Austria · 12th century
Schloss Bärnegg is the ruin of a hilltop castle near Elsenau, in the municipality of Schäffern in the Wechselland, in eastern Styria. It is a listed monument (list entry).
It was built in the late 12th century and first mentioned in a document in 1312. Owners of the castle were the noble families of the Perner, the Teuffenbach, the Reichenberg and the Rindsmaul families. In the 17th century the arcaded courtyard was extended, and in 1703 a castle chapel was built. Schloss Bärnegg has fallen into ruin only in recent decades.
Machine-translated from “Burg Bärnegg” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schloss Bärnegg ranks #7,102 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #197 of the 239 mapped in Austria. Founded c. 1175, it is older than 78% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 763 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Graz, 65 km away. See how Austria compares in the castle statistics.
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