The fortification was of great strategic importance against ongoing Turkish and Hungarian invasions from the East across the nearby Lafnitz river.

Thanks to newly built fortifications commanded by Erhard von Polheim, the invading Turks could be defied in the years 1529 and 1532.

In the end, the indebted property of Burgau was given to Mathias von Trauttmannsdorff, who oppressed the local population with high socage fees.

The festive hall and the arcaded courtyard are used for indoor and outdoor cultural events and annual exhibitions for Christmas and Easter.

It dates back to the year 1750, although a copperplate of the village by Austrian topographer Georg Matthäus Vischer implies that a column must have already been there around 1670.

By the Lafnitz river a typical watchtower, a chartaque, was reconstructed as part of the "Kuruzzenwanderweg" ("Kuruz Hiking Trail") in 1995.

Such fortifications were used as warning systems along border rivers like the Lafnitz to defend the locals from frequent invasions from the East.