 | Ruins of Alt Rechberg Castle A 9133 Eisenkappel Vellach
2. 11. 2022 09:10:22
The castle was first mentioned in documents in 1236 and was the property of the Carinthian dukes. In 1255, Ulrich von Rechberg was the owner of the castle. In 1361, the Aufensteiner followed. After that, Lasla Prager was the owner of the lordship.... |
 | Ruins of Sonnenburg Castle (Weidegg) A 9854 Malta
2. 11. 2022 10:03:44
The documents are silent about the origin and fate of this fortress, so one can only rely on assumptions. The builders of this castle may have been the count Udalschalk proven here in the 11th century or the lords of Mallentein, an assumption that has much to commend it. Ultimately, the counts of He... |
 | Ruins of Mölltheuer Castle (Penk) A 9816 Reißeck
2. 11. 2022 11:31:33
Between 1234 and 1237, a 'Heinricus de Pench' is mentioned as a judge of Görz. The place is also repeatedly mentioned in the Görz urbar of 1299. The brothers Bernhardus and Bertholdus de Penche, appearing in documents from 1271 and 1277, were probably Görz ministeriales residing at Penk Castle. In 1... |
 | Ruins of Obertrixen Castle A 9102 Völkermarkt
2. 11. 2022 12:46:44
The castle Obertrixen was first mentioned in documents in 895 and was a gift from Emperor Arnulf to the husband of Hemma von Gurk. However, until the 14th century, the documents usually did not distinguish between Obertrixen, Mittertrixen, and Niedertrixen.... |
 | Ruins of Mittertrixen Castle A 9102 Völkermarkt
2. 11. 2022 16:25:21
In the Middle Ages, there were already three castles in the Trixnertal Obertrixen, Mittertrixen, and Niedertrixen. However, until the 14th century, the documents did not distinguish between them, making it difficult today to correctly assign their early history. Waisenberg, a fourth castle in the T... |
 | Hohenburg Castle Ruins A 9781 Oberdrauburg
2. 11. 2022 17:26:22
Hohenburg was first mentioned in a document in 1375. Originally belonging to the Ortenburg family, Hohenburg passed after their extinction in 1418 to the Counts of Cilli. In 1455 it was pledged by Ulrich of Cilli to Duke Siegmund. In 1460 the castle fell to the Habsburgs by virtue of the Peace of Pu... |
 | Leobenegg Castle Ruins A-9861 Krems in Kärnten
2. 11. 2022 18:51:37
In a document dated May 30, 1208, of the Gurk Bishop Walther von Vatz, Eberhardus de Liubneke, a ministerialis of the Archdiocese of Salzburg, is named as a witness. This is considered the oldest documentary reference to Leobenegg. In 1241, Count Hermann II of Ortenburg enfeoffed Raspo of Friesach w... |
 | Flaschberg Castle Ruins A 9781 Oberdrauburg
3. 11. 2022 08:05:57
In 1154, a small fortification named "Flassinperc" is mentioned here for the first time. At that time, a 'Ugo de Flassinperc' was named as a witness in a document. He and his descendants were vassals of the Counts of Görz. The castle was probably built shortly before and was originally free allodial... |
 | Waisenberg Castle Ruins A 9102 Völkermarkt
3. 11. 2022 11:33:28
The extensive ruins are located on a forward mountain cone of the Saualpe in the Trixnertal. It is the most significant fortification in this castle-rich valley.Castle Waisenberg is said to have been given by King Arnulf in 895 to Count Wilhelm of Gurk. Saint Hemma (Countess of Friesach-Zeltschach) ... |
 | Feuersberg (Feuerstein) Castle Ruins A 9142 Globasnitz
3. 11. 2022 15:42:46
When the castle was built is not known. In 1265 it is first mentioned in a document as 'Vewersprech'. The area in the Jauntal was originally royal property, then passed by donation to Bishop Albuin of Brixen and his brother Count Aribo.... |
 | Mallentein (Ödenfest) Castle Ruins A 9854 Malta
4. 11. 2022 08:46:44
The place Malta appears to be mentioned in documents as early as the 10th century. However, the castle was probably not built until the 11th century. It is the ancestral seat of the Mallenteiners, whose Carinthian line did not die out until 1786. The Mallenteiners immigrated from Bavaria around 1000... |
 | Wimburg (Wimberg) Castle Ruins A- 3683 Yspertal
10. 11. 2022 11:26:04
The castle complex is located 5.4 km north of Altenmarkt or 1.2 km northwest of the parish church of Pisching on the right valley slope of the Ysper. For its construction, a narrow, steeply descending, now forested mountain spur was used.... |
 | Zelking Castle Ruins A. 3393 Zelking
10. 11. 2022 13:05:02
The relatively large castle is located on a spur-like knoll of the Hiesberg, above the small town of Zelking and the Melk River. The building site was artificially excavated and partially widened. The high medieval ring castle is an extensive rectangular complex that only turns its far-visible north... |
 | Oberfalkenstein Castle Ruins A-9821 Obervellach
11. 11. 2022 07:57:10
The ruins are located on a rocky ridge descending from the Pfaffenberg, through which a Tauernbahn tunnel passes. The castle area is about 90 m long and up to 30 m wide. The eastern access was secured by a forward neck ditch and a stately bergfried. The residential buildings were on the north side o... |
 | Mitterberg Castle Ruins A-4320 Perg
13. 11. 2022 09:08:57
The castle is first mentioned in 1165. The first owners of what was once the largest castle in the Mühlviertel were the 'Lords and Advocates of Perg'. It fell to the Babenberg territorial lord at the latest after their extinction in 1191. It probably belonged to those estates confiscated in 1180 by ... |
 | Ruins of Thernberg Castle A-2832 Thernberg
20. 11. 2022 11:13:00
Thernberg is one of the oldest hill castles in Lower Austria. Already in 1108 an 'Emerich de Terrenberch' is mentioned. A document from the Reichersberg monastery mentions a Rapoto von Thernberg in 1150. In 1227, the castle first appears with Dietmar and Ulrich von Thernberg. The Thernbergers were m... |
 | Maximilian Tower Line Linz | The Tower Fortification Linz
12. 12. 2022 10:21:49
Many know these structures found in the greater Linz area that also partly shape the cityscape. Some still in good condition, others ruined or completely disappeared, others adapted as residential buildings or exclusive villas or commercially used.... |
 | Ruins and Luftenberg Castle A-4225 Luftenberg an der Donau
14. 01. 2023 16:04:17
The ruins are a former hill castle in the present municipality of Luftenberg an der Donau and are first mentioned in documents in 1125. The sparse remains of the once magnificent castle-like fortress lie behind the dominant, new and remarkably large castle from the 16th century. Remains of the ring ... |
 | Ruins of Spielberg Castle A-4222 Langenstein
15. 01. 2023 10:50:22
Originally, Spielberg was located on a Danube island. However, due to high waters and regulations, the river course changed, so this imposing and impressive facility is now in the northern floodplain area of the Danube.... |
 | Ruins of Seisenburg Castle A-4643 Pettenbach
17. 01. 2023 14:42:17
The history of the original castle dates back to the 12th century.Between 1609 and 1610, Achaz Fenzl had the fortress converted into a Renaissance castle. Another important enlargement took place between 1680 and 1690 under Sigmund Friedrich Freiherr von Engl. The castle was probably built on the re... |
 | Ruins of Waxenberg Castle A-4182 Waxenberg
17. 01. 2023 20:36:43
The first castle Rotenfels (Alt-Waxenberg) was located about 4 km from the current castle ruins. At the end of the 13th century, Rotenfels was abandoned and a new, much larger facility was built above the place Waxenberg, first mentioned in documents in 1146.... |
 | Ruins of Scharnstein Castle A-4644 Scharnstein
19. 01. 2023 09:09:34
The ruins are located high above the Alm valley. With 4500 m² it is relatively extensive. There are actually three facilities built on different rocks. The main castle had two disadvantages: it was elevated by the adjacent terrain and offered no direct line of sight to the valley road. Therefore, th... |
 | Ruins of Rotenfels Castle (Alt-Waxenberg) A-4175 Herzogsdorf
21. 01. 2023 11:24:49
According to assumptions, Rotenfels is the former castle 'Alt-Waxenberg', the predecessor of the current Waxenberg ruins. Around 1136, the castle was built by the free nobles Ulrich and Cholo von Wilhering. The records mention a 'Colo de Rodenfelse'.... |
 | Ruins of Alt-Leonroth Castle (Waldschloss) A-8580 St. Martin a. W
23. 01. 2023 10:07:02
The rectangular castle area in ground plan is surrounded by a ring wall, which today is largely only recognizable in its foundations. At the northwestern wall corner above the neck ditch and in the west, man-high remains of the ring wall have been preserved. The large-format and quarry stone masonry... |
 | Ruins of Neu-Leonroth Castle A-8580 St. Martin am Wöllmißberg
23. 01. 2023 13:22:49
Around 1300, when the road over the Pack from the Teigitschklamm was rerouted to the Gößnitzbachtal, Alt-Leonroth was abandoned and Neu-Leonroth was built near the new road. At the beginning of the 14th century, the main castle was built with an exceptionally extensive outer bailey by the burgraves ... |
 | Buchenstein Castle Ruins A-3820 Raabs an der Thaya
24. 01. 2023 19:05:43
In 1202, an Ecchehardus von 'Lidimize' appears in documents, in 1203 a Heinrich von 'Libniz', and in 1294 Hugo von 'Lidbnitze' is mentioned. The lords of Liebnitz belonged to a Moravian noble family. However, the connections between Liebnitz and Buchenstein are not clarified.... |
 | Middle and Upper Castle, A-9751 Sachsenburg | Sachsenburg Castle Ruins
1. 02. 2023 12:46:45
The Sachsenburg fortification was once an important valley barrier for the Salzburgers. At the beginning of the 13th century, two castles were built on the fortress hill. In the disputes with the Carinthian dukes and the Counts of Görz, Sachsenburg played an important role for Tyrol. Sachsenburg ori... |
 | Rehberg Castle Ruins A-3500 Krems
8. 02. 2023 07:57:54
In 1141, Otto I de Lengenpach is first mentioned as the castle owner. His successors soon called themselves only after Rehberg.When Otto V, provost of Regensburg, was killed in 1235, the lordship fell to the territorial prince. From 1314, it belonged to Agnes of Hungary as a widow's seat. The Habsbu... |
 | Waasen Castle Ruins A-3205 Weinburg
8. 02. 2023 09:35:28
The early history of Weinburg is inseparably linked with the history of Waasen Castle, of which only a few wall remnants remain today. Since the 13th century, the development of the place can be traced through various documents. These show that from 1209 onwards, Waasen Castle was inhabited by noble... |
 | Senftenberg Castle Ruins A-3541 Senftenberg
8. 02. 2023 12:34:54
On the castle hill, a fortification already existed before the first millennium. As a masonry hilltop castle, Senftenberg was built by the high free lords of Lengenbach, who sat on Rehberg. Between 1197 and 1200, a 'Ruedeger de Senftenberc' is mentioned. Through marriage, the lordship passed to the ... |
 | Hohenberg Castle Ruins A-3192 Hohenberg
10. 02. 2023 09:32:20
The castle was first mentioned in a document of the Lamprecht monastery in 1100. It was probably built by Dietrich I of Hohenberg. He was a son of Leutold of Hohenstaff. In the battles between Emperor Frederick III and King Matthias Corvinus, Hans III of Hohenberg made his castles Merkenstein, Hohen... |
 | Hohenegg Castle Ruins A-3386 Hafnerbach
17. 02. 2023 09:04:23
The castle is first mentioned in a document in 1140 with Hermann von Stein. He descended from the Counts of Poigen-Rebgau. In 1173, his son Count Gebhart first named himself after Hohenegg.When the local counts died out around 1188, the fortress passed to a branch of the Counts of Hohenburg. The las... |
 | Wildegg Castle Ruins (Stall) A-9832 Stall
26. 02. 2023 08:01:18
The castle, located on a narrow rocky spur above Stall, dates back to the 10th or 11th century. It was first owned by the Diocese of Freising, followed in the 12th century by the Archdiocese of Salzburg as the lord of the estate. The first documentary mention of the castle dates from 1197. In 1271, ... |
 | Rabenstein Castle Ruins A-9972 Virgen
26. 02. 2023 09:32:09
In the early Middle Ages, the Iseltal belonged to the County of Lurn. Later, around 1100, the Counts of Lechsgemünd were able to establish themselves here. In 1252, a "castrum Virge" is first mentioned, which belonged to the Counts of Tyrol. It was probably built around 1200.... |
 | Kienburg Castle Ruins A-9971 Matrei in Osttirol
1. 03. 2023 19:34:31
The castle is first mentioned in a document around 1184, where a 'Chuno de Chienburch' appears. He was probably a ministerialis of the Counts of Lechsgemünd, who had given him Kienburg as a fief. The construction of the castle probably took place in the second half of the 12th century.... |
 | Castle ruins Saxenegg A-4364 St. Thomas am Blasenstein
8. 03. 2023 08:27:31
The exact time of origin of Saxenegg castle is not known. It was first mentioned in a document in 1297. At that time, Ulrich and Wernhart den Sechseneker were named as owners.In 1342, Duke Albrecht II gave the Saxenegg fortress as a fief to Burghart dem Kneusser. In 1382, Hans der Kneusser sold the ... |
 | Castle ruins Oberwallsee A-4101 Feldkirchen an der Donau
9. 03. 2023 08:48:01
In a document from 1364, Duke Rudolf IV authorized Eberhard von Wallsee to build a castle on the Klausberg and name it Wallsee. Construction began immediately and was completed around 1386. In contrast to the Niederwallsee fortress already built in 1362 on the Lower Austrian Danube, it was soon call... |
 | Castle ruins Klingenberg A-4364 St. Thomas am Blasenstein
12. 03. 2023 08:32:16
Klingenberg was probably built towards the end of the 12th century. At that time it belonged to the Lords of Machland, from whom the castle passed to the Counts of Clam-Velburg after the death of Walchun IV of Clam. However, the first confirmed mention of the castle dates from 1217.... |
 | Castle ruins Rottenegg A-4112 St. Gotthard im Mühlkreis
12. 03. 2023 10:19:20
The Piber family is suspected to be the builders of the fortress. Chunrad and Sieghard Piber are mentioned in 1285 as witnesses in a charter of Wilhering monastery. They already named themselves after Rottenegg, which is probably much older.... |
 | Defensive church St. Pankraz, A-2571 Altenmarkt an der Triesting | Schwarzenburg castle ruins
14. 03. 2023 08:39:45
The first mention was in 1136 in the foundation charter for the Klein-Mariazell monastery by Margrave Leopold III. This document shows that the brothers Heinrich and Rapoto from the Haderiche family dedicated their Schwarzenburg castle and properties to the monastery foundation. After the extinction... |
 | Castle ruins Ruttenstein A-4282 Pierbach
25. 03. 2023 16:36:08
The castle was probably built in the first half of the 12th century. In 1160 it is mentioned under the name Rotenstein as Bamberg property. Towards the end of the 12th century it was one of the clearing centers of the Counts of Clam-Velburg. Its first documented mention dates from 1209.... |
 | Via Ferrata Thomas AV Villach
1. 07. 2013 10:59:12
Thomas Glantschnig on the wire bridge during the via ferrata course for 'advanced' at Kanzianiberg. Quick as a flash - with a grin....... |
 | Wire Bridge Roland Felderer
1. 07. 2013 12:03:26
Roland Felderer on the wire bridge during the via ferrata course for 'advanced' at Kanzianiberg. He tests another way of crossing and probably already has the 'Königsjodler' in sight!... |
 | KS Pontebba Start
9. 07. 2013 12:03:51
Alpenverein Villach, qualification via ferrata in Pontebba on 2.7.2013... |
 | KS Pontebba Ascent Part1 Group1
9. 07. 2013 12:56:20
Via ferrata in Pontebba, Alpenverein Villach, qualification for more demanding via ferratas... |
 | KS Pontebba Ascent Part2 Group1
9. 07. 2013 14:39:19
Pontebba via ferrata, Alpenverein Villach, qualification for more demanding klettersteige,ascent Group 1 in the upper part... |
 | KS Pontebba Ascent Part2 Group2
9. 07. 2013 15:27:25
Pontebba via ferrata, Alpenverein Villach, qualification for more demanding klettersteige, ascent Group2... |
 | KS Pontebba Ascent Part2 Group3
9. 07. 2013 18:52:39
Pontebba via ferrata, Alpenverein Villach, qualification for more demanding klettersteige... |
 | KS Pontebba Ascent Part2 Group4
9. 07. 2013 20:46:03
Pontebba via ferrata, Alpenverein Villach, qualification for more demanding klettersteige on 2.7.2013... |
 | KS Pontebba Descent Part1 Christina
9. 07. 2013 21:34:33
Pontebba via ferrata, descent Part1, Alpenverein Villach - qualification for more demanding klettersteige... |