Zeiselberg castle ruins
| Zeiselberg castle ruins | ||
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 The Zeiselburg keep was bricked up again |
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| Alternative name (s): | Zeiselburg | |
| Creation time : | 13th Century | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Restored remains | |
| Place: | Magdalensberg- Zeiselberg | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 39 '45 " N , 14 ° 23' 2.5" E | |
| Height: | 600 m above sea level A. | |
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The ruins of a medieval hilltop castle on a hill above the village of the same name in the municipality of Magdalensberg in Carinthia , which probably only existed for a few decades in the 13th century , are referred to as the Zeiselberg castle ruins or Zeiselburg for short , in Slovenian Čilberk . In the more recent past, parts of the complex have been exposed and reconstructed. The Zeiselburg is a popular destination today.
history
The Zeiselberg family, who were the ministerials of the Carinthian dukes , can be documented for the year 1202. The family was a side branch of the Freiberg family, who sat in the Freiberg ducal castle north of St. Veit in the 12th century . The castle on the Zeiselberg was first mentioned in 1250 as being in the possession of the Lords of Zeisel. Albert de Zeyselberg , son of Heinricus Ziesel , was the ducal cupbearer and between 1267 and 1269 the highest judge in Carinthia. Under him the castle was rebuilt in the second half of the 13th century. With Albert's death, the Zeiselberg family died out in the male line in the seventies of the 13th century. Albert's widow Aleiza had to return goods alienated from her husband before her death. Her sons-in-law were involved in an uprising against the Habsburgs in 1292 , after which the Zeiselburg was besieged and destroyed in May 1293. It probably wasn't rebuilt. In the 15th century, the Mordax appear to be the owners of the Zeiselberg rule, in 1493 the Siegerdorfer were taken over by Emperor Friedrich III. enfeoffed with Zeiselberg. Thereafter, the Zeiselberg rule was no longer mentioned in a document.
In 1989 the owner of the property, Kurt Zechner, began to uncover the buried remains of the Zeiselburg and to reconstruct parts of the complex with the existing material.
description
The facility is located at 600 m above sea level. A. Height above the village of the same name. The Zeiselburg was a small, by a moat and a Vorwerk protected castle with irregular Bering forth. Through the gate to the east of the plant leads into a small courtyard of double cavity Palas was surrounded right of the gate and other residential and commercial buildings. A forge and a filter cistern were connected to the northwest of the hall. Opposite the gate was the keep , which has now been walled up again to a height of eight meters. In the west of the complex there was another forge, to the left of the gate there were other buildings. A small chapel with two staircases was built onto the outer wall.
The Zeiselburg is interesting for research because it was destroyed after a few decades, as its remains and finds - metal and ceramic finds, including horseshoes, belt buckles, crossbow bolts and an alembic (still) - are precise within the facility, as they were not repaired at a later date and conversions provide a disturbed picture of everyday life in this era.
literature
- Dehio Carinthia 2001 . Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 832f.
- Wilhelm Deuer: Castles and palaces in Carinthia . Verlag Johannes Heyn, Klagenfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-7084-0307-6 , pp. 161ff.