Piberstein#

Piberstein Castle Ruin, Upper Austria, impressive castle ruin in the municipal area of Ahorn between Waxenberg and Helfenberg in the Muehlviertel region, parts are being used as residential houses; documented mention in 1285, unsuccessfully besieged by the Hussites in 1427, extensive reconstruction during the Renaissance period and erection of the gatehouse. The central building with corner towers is surrounded by a circular wall with square gate building and 4 semicircular towers; the inner castle yard has pergolas with pointed arches and Tuscan columns; sgraffito paintings (1620).