Hardegg Castle in the March of Austria was first mentioned in an 1145 deed, it was acquired by the Counts of Plain about 1187.
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The only connection to the Czech Republic is via a bridge built in 1874 across the Thaya to the neighbouring village of Čížov (part of the Horní Břečkov municipality) in Moravia.
A bridge across the river links the village of Čížov with the town of Hardegg in Lower Austria.
Hardegg | Burg Hardegg |
After the collapse of the Mexican Empire in 1867, he returned to Austria, where he restored several medieval castles, such as Kreuzenstein, Hardegg or Liechtenstein Castle near Vienna.