Schloss Drasing, Renaissance castle in Krumpendorf am Wörther See, Austria.
Schloss Drasing is a Renaissance castle located north of Krumpendorf am Wörther See on a forested hill. The three-story building features a squared courtyard with colonnaded galleries, accessible through the north portal, and displays defensive architectural elements at its corners and facades.
Schloss Drasing was first documented in 1284 and again in 1362, and probably existed in Carolingian times as a Vorburg of Moosburg palace. In 1492 Emperor Frederick III granted the reverted estate to Sebald Feulner; his family held it until 1640, when they had to leave Carinthia. After frequent changes of owner, Thaddäus Lanner had the castle repaired in 1842/1843 and raised the southeast tower.
The chapel in the west wing, first mentioned in 1660, holds a painting of Christ on the cross dated 1698. In the knight's hall on the second floor of the east wing stands a green-glazed tile stove in Renaissance forms.
Access to the castle is through the northern portal that leads into the squared courtyard with arcades. Wear sturdy shoes as the approach on the forested hillside and pathways inside the grounds are unpaved.
The empty coat of arms shield with stonemason marks is on a stone portal of the first floor, not the ground floor. The chapel in the ground floor of the west wing, first mentioned in 1660, holds a painting of Christ on the cross dated 1698.
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