Reisberg Castle

Zin Luotfridus de Risperch is mentioned in documents between 1164 and 1190. Reisberg was originally royal property, which came into the possession of the Archdiocese of Salzburg at the beginning of the 13th century. The first confirmed documentary mention of the castle was in 1241. The Reisbergers had previously been vassals of the Mureckers, who held Reisberg as a sub-fief of the Counts of Ortenburg.

The Mureckers died out around 1240. Their heirs sold their claims to Archbishop Eberhard II in 1245, who now became master in his own house again. When war broke out between Duke Albrecht and the Archdiocese of Salzburg in 1289, Reisberg was captured and destroyed by Ulrich Kapeller, but was soon rebuilt thereafter.

In 1479, the castle was occupied by imperial troops under the mercenary leader Leonhard von Kollnitz. In 1485, Hans von Gutenstein was enfeoffed with Reisberg. However, Emperor Maximilian I returned it to the Archdiocese of Salzburg in 1494. The latter enfeoffed Christoph von Reisberg with it. The last representative of the Reisbergers was Hieronymus von Reisberg, who died around 1565. Soon thereafter, the castle was abandoned and fell into disrepair. Its sparse remains are now in agricultural ownership.