Karlsberg Castle

The history of Karlsberg Castle is very eventful. It begins with the High Noble Leopold de Projern, who first appears in 1106 as "Liutpolt de Prewarin". His son Karl (documented from 1137 to 1164) is considered the builder of the castle. His son already called himself Wichard von Karlsberg in 1169.

Since a brother of Marshal Heinrich II von Karlsberg was involved in the conspiracy against Duke Ludwig, he lost the trust of Duke Meinhard and resigned his marshal's dignity. His successor Konrad Aufenstein also came into possession of the castle in 1294. The outrage of the Aufensteiners over the withdrawal of the marshal's office in 1368 also resulted in the loss of the castle.

In the course of the resulting battles, Karlsberg Castle was destroyed. Soon, however, it was again granted as a pledge. Thus, in 1466, Jakob von Ernau held Karlsberg as a pledge, followed by Berthold Mager in 1470. In 1499, Jörg Waldenburger reversed the castle, which Emperor Maximilian had pledged. Further custodians appear to be Blasy Hölzl (1506) and Andrä Rauber (1511). In 1550, Archduke Ferdinand pledged the castle to Siegmund Khevenhüller, who bought it from Archduke Karl in 1586. He was followed by Franz von Hatzfeld in 1629. In 1663, Rudolf Freiherr von Wangler was in possession of the castle. He presumably also built the castle, because in 1688 Valvasor wrote about the castle: "... but now it is ruined to the ground ...". In 1687, Karlsberg passed by purchase to Cardinal Freiherr von Goess. The castle and ruin are still owned by the family today.