Friedrichstein Castle (Slovenia)
| Friedrichstein Castle | ||
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 Friedrichstein Castle (Carl Postl, 19th century) |
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| Alternative name (s): | Fridrihštajn, Grad Fridrihštajn, Frydrichstain Castle | |
| Creation time : | 1423 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Degree Fridrihštajn | |
| Geographical location | 45 ° 36 '42 " N , 14 ° 51' 37" E | |
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The castle Friedrich Stein (Slovenian degree Fridrihštajn ) is a ruined castle on the mountain in the area Stim Kočevje , under Carniola , in what is now Slovenia . The hill fort is located in Gottscheer Land , a former German- speaking island that emerged from a fiefdom of the Upper Carinthian county of Ortenburg in the 14th and 15th centuries.
history
The castle was built in the early 15th century (between 1423 and 1425) by Friedrich II , the son of Count Hermann II von Cilli , for his lover Veronika von Deschenitz , with whom he was against after the death of his first wife Elizabeta Frankopanska Will his father was married.
Count Hermann II von Cilli had Veronika Deseniska drowned at Osterwitz Castle after the court in Cilli refused to condemn her as a witch . He threw his son in prison and had the castle destroyed. After the death of Hermann II, the castle was restored.
After the Cillier dynasty died out , the castle belonged to the Habsburg Emperor Friedrich III from 1456 . who entrusted the maintenance of the castle to an administrator. One of them was Michel Pierss that expressed in November 1503 that he, like his father before, Sigmund Pirs (s), King Maximillian 's captain in the Möttling , castle Frydrichstain along with the District Court and all the accessories as ordinary Burghut for care have. Jörg von Eck, Vizedom in Krain and his father Sigmund himself sealed.
Current condition
Today only ruinous walls and remains of the foundations are preserved. In 1993 the restoration of the remains began. So far the walls have been restored and protected against further deterioration. The ruins of the castle are a well-known excursion point.
literature
- Ivan Stopar: Castles and Chateaux in Slovenia . Ljubljana 1989, ISBN 86-361-0628-1 , pp. 292-295.
Individual evidence
- ↑ REGISTER NEPREMIČNE KULTURNE DEDIŠČINE , accessed on August 3, 2018 (Slovenian). List of Slovenian cultural assets
- ↑ RI XIV, 4.2 n. 20748 , In: Regesta Imperii Online ; accessed on August 7, 2018