Ehrenfels Castle (St. Radegund)

Ehrenfels Castle
	Tower of the castle
Alternative name (s):	Klamm Castle
Creation time :	Early 13th century
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	ruin
Standing position :	Ministeriale
Place:	Sankt Radegund near Graz
Geographical location	47 ° 10 '52 " N , 15 ° 29' 22" E Coordinates: 47 ° 10 '52 " N , 15 ° 29' 22" E

The Ehrenfels Castle is the ruins of a hilltop castle on the territory of the municipality Sankt Radegund bei Graz in the Styrian district Graz environment .

history

Ehrenfels Castle was presumably built at the beginning of the 13th century by Otto II von Graz , a prince- Babenberg ministerial who called himself von Ehrenfels in 1229 .

Maybe there was already a previous building. The system controlled the Römerweg , a heavily frequented street from Rinnegg towards Semriach and Passail . In 1277 the castle was owned by the brothers Heinrich, Wulfing and Otto von Ehrenfels, sons of Otto von Trennstein .

From the end of the 13th century, the Lords of Ehrenfels served as ministerials to the Bamberg bishops in Carinthia, where they created another Ehrenfels house in St. Leonhard in Lavanttal from 1373 and obtained high offices, the headquarters of which was the Ehrenfels Castle there . With the death of Hans von Ehrenfels in 1442 the family went out.

The new owner of the Styrian castle complex had been Konrad von Kraig since 1424 . In 1449 the rulership changed hands and from then on belonged to Hans von Stubenberg . After the administrative headquarters were relocated to Stubegg and Gutenberg, the uninhabited castle fell into ruins. It was referred to as such as early as 1730. The Stubenbergs remained the owners of Ehrenfels Castle until the 19th century.

The restoration began in 1964 and parts were made habitable again. Ehrenfels Castle is privately owned.

Ehrenfels Castle in the gorge around 1830, lith. JF Kaiser institute, Graz
Newly developed residential wing of the facility

Web links

Entry via Ehrenfels (near St. Radegund) to Burgen-Austria
ehrenfels.org

Individual evidence

↑ A Roman inscription stone in the parish church of St. Radgund as well as the straight layout of the route suggest a real Roman mule track.
Compare Mathias Macher: The cold water sanatorium in St. Radegund am Schöckel near Graz. (The Styrian Graefenberg. ) A guide for spa guests and mountain travelers. Verlag Wilhelm Braumüller, Vienna 1868. 2. Section Parish and local community St. Radegund , Chapter 5. The history of the parish St. Radegund , p. 11 ( Google Books, complete view ); Giancarlo Susini: Notule stiriane. In: Epigraphica 42 (1980). Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di storia antica, pp. 204-206.

[1] A Roman inscription stone in the parish church of St. Radgund as well as the straight layout of the route suggest a real Roman mule track.
Compare Mathias Macher: The cold water sanatorium in St. Radegund am Schöckel near Graz. (The Styrian Graefenberg. ) A guide for spa guests and mountain travelers. Verlag Wilhelm Braumüller, Vienna 1868. 2. Section Parish and local community St. Radegund , Chapter 5. The history of the parish St. Radegund , p. 11 ( Google Books, complete view ); Giancarlo Susini: Notule stiriane. In: Epigraphica 42 (1980). Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di storia antica, pp. 204-206.