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Burgruine Ortenburg
Ortenburg Castle is a ruined mediaeval castle located in Baldramsdorf, in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is located on the northern slope of Mt. Goldeck, part of the Gailtal Alps, above the Drava valley at a height of . History The construction of the fortress was begun in the late 11th century by one noble Adalbert from Duchy of Bavaria, Bavaria, a ''ministerialis'' of the Prince-Bishopric of Freising, Bishops of Freising, who then held large possessions in the Upper Carinthian Lurnfeld, Lurngau around the former Roman Empire, Roman city of Teurnia. Adalbert's son Otto appeared as a Counts of Ortenburg, Count of Ortenburg in 1141. First mentioned in an 1136 deed, Ortenburg Castle served as an administrative centre of the vast Ortenburg estates, initially rivalled by the Counts of Lurn with their ancestral seat at Burgruine Hohenburg auf Rosenberg, Hohenburg Castle beyond the Drava river. The Ortenburg inherited large estates in the Drava valley upon the extinction of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldramsdorf
Baldramsdorf is a municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography The municipal area stretches west of Spittal an der Drau in the southern part of the Lurnfeld valley between the Drava river and the slopes of the Goldeck mountain, part of the Gailtal Alps. The municipality comprises the cadastral communities of Baldramsdorf and Gschieß. History Both Baldramsdorf and Gschieß were first mentioned in an 1166 deed. Ortenburg Castle, located on a rock above the Unterhaus settlement, was already documented in the 11th century; it was probably erected from about 1090 onwards and finished in 1140. The former seat of the Counts of Ortenburg, who also founded the neighbouring town of Spittal in 1191, decayed after the extinction of the line in 1418. Today only ruins remain. The Habsburg emperor Frederick III, having seized the former Ortenburg estates, had Unterhaus Castle (''Paternschloss'') erected below the medieval fortress, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
