Top 8 Castles around Bezirk Wolfsberg

Schloss Bayerhofen was first mentioned in a document in 1239, but it may have originated as early as the 9th century. The original purpose of the castle was to secure the bridge over the Lavant. It received its current appearance in 1566 under Mathias Freydl. During the Counter-Reformation, it was a stronghold of the Lutherans. In 1777 it partially burned down, and in 1803 it was in a "neglected state", as the chronicles say. The castle is a large, irregular 2-3 story complex from the 2nd half of the 16th century, surrounding an inner courtyard. The three-story west wing is originally Gothic, with three gables on the facade and three parallel hipped roofs. The courtyard facade consists of three-sided, two-story arcades from 1560/1565. The ground floor features massive columns, while the upper floor has delicate columns, twice as many in number. A street-facing wall connects the castle to a 16th-century outbuilding to the north. The castle was restored in 1996/97 in the color scheme of its construction period. Currently, Schloss Bayerhofen is considered a sensitive area, as it is located in the middle of Wolfsberg and is the oldest building in the city. A hotel and a gastronomy business are planned to be housed in the castle, which is partially a listed building.

Rabenstein Castle was built in the 12th century to protect the St. Paul Monastery in the Lavanttal. After a fire in 1636 it fell into disrepair, so that today only ruins can be seen.

The Painhof, which is usually also referred to as Painburg, was built around 1420 by the Lords of Pain as a moated castle. The actual Painburg was a predecessor building, of which today there are only barely recognizable traces. The Lords of Pain were in the service of the bishops of Bamberg. They lived in the Painhof until 1544. Towards the end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th century, they undertook significant extensions and expansions of the fortifications. These fortifications proved to be extremely effective, because when Turkish raiders devastated the villages of the upper Lavant valley at the end of the 15th century, they left the Painhof, to which parts of the civilian population had fled, unscathed. In 1544, Siegmund von Pain had the spacious Lichtengraben Castle built not far from the castle. The Painburg was abandoned and its masonry used as building material for the expansion of the new residence. In terms of ownership, the ruins have remained connected to Lichtengraben Castle to this day. Seyfried von Pain had to file for bankruptcy in 1615. Although his main creditors were his two sisters and his mother, the rule had to be ceded to Melchior Putz von Kirchheimegg. The family died out in 1652 with Hans Christoph von Pain. The estate now had a number of owners, most of whom inherited the dominion from one another. Eventually Franz Josef Freiherr von Teuffenbach bought the property in 1711. Lichtengraben remained with the Teuffenbach family until 1839. After that it passed to Eugen Ritter von Dickmann. After 1870, Lichtengraben fell to the Hüttenberger Eisenwerksgesellschaft, which was eventually replaced by the Alpine Montangesellschaft. In 1886 the Royal Norwegian Consul Dr. Karl Neufeld the estate. The estate has been family-owned since that time. Namely the families Baumann, von Bitzy and finally the family Rittler, which still owns the property and runs it as an agricultural and forestry business.

Can be reached by a few steps on a well-developed serpentine path from the spa Optimamed.

The castle is located on the sloping steps of a former vineyard. The castle is an irregular medieval complex with a 14th-century tower, which was significantly altered in the 16th, 18th and 20th centuries. Documented the plant is first mentioned in 1243 as the possession of the Wülfling of the Thurn. 1480 belonged to the castle Wolfgang Fuchs and after him, 1520, Sebastian von Reisberg. 1545 went the estate and Veith von Eibiswald, under whose son Amelreich, the construction of 1580-1590 was extended. In 1675 it was bought by Archbishop Gandolf of Salzburg, who left the castle in 1679 to the cathedral of St. Andrä. Between 1859 and 1916 it was owned by the Jesuit order. After several changes of ownership, it was finally acquired by the Hollinger family. On the south side, two pillars border the dominating, two-storey Palas. On its eastern side, there is a bay window resting on gothic figurative Kragsteinen with the coat of arms of the Reisberg. To the east of this, there is a tower whose tent roof is crowned by an onion turret. The round tower in the northeast is the former keep. To the west, next to a tower-like rotunda, is the former drawbridge gate.

The castle was built around the year 1300 by Hartneid von Weissenegg. She remained until 1331 in the possession of the Weissenegger, then she came to the Lords of Walsee and after their extinction in 1363 to the Counts of Cilli. In the year 1425 the diocese Bamberg acquired the castles and district courts Hartneidstein and Weissenegg of Hermann II. Of Cilli in exchange for the feasts Hohenmauthen with Muta. Hartneidstein remained the seat of a regional court, which was henceforth responsible for the lower Lavanttal. In 1469 Harttensite was invaded by Turks and burnt down, but immediately rebuilt. When the court seat was moved to Wolfsberg at the end of the 17th century, the complex was already in decline, accelerated by the loss of significance in the 18th century.

The castle is a zweigeschoßiger, a courtyard with three wings enclosing construction, the core of the 16./17. Century comes. The east tower is crenellated. The facade is designed in the style of English Tudor Gothic. In the ballroom of the southwest wing is located on the ceiling and fireplace baroque stucco. The coat of arms of the Bishop of Stadion is attached to the mantelpiece.