Hochwart castle ruins
| Hochwart castle ruins | ||
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 Black Hochwart Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Hohenwart Castle, Black Castle | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 38 '17 " N , 13 ° 59' 44" E | |
| Height: | 802 m above sea level A. | |
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The Hochwart Castle (also: Hohenwart , Slovenian Črni Grad ) is a castle ruin south of the village of Köstenberg ( Slov. Kostanje) in the municipality of Velden am Wörthersee in Carinthia . The castle is also known as the “Black Castle”, which corresponds to the meaning of the Slovenian name.
location
The ruins of the former hilltop castle are located on the rocky, partly wooded summit of the Kleiner Sternberg at 802 m above sea level.
history
In the middle of the 12th century, Duke Heinrich V of Carinthia received the castle and rule of Hohenwart from Pilgrim von Pozzuolo as a gift. Heinrich's brother, Duke Hermann, sold the castle to the Gurk Bishop Roman I in 1162. In 1365, the Bishop of Gurk enfeoffed the Counts of Ortenburg with the castle. Subsequently, the Counts of Cilli were the owners, but they died out, whereupon the castle in 1456 in the hands of the troops of Emperor Friedrich III. fell; However, it remains unclear whether the castle was destroyed back then or not until the 16th century.
investment
Three yards
The castle complex is divided into three courtyards, one behind the other. From the former Altburg from the first half of the 12th century, walls in the south of the complex around the inner courtyard have been preserved, most of the still recognizable components in the northeast of the complex (outer courtyard) date from the second half of the thirteenth century.
Main tower
The formerly square keep (dated from the second half of the thirteenth century), the eastern part of which has been demolished, is in association with the outer castle wall; in the first tower floor a arched entrance is facing west receive, a bay window stem in the fourth floor can be seen on the south side, further pointed windows .
Castle chapel
It stands in the outer courtyard: you enter a double chapel with a partially preserved semicircular apse , probably from the first half of the twelfth century, originally covered with a flat roof, later protected by a steep gable roof . In the lower chapel you can still see a pointed triumphal arch, whereas that of the upper chapel no longer exists. The choirs were vaulted and are now in danger of collapsing; there are two rose windows on the west wall .
Other walls
Remnants of residential buildings and defensive walls are still clearly visible.
See also
literature
- 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.