Shenbyuel Castle stands on the edge of high cliffs and rough in the Wachau Valley on vysote210 metrovna right bank of the Danube near Melk. Known as the "guardian of the Wachau", the castle stands on the site more than 1,000 years.

The old records in historical documents that mention Shenbyuel, dated 1135 year. Originally, the castle was built as the property of the Bishop of Passau. Location was chosen for building specific, which once housed a Roman fortress. The oldest part of the palace dates from the 12th century, but in the following century it was reconstructed several times.

Shenbyuel family owned the castle for nearly two hundred years, until the death of the last of its members - Ulrich von Shonpihelya in the early 14th century. Within a short period, the castle was in the hands of Conrad von Eyzenbetela, then owned by the monastery of Melk. However, the abbot was soon forced to sell the castle, and in 1396 the fortress was taken over by brothers Casper and Gundakera Shtarhemberg background. For over four centuries, the descendants of background Shtarhemberg increased and improved the castle. Among them was the background Shtarhemberg Bartholomew, who was one of the first members of the Austrian aristocracy, who played for Lutheranism in 1482. This led to the creation of strong Protestant tradition in the castle, which lasted until 1639, when Konrad von Balthasar Shtarhemberg went back to Catholicism, and a sign of its commitment to build a monastery near the castle.

The most famous kind of Shtarhembergov, who owned the castle, Ernst Rüdiger, who played a crucial role in the protection of the Austrian capital, Vienna, from the Turkish invasion in the late 17th century. His great-grandson of Ludwig Josef Gregor sold the castle in 1819 to Count Franz von Beroldinzheru. They say that the last few generations Shtarhembergov did not live in the castle. Therefore, when the count Beroldinzher bought it, everything inside was abandoned. However, he rebuilt the castle and turned it into a living.

In 1930, his great-nephew sold the castle of Count von Oswald, who lost the castle during the war and Soviet occupation. However, in 1955 the castle was returned to the family Shenbyuel and remains in their possession ever since.