Burg Bruck is a medieval castle in
Lienz
Lienz (; Southern Bavarian: ''Lianz'') is a Town privileges, medieval town in the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol. It is the administrative centre of the Lienz (district), Lienz district, which covers all of East Tyrol. The municipality a ...
in
Tyrol
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,
Austria
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. Burg Bruck is above sea level.
It was completed in 1278 as the residence of the
Meinhardiner
The Counts of Gorizia (german: Grafen von Görz; it, Conti di Gorizia; sl, Goriški grofje), also known as the Meinhardiner, were a Graf, comital, Fürst, princely and Herzog, ducal dynasty in the Holy Roman Empire. Named after Gorizia Castle i ...
Counts of
Görz
Gorizia (; sl, Gorica , colloquially 'old Gorizia' to distinguish it from Nova Gorica; fur, label=Standard Friulian, Gurize, fur, label= Southeastern Friulian, Guriza; vec, label= Bisiacco, Gorisia; german: Görz ; obsolete English ''Goritz ...
. In 1490 the chapel was decorated with frescoes by Simon von Taisten.
[Chizzali. Tyrol: Impressions of Tyrol. (Innsbruck: Alpina Printers and Publishers), p. 55] In 1500 the last count
Leonhard of Görz bequeathed the castle to the
Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...
archduke
Maximilian I of Austria
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, who incorporated it into his
Tyrolean possessions. During the
Campaigns of 1796 in the French Revolutionary Wars
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it was occupied by
French
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troops under General
Barthélemy Catherine Joubert
Barthélemy Catherine Joubert (, 14 April 1769 – 15 August 1799) was a French general who served during the French Revolutionary Wars. Napoleon Bonaparte recognized his talents and gave him increased responsibilities. Joubert was killed while ...
. Today Bruck Castle is a museum featuring many works of the painter
Albin Egger-Lienz
Albin Egger-Lienz (29 January 1868 – 4 November 1926) was an Austrian painter known especially for rustic genre and historical paintings.
Career
He was born in Dölsach-Stribach near Lienz, in what was the county of Tyrol. He was the natural s ...
.
See also
*
List of castles in Austria
This page is a list of castles and castle ruins in Austria, arranged by state. A ''Burgruine'' is a ruined castle, a “castle ruin”.
Burgenland
* Burg Bernstein
* Burg Forchtenstein
* Burg Güssing
* Burgruine Landsee
* Burg Lockenhaus
* ...
References
External links
Museum der Stadt Lienz Schloss Bruck(German)
Castles in Tyrol (state)
Museums in Tyrol (state)
Art museums and galleries in Austria
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