Feldsberg castle ruins
| Feldsberg castle ruins | ||
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 Feldsberg ruins |
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| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Ruin, badly dilapidated | |
| Standing position : | Ministeriale | |
| Place: | Lurnfeld | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 50 '28 " N , 13 ° 23' 42" E | |
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The Feldsberg castle ruins are located west of Pusarnitz ( Lurnfeld municipality ) near Spittal an der Drau on a wooded hilltop.
description
The simple Romanesque complex has already fallen into disrepair. Feldsberg has an irregular quadrangular floor plan , following the shape of the hill plateau. There are only small remains of a tower in the form of a cone of rubble. On the north and west side there are still up to 8 m high wall sections with herringbone masonry ( opus spicatum ). Access was via the south-east side. A circular hollow in the north angle indicates a buried cistern .
history
The predecessor building of Feldsberg Castle was the Hohenburg castle ruins above Feldsberg.
The first documentary mention was made in 1189 by Hainricus de Veldisberc , a Salzburg ministerial . Feldsberg Castle was a bone of contention in disputes between the Counts of Gorizia and the Archdiocese of Salzburg . In 1460 the negotiations for the Peace of Pusarnitz were partly held here .
The castle is believed to have been in decline since the end of the 16th century after the jurisdiction was transferred from Feldsberg to Sachsenburg . The last caretaker is documented for the year 1586, in 1658 the building was described as ruinous.
See also
literature
- Dehio Carinthia 2001 . Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 655 f.