Burg Freundsberg is a

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Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

, that was constructed in the year of 1150 by the lords of Freundsberg. Burg Freundsberg is above sea level.Burg Freundsberg Height and Location
/ref> Originally the castle consisted out of a single

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, which is still intact up to this date. The

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next to it was built afterwards in the year 1177. In 1467 the castle was sold to

Archduke Archduke (feminine: Archduchess; German: ''Erzherzog'', feminine form: ''Erzherzogin'') was the title borne from 1358 by the Habsburg rulers of the Archduchy of Austria, and later by all senior members of that dynasty. It denotes a rank within ...

Sigismund Sigismund (variants: Sigmund, Siegmund) is a German proper name, meaning "protection through victory", from Old High German ''sigu'' "victory" + ''munt'' "hand, protection". Tacitus latinises it ''Segimundus''. There appears to be an older form of ...

of Austria, who rebuilt the castle and called it ''Sigismundruh'' for the duration of his reign. From 1634 to 1637 on, the castle was retrofitted as a "castle church" or ''Schlosskirche''. (Not to be confused with the

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, which is also referred to as a Schlosskirche.) After passing to several other owners from 1812 on, Castle Freundsberg became a property of the

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Schwaz Schwaz () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative center of the Schwaz district. Schwaz is located in the lower Inn valley. Location Schwaz lies in the middle of the Lower Inn Valley at the foot of the Kellerjoch and ...

. They

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the castle from 1966 onwards. Since 1948 the castle is a

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where the history of the city Schwaz and the

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industry in this region is documented.

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''This article was initially translated from the German Wikipedia.''

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Burg Freundsberg Schwaz
(German) Castles in Tyrol (state) Museums in Tyrol (state) Local museums in Austria {{Austria-castle-stub

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