© C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY-SA 4.0Riegersburg CastleRiegersburgRiegersburg Castle stands on the remains of an extinct volcano in the Austrian province of Styria. The hill rises 482 metres above sea level, its basalt core used to build the fortress. The town of Riegersburg lies below, while the castle itself belongs to the Princely Family of Liechtenstein. A museum occupies part… read moreOpen place
© C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY-SA 4.0Schloss KornbergRiegersburgSchloss Kornberg stands on a gentle rise above the village of Kornberg near Riegersburg in Styria. First mentioned in 1284, it began as a fortified complex built by the Lords of Kornberg to guard the border with Hungary. In 1308 the family sold the castle to the Lords of Walsee, who later granted it as a fief to the… read moreOpen place
© Illustrirte Zeitung, Bd. 03 (1844), S.… · Public domainSchloss GleichenbergBad GleichenbergBurg Neu-Gleichenberg stands in the village of Bad Gleichenberg in the Steiermark region. It was built in 1312 by the Walsee family after their earlier fortress, Alt-Gleichenberg, was destroyed. The Graben family from Kornberg held the castle during the 14th and 15th centuries. In 1581 the Trauttmansdorff family took… read moreOpen place
© C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY-SA 4.0Kapfenstein CastleKapfensteinSchloss Kapfenstein stands on a basalt hill in the village of Kapfenstein in south-eastern Styria. The fortress was built in the 10th or 11th century as a frontier post against Magyar raids and first appears in records from 1065. Its steep basalt cone gave defenders a clear view across the plain, making it hard to… read moreOpen place
© C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY-SA 4.0Schloss TaborNeuhaus am KlausenbachSchloss Tabor stands in Neuhaus am Klausenbach, a village in Burgenland near the borders with Hungary and Slovenia. Its hakenförmiger Grundriss—a hooked floor plan—dates from 1469 when Ulrich Pessnitzer built it as a stronghold. The Batthyány family took possession in 1607 and used it as a refuge when the old castle… read moreOpen place
© Karl Gruber · CC BY-SA 3.0 atCity wall of Bad RadkersburgBad RadkersburgThe city walls of Bad Radkersburg stand in the south-eastern corner of Styria beside the Mur. They were begun in the 13th century as a frontier fortress under Ottokar II Přemysl and later enlarged. Six bastions and towers still rise above the remains of the old moat. The Renaissance master Domenico dell’Allio rebuilt… read moreOpen place
© János Korom Dr. from Wien, Austria · CC BY-SA 2.0Pomurje Museum Murska SobotaMurska SobotaOpen place
© Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0Čakovec CastleČakovecČakovec Castle, also known as Zrinski Castle, stands in the heart of Čakovec, the main town of Međimurje County in northern Croatia. Built in the 13th century by Count Csák I Hahót, it has been rebuilt many times over its seven centuries of history. The castle is made of hewn stone and red brick and is the largest… read moreOpen place
© Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0Old Town, VaraždinVaraždinSchloss Varaždin stands in the north-west of Croatia, close to the centre of the city of Varaždin. First mentioned in 1181 as Garestin in a charter of King Béla III, it began as a lowland fortress at the crossing of old trade routes. By the 16th century it had become one of the main frontier defences against Ottoman… read moreOpen place
