Lichtenberg Castle (Carniola)
| Lichtenberg Castle | ||
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 Drawing of the Lichtenberg ruins in front of Wagensberg Castle by Johann Weichard von Valvasor (c. 1679) |
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| Alternative name (s): | Liechtenberg, Lichtenberg Castle near St. Martin, Grad Lihtenberk | |
| Creation time : | before 1300 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Ruin, archaeological site | |
| Standing position : | Ministeriale of the Patriarchal State of Aquileia | |
| Place: | Dvor, Šmartno pri Litiji | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 1 '32 " N , 14 ° 51' 27.2" E | |
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The former Lichtenberg Castle ( Slovene Grad Lihtenberk ) in the Kronland Carniola is now a ruined castle in the municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji ( German St. Martin bei Littai ) in the district of Dvor (Johannisthal in the Lower Carniola) , also known as Dvor pri Bogenšperku (Hof bei [Burg ] Wagensberg). The listed remains of the hilltop castle are hidden under trees and undergrowth. The Lichtenberg family from Carniola is named after this castle.
location
The ruins of the hilltop castle are located 200 meters to the north and below Wagensberg Castle (formerly Wagensperk , today Grad Bogenšperk ), which is now “one of the most beautiful castles” and “one of the most important cultural monuments” in Slovenia.
history
Lichtenberg describes a bare or cleared (cleared) mountain. The castle was mentioned in a document in 1250 as castrum Liechtemberch , 1288 as castrum Leytemberch , 1338 as Pilgrimum de Liechtenberch and between 1393 and 1396 as Lyechtenberg . When the construction of Wagensberg Castle began in the 15th century, the building fell into disrepair. Heavy destruction caused the Idria - Earthquake on March 26, 1511th
In the 1630s, the merchant Jurij Kheysell from Laibach bought the two castles and used Lichtenberg as a quarry for the larger castle. One of the next owners, the polymath Johann Weichard von Valvasor (1641–1693) , did the same .
See also
- List of castles and chateaus in Slovenia
- Lorenz von Lichtenberg († 1446), bishop of Lavant, opposing bishop of Gurk and opposing patriarch of Aquileja.
Illustrations
- Johann Weichard von Valvasor : sheet Lichtenberg. In: The honor of the duchy of Crain , that is, true, thorough, and quite proper evidence and quality of this magnificent Roman-Keyserlichen hereditary land. Laibach (Ljubljana) 1689.
- Andreas Trost : Wagensberg. With Its Geographical Prospect. 1689..1708.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lichtenberg Castle near St. Marein in Krain is a misspelling.
- ↑ register cult urn dediščine RKD: entry no. 29 in the monument list of the Republic of Slovenia. (Slovenian, accessed April 5, 2019)
- ↑ visitljubljana.com: Castle and Bogenšperk. (accessed on April 5, 2019)
literature
- Ivan Jakič: Vsi slovenski gradovi. DZS, Ljubljana 1997. p. 188.
Web links
- Register kulturne dediščine RKD: entry no. 4155 in the register of monuments of the Republic of Slovenia. (Slovenian)