For the sixth time in a row, Rappottenstein Castle (Zwettl district) became the stage backdrop on Saturday evening.Well-known singers performed for a good cause and were able to collect 20,000 euros for the Rappottenstein Children's Castle.A medieval castle surrounded by nature - an ideal place to rest and relax.Families have been able to come to Rappottenstein Castle with a seriously ill child or parent or after a death for eleven years now.Your stay will be financed primarily with donations.In order to generate further donations, the annual benefit concert was launched in 2017, at which top-class musicians performed again this year.20,000 euros came together."I've been there from the start," says singer and dancer Ramesh Nair, who hosted the evening: "I took a tour of the castle, had everything shown to me and the stories I heard were very touching.And when you know which families are being helped here and, above all, how - you can't keep your heart closed." Musical singer Maya Hakvoort is also happy to support the children's castle: "First of all, the castle is beautiful and secondly, the thing that they do here is amazing , extremly good."The charity concert was once again organized this year by former State Secretary Christine Marek."I've been an ambassador for children's castles for ten years now.The castle is a place of power for families who are going through a very, very difficult situation," she emphasizes.Families would be able to "take a dip" here, and by staying at the castle they would also like to give them a "change of scenery, an adventure".Among the guests of the benefit concert were the provincial councilor Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig (SPÖ), Raiffeisen general director Erwin Hameseder, the mayor of Zwettl Franz Mold (ÖVP) and Josef Schmoll, the president of the Red Cross Lower Austria.The Rappottenstein Children's Castle is an initiative of the Lower Austrian Red Cross and the Abensperg and Traun family, who own the castle.“On the one hand, the families are looked after in a socio-pedagogical manner, on the other hand, they also have animal-accompanying therapy.And it's very important, when you've experienced traumatic events, that you can perhaps forget the past a bit and look to the future - especially for the children," says Schmoll.With the help of the donations, which are collected at the benefit concert, among other things, families from all over Austria can be helped at Burg Rappottenstein.The castle is made available to the Red Cross free of charge by lords of the castle, Benedikt Abensperg and Traun.That is important to him, because "the castle is an ideal place to withdraw and relax," as he says.The donations should ensure that it stays that way.This year, too, the 20,000 euros donated from the benefit concert will go entirely to the children's castle.Teresa Freudenthaler, noe.ORF.at