Burgruine Hohenburg auf Rosenberg is a ruined medieval castle near Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia, Austria. It is located high above the Drava Valley on the southern slope of the Ankogel Group, part
Castle ruins
Sankt Maria in Hohenburg
Güssing Burg
Forchtenstein Burg
Counts of Ortenburg
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The Counts of Ortenburg were a comital family in the mediaeval Duchy of Carinthia. Though they had roots in Bavarian nobility, an affiliation with the Imperial Counts of Ortenburg, a branch line of th
Burgruine Hohenburg auf Rosenberg
…the mediation of Duke Ulrich III of Carinthia, in 1263 a division of the property was arranged between the Salzburg archbishops and the neighbouring Counts of Ortenburg, heirs of the extinct Counts of Lurn, who had aspired the Hohenburg estates for decades. In 1311, Archbishop Conrad IV of Salzburg enfeoffed a part of…
Burgruine Ortenburg
Ruins of Ortenburg Castle overlooking the Lurnfeld Valley of the Drava