Peace of Pusarnitz

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The Peace of Pusarnitz ended the war of succession over the Cillier legacy between Emperor Friedrich III on January 25, 1460 . and Count Johann von Görz .

Memorial plaque in Pusarnitz, market town Lurnfeld
Upper part of the memorial plaque in Pusarnitz, market town of Lurnfeld
Lower part of the memorial plaque in Pusarnitz, market town of Lurnfeld

prehistory

Count Ulrich II of Cilli was murdered in Belgrade in 1456 and, as the last of his family, left around eighty lordships in Styria, Carniola, Carinthia, Austria, Croatia and Hungary.

Now Friedrich III. signed a contract of inheritance with the Cillians in 1443, according to which their property in the Holy Roman Empire should fall to the Habsburgs .

But Count Johann von Görz also referred to a contract of inheritance with the Cilliers from 1377 and wanted to secure the County of Ortenburg , which the Cilliers had inherited in 1420.

struggle

Count Johann and his armed forces moved from his Bruck Castle near Lienz to Oberdrauburg , captured the two castles and occupied the Spittal market . Then he wanted to take the Ortenburg , which captain Georg von Kraig was able to hold until Rudolf Khevenhüller brought help and helped liberate the castle besieged by the Gorizia.

After three years of fighting for the Cilli-Ortenburg inheritance, the decisive tie-off was to take place in mid-January 1460: During the siege of Sternberg Castle (acquired in 1329 by the Ortenburgers from the Counts of Sternberg ), the Görz Jan Vitovec , the last captain of Count Ulrich, came von Cilli with his well-armed men, whom the emperor had won for his services. After half a day of wrestling, Johann von Görz had to admit defeat.

Peace treaty

On the castle Feldberg at Pusarnitz as archiepiscopal Salzburgian shear possession neutral ground, Count Johann dictated a tough peace: he had to give, and in addition to all his property to the east of the acquisition of the counties of Ortenburg and Sternberg Lienz Klause to Frederick III. resign. With this, the Habsburgs had also won the former Heunburger lords in Lower Carinthia.

As a result, this treaty represented the most important advance in the Carinthian regional education for centuries.

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Coordinates: 46 ° 50 ′ 28 "  N , 13 ° 23 ′ 42"  E