterleinplatz now holds a bank branch and the Hernals District Museum, so the former noble seat survives only as an address and a museum location. The Jörger zu Tollet und Köppach family, a Protestant noble house, held the castle in the late Middle Ages.
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