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Edenfest Castle
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The construction of the Edenvest fortress, also known as Leonstein or Lewenstein, likely took place in the 12th century. It is the first documented castle in Lungau. It is first mentioned in a document in 1147, when Bishop Reginbert of Passau gifts possessions in Lungau to Otto von Machlang, but excludes Lewenstein Castle from this. In 1299, it was an archiepiscopal fief of Heinrich von Gutrat.
In the 14th century, it had probably fallen to the Archdiocese of Salzburg. When the adjacent regional court of Gmünd also came into the possession of the Archdiocese of Salzburg, the castle became uninteresting as a border outpost and was therefore left to decay. In a feudal letter for Eberhard von Moosham, an "öde Vest" (deserted fortress) is already reported in 1467. According to tradition, it was Margarethe Maultasch who is said to have shelled and destroyed Edenfest Castle.
Between 1998 and 1999, archaeological excavations were carried out by the Salzburg provincial government. Subsequently, the discovered wall remains were secured.
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