Since year 2002 till 2010 Castle
Plankenstein in Austria was the
place of all Austria investitures of
the Grand Priory of Austria. Burg
Plankenstein is a castle in Lower
Austria, Austria. Burg Plankenstein
is placed 657 meters above sea
level. First documentary mention
of the Plankenstein and the
probable construction of the castle
in the year 1186. The Counts Kunitz
were the owner of the castle in
- In 1975 Dipl.-Arch. Hans-
Peter Trimbacher acquires the
castle and makes it exemplary. In
2010, the Viennese entrepreneur
Erich Podstatny bought
Plankenstein Castle to fulfill a
childhood dream.
Castle Plankenstein