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Schloss Asparn

Austria

Schloss Asparn does not sit on the main square of Asparn an der Zaya, the market town in Lower Austria's Weinviertel. It stands a little apart, in the north-west of the town, and you understand it best as one piece of a cluster that locals call the Stättl: the castle, its former farm buildings, the parish church and the Minorite friary, gathered together. As you approach the gate, look for the two sandstone figures standing in front of it, and then up at the two massive corner towers. One carries a pair of oriel windows, the other a walkway running around its top. These towers are among the oldest parts of what you see.

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