Hohenburg Castle

Hohenburg was first mentioned in a document in 1375. Originally belonging to the Ortenburg family, Hohenburg came into the possession of the Counts of Cilli after their extinction in 1418. In 1455, it was pledged by Ulrich of Cilli to Duke Siegmund.

In 1460, the castle fell to the Habsburgs by virtue of the Peace of Pusarnitz. Emperor Frederick III enfeoffed a Georg Hauser with the castle. In 1495, Emperor Maximilian I handed over the property, called "Rosenbichl," to Andreas von Hohenburg. The castle thus received the name "Hohenburg." When Heinrich von Hohenburg died in 1619, the inheritance fell to his daughter Elisabeth, married Aichelburg. She sold the heavily indebted dominion to Balthasar von Aschau.

In 1729, Baron von Sternbach acquired Hohenburg, which finally passed to Anton Pichler, the then postmaster of Oberdrauburg, in 1842. In 1912, after the keep had partially collapsed, the plan arose to rebuild the castle. However, the First World War prevented the execution of this idea.

Since 1975, the castle has been owned by the market town of Oberdrauburg, due to a donation from the Pichler family. Through private initiative and with the support of the municipality, the castle was partially rebuilt. It is both a monument and a center for various cultural events.