!!!Herberstein, Oststeiermark, Schloss

Herberstein Palace, eastern Styria, alt. 422 m, palace on a rock 
plateau above a gorge of the central Feistritztal valley (municipality 
of Stubenberg); built in the mid-13%%sup th/%  century by Herwig 
von Stubenberg, since 1290 owned by the counts of Herberstein. Oldest 
parts of the building are the great hall and the keep (around 1300). 
The knights´ hall tract with the clock tower dates from the 
first half of the 17%%sup th/%  century. "Florentinerhof" (1667) 
enclosed by arcades; St. Georg chapel with carved altar from the 
17%%sup th/%  century; Gothic St. Katharina chapel (mid-14%%sup th/% 
 century) with frescoes; armoury; castle museum with exhibitions 
in the summer; zoological park.


%%language
[Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Herberstein|class='wikipage austrian']
%%

[{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}]
[{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]