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Rottenhof
Rottenhof 15 - Castle
3680 Rottenhof | Hofamt Priel
by car:
A1 motorway exit Ybbs a.d.D., Pöchlarn or Melk.
by train:
West line railway station Ybbs/Donau or Amstetten - we will be happy to pick you up!
by bike:
Danube cycle path | Krems - Melk - Persenbeug
The Rottenhof, formerly Schloss Rottenhof, has been a feel-good architectural gem of high society and a place of power for seven centuries.
Originally, the property was a sovereign fief, which was granted by Duke Albrecht IV in 1395 under the name "Rothhof zu Persenbeug". The floor plan of the three-storey main building was hook-shaped at the time. The two-storey farm building with a small bell tower was already part of the estate at that time, and has been a part of the estate since the visits of Emperor Maximilian. Hunting lodge is called. Legend has it that Emperor Maximilian I often stopped at the Rottenhof to refresh himself with the good water during his hunting breaks. It is said that he was the one who had the spring set in marble.
After 1672, the Rottenhof was significantly reduced in size. The beautiful estate had a variety of owners: after a series of feudal lords, Mang Irnfried was granted a fief and service exemption by King Ferdinand I in 1533, who bought the Altenmarkt estate in the same year and made the Rottenhof its administrative centre. Around a hundred years later, the Hoyos family acquired the house and estate, which subsequently passed into the possession of the Herberstein, Offenbach and Preising families, but was reacquired by the Hoyos in 1720. From 1790, the Rottenhof was in the hands of the Habsburg-Lothringen family.
The current owners have fallen in love with the buildings, gardens, meadows and neighbourhood, and have dedicated themselves to the hidden gem adopted. A family that focusses on challenges and demands for consistently forward-looking development and a new, contemporary level of sustainability and humanism.
The cosmopolitan yet sustainable lifestyle of the owners gives the Rottenhof a wonderful flair of generosity, passion and the promotion of idealistic values in a time of widespread change. As a value that must be passed on to future generations, the extensive permaculture has also been established here, which in turn gives the refuge a special and precious character.
