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Schloss Lichtenberg

Austria · 13th century

Founded
1281
Heritage status
Listed objects in Austria
Location
Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer
Elevation
914 m
Coordinates
47.4412°, 12.8607°
Links
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Schloss Lichtenberg in Austria
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Description

Schloss Lichtenberg, also Burg Lichtenberg, a former Pfleggericht (administrative court), is a castle in Saalfelden, a town municipality in the Austrian Salzburger Land.

The exact time of origin of Burg Lichtenberg is unknown; it is first mentioned in a document in 1281. At that time, however, the castle, which is enthroned on a rocky projection of the Steinernes Meer some 60 metres above Saalfelden, must already have existed, for it is recorded that Archbishop Friedrich II of Walchen, after a dispute with the family of the Kalhamer, had succeeded in handing Burg Lichtenberg over to his brothers Alberto and Otto of Walchen.

Only six years later, however, Archbishop Rudolf claimed this castle again as an archiepiscopal fief. After 1290, after Gebhard of Felben withdrew his garrison from Lichtenberg, the castle was manned with an archiepiscopal Pfleger (administrator).

From this time and afterwards, however, it is recorded in various documents that there were differences of opinion between Bishop Konrad of Chiemsee and the Archbishop of Salzburg concerning the legal claim to Lichtenberg. From this historians conclude that the castle originated before 1228, but in any case under the Counts of Plain, that is, before 1249.

From Lichtenberg the Pfleggericht Saalfelden-Lichtenberg was thereafter administered by an archiepiscopal official. The administrators belonged throughout to the Salzburg nobility, such as the Thurn, Hunt or Ramseider.

In 1526 the castle was destroyed in the peasants' uprising, but then had to be rebuilt by the judicial community of Saalfelden. In the course of this it also received the mighty round tower in the south-west and by 1580 had arisen almost completely anew.

Machine-translated from “Schloss Lichtenberg (Österreich)” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Schloss Lichtenberg ranks #7,667 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #234 of the 316 mapped in Austria. Founded 1281, it is older than 65% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1134 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 10 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Salzburg, 42 km away. See how Austria compares in the castle statistics.

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