Gradenegg castle ruins
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| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Ministeriale | |
| Place: | Liebenfels | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 45 '48 " N , 14 ° 14' 36" E | |
| Height: | 994 m above sea level A. | |
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The Gradenegg castle ruins are the ruins of a hilltop castle in the municipality of Liebenfels in Carinthia ( Austria ).
The small castle complex, which is already in serious decline, is located around 300 meters above the Glantalboden on a low rocky knockback.
Building description
The core of the system is a massive Romanesque keep , around which some farm buildings from 14-15. Century group. In the west, separated from the business complex, the three-storey includes Palas on. The building, which was originally from the first phase of construction, was extensively rebuilt, expanded and provided with marble window and door frames in the 16th century. The castle is surrounded by a circular wall from the 15th century. In the northeast corner of this enclosure is a small corner tower. The castle was also accessed from the north side, where it is protected by a considerable moat .
history
The first documentary mention took place on May 27, 1192, attested by Rudlandus de Gradnich as Ministeriale of the Carinthian Duke. He belonged to the family of the Lords of Gradenegg, who, with Reinprecht von Gradenegg, showed the last representative of this family on the property in 1436.
The Carinthian historian Franz Xaver Kohla reports that Roman copper and silver coins were found near or in the castle in 1787. Old mines are also mentioned by Kohla.
The castle was badly damaged by the severe earthquake in 1796 and soon afterwards was only used as a stable and farm building. A drawing by the artist Markus Pernhart , which has now disappeared, shows that the castle still had all the roofs around 1870, but was already in the process of decay.
See also
literature
- Hugo Henckel-Donnersmarck: Castles and palaces in Carinthia. Leon, Klagenfurt 1964. (2 volumes)
- Franz Xaver Kohla, Gustav Adolf von Metnitz, Gotbert Moro: Carinthian Castle Studies Part One - Carinthia's castles, mansions and fortified sites. History Association for Carinthia, Klagenfurt 1973.
- Gerhard Stenzel: From castle to castle in Austria. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1973, ISBN 3-218-00229-X .
- Georg Clam Martinic : Austrian Castle Lexicon. Castles and ruins, mansions, palaces and palaces. 2nd Edition. Landesverlag, Linz 1992, ISBN 3-85214-559-7 .
- Michael Leischner, Alois Brandstetter : Castles and palaces in Carinthia. Carinthia, Klagenfurt 2000, ISBN 3-85378-520-4 .
- Hermann Wiessner, Margareta Vyoral-Tschapka: Castles and palaces in Carinthia - Hermagor, Spittal / Drau, Villach. 2nd expanded edition. Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1986.
Web links
- Entry via Gradenegg to Burgen-Austria
- Gradenegg Castle
Individual evidence
- ^ Martin Hammerl: Gradenegg. (No longer available online.) In: https://www.burgen-austria.com . Martin Hammerl, February 17, 2005, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on May 29, 2018 (eng). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
