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 Ortenburg
Ruins of Ortenburg Castle overlooking the Lurnfeld Valley of the Drava
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
Counts of Ortenburg
…His castle Hortenburc was first mentioned in a 1091 deed, and was situated south of the Drava river within the Archdiocese of Aquileia — across from Hohenburg Castle held by the rivaling Counts of Lurn, liensmen of the Salzburg archbishops. When the Lurn dynasty became extinct in 1135, the Counts of Ortenburg received…
Castle ruins
Sankt Maria in Hohenburg
Güssing Burg
Forchtenstein Burg