Plankenstein Castle is located in the town of Plankenstein, about 4 kilometers south-west of Texing in Lower Austria. The hilltop castle was first mentioned in a document in 1186 and was built by the Plankensteiners, vassals of the Counts of Peilstein. The family name is derived from the word blanc white) and means something like that of the white stone. Story In the 15th century, the Plankensteiners acquired important property. Pankraz von Plankenstein owned, among other things, Peilstein, Freienstein and Sassendorf, was a pawn of Weitra and the caretaker of Pƶchlarn. He had the castle renewed in 1453, but did not live there. In the fraternal dispute between Emperor Friedrich III. and Duke Albrecht VI. Pankraz von Plankenstein stood by the emperor's side, which brought him further increases in power after the peace agreement. After many years of changing ownership, the Tinti family acquired the castle in 1713. BartholomƤus von Tinti, who had acquired the Schallaburg in 1763, died...