Landskron Castle (Carinthia)

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Landskron Castle

The Landskron castle is located northeast of Villach, on the western entrance to the Ossiacher Tauern on the plateau of a rock cone that rises 135 m above the plane. Below the castle rock, the village of St. Andrae lies at the western end of Lake Ossiach, close to the local part of Villach Landskron.

The castle is a bird show where public birds of prey shows are held during the summer months.

History

Around 800 BC, was found immured in the Crown Room of the castle a certificate of settlement by various finds, such as burial mounds, stone inscriptions and swords.

878 was the record of a gift of property to the Bavarian monastery Altötting. In 1028, Count Ozzi and his foundation Ossiach landlord and the Count von Sternberg was the construction of a castle. In 1330 it came to the counts of Ortenbourg for sale of power. On July 25, 1351 made ​​by the initial documented mention of Landskron.

In 1355 it came to the Habsburgs in 1392 and a pledge to the Count of Cilli to change. 1436-1447, the castle belonged to the lords of Stubenberg. 1511 was a donation to the St. George's Order of Knights by Emperor Maximilian I in 1542 took place after the fire of the castle no reconstruction.

1542 acquired Christoph Khevenhüller the castle. From 1543 the family running the predicate " of Landskron ", the castle was the ancestral seat of the Khevenhüller. Among the Khevenhüller the castle was expanded; 1600 Landskron was splendid mansion of the Renaissance and had a double ring wall with seven towers. It was regarded as a center of social life of the country. In 1552 it came to a visit by Emperor Charles V. After the seizure of the castle as part of the expropriation of the Protestant nobility in 1628 in 1639 the acquisition by Dietrich Graf stone.

Due to its exposed location, it came several times to fires caused by lightning strikes (early 16th century, in 1542, 1585 and 1812). After the last fire, the roof was never repaired and the building left to decay.

In 1953 a revitalization by Hans Maresch, one of the largest forest owners in Rosental. The castle is now used for tourism.