Location and building description
After Christoph Freiherr von Concin had given up Perwarth Castle, which was about 100 m above today's castle ruins, in 1549 because it no longer seemed comfortable enough to him, he had a valley castle built in 1560/61. To distinguish it, it was called Niederperwarth, while the fortress left to decay was called Oberperwarth or Hochperwarth. The striking ruins of the former castle lie just above the valley of the Kleine Erlauf. The Vischer engraving from 1672 still shows a stately renaissance castle, which is surrounded by a defensive wall. There are only traces of her left. The moat, over which a drawbridge led, was only filled with water on the entrance side. It is still partially preserved today. The castle had an almost square floor plan. The four wings were mostly three-story. Round towers protrude strongly from the facades at three corners. Only on the mountain side in the northeast is there no tower. The outer walls of the building are up to 1.8 m thick. Your plaster has largely fallen off, so that the quarry stone masonry is exposed. A rectangular single-axis gate tower protrudes slightly from the center of the western front. The portal, lined with bricks, is round-arched. The stone door frame is marked with 1561, the year the castle was completed. The former chain roller slots of the drawbridge can still be seen. The double coat of arms refers to Count Franz Colonna von Fels and his wife Elisabeth Scherfenberg. The palace chapel lay over the driveway. The north wing of the castle has largely collapsed. The numerous high windows on the upper floors of the west and south fronts are remarkable, while the ground floor was only lit by a few small window openings. Most of the window and door frames have broken off. A web frame window is still preserved. The relatively large rooms were mainly equipped with barrel vaults, but also with cross vaults.
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Today's ruin is still impressive, especially on its south side. It belongs to Mr. Anton Wagner from Neuhofen / Ybbs, who wants to secure it and possibly it should be used for events in the future.
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To the southwest of the ruin is the still well-preserved and inhabited three-winged meierhof of the castle. It was built in 1575, but largely renovated in 1855. On the entrance side it is provided with arcades on the courtyard side.
