Sachsenburg fortification
The Sachsenburg fortification was once an important dam protecting two castles on the back of the Sachsenburg bolt. Sachsenburg lies at a point where the Drau makes a sharp bend and the valley narrows to around 500 meters wide. The place was originally surrounded by a curtain wall that connected to the hillside of the Kalvarienberg in the south. In the area of the Kalvarienberg chapel there is a former defense tower . The complex had two city gates; the eastern one was removed in 1827, the southern earlier. A third opening in the wall, the so-called water gate, opens the market to the Drava. During the Napoleonic era , French troops destroyed the fortress. Remnants of the curtain wall have been preserved on the north and west sides. The gate tower is located next to the “Zur Post” building. From the original three fortresses, the "upper, middle and nider Sloss" , only small remains of the wall remain.
Sachsenburg has been owned by the Archdiocese of Salzburg since the 12th century . In 1252, Albert III tried . of Tyrol and Meinhard III. of Gorizia to take Sachsenburg in vain. The rule of Salzburg ended in 1803.
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 704.
Web links
- Entry via Sachsenburg fortification on Burgen-Austria
Coordinates: 46 ° 49 ′ 31 ″ N , 13 ° 21 ′ 4 ″ E