Gomarn castle ruins
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 Gomarn castle ruins |
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| Creation time : | around 1300 | |
| Castle type : | Castle ruins | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 57 '49 " N , 14 ° 47' 16" E | |
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The extensive buildings of the Gomarn castle ruins are located on the back of a hill near Bad St. Leonhard in Lavanttal .
Building description
The oldest part of the castle is the thick-walled dungeon with a square base and was built around the 1300th The four-storey wall remains, some of which are still preserved, date from the 15th century. The city wall is integrated in the southwest and thus an important part of the fortification.
history
For the possession of the diocese of Bamberg in Lavanttal, the royal estate handed over by Heinrich II (partly as an allod , partly as a fief) undoubtedly represented the basis of the holdings around Wolfsberg. It took the diocese no less than three centuries to create the relatively large, closed ones To form property complexes around Wolfsberg in Lavanttal and from Villach to Pontafel / Pontebba in the Canal Valley. The expansion into a large, closed property complex was not completed until 1425 with the acquisition of the high court rights .
The church of St. Leonhard , built by Bishop Otto I , appears as the first center in the upper Lavant valley, which was then known as Gaminare or Gomarn . The name Gomarn is derived from the establishment of a Capella sancti Leonardi in Gaminare at the time of Bamberg sovereignty in the Lavant valley (12th century). Today the place is still called "Gammern" in dialect. In 1278 the castle St. Leonhard was mentioned, which is in ruins today, but is still called Gomarn . The rich ore deposits in the immediate vicinity, especially the gold mining in the Kliening, led to the emergence of a town that was first mentioned in 1311 and received town charter and a castle keep from Bishop Heinrich II von Sternberg in 1325 .
The castle ruins of Gomarn am Schlossberg, first mentioned in a document from 1287, was once the seat of Bamberg administrators. In 1762 the castle fell victim to the flames and, after being quickly restored, burned down again in 1808. The spacious inner courtyard now serves as an event location.
See also
literature
- Anton Fritz: Carinthia in the Gothic. Carinthia, Klagenfurt 1987.
Web links
- Entry above Gomarn castle ruins on Burgen-Austria