!!!Herzogstuhl

Herzogstuhl (Duke´s Seat), monument of Carinthian medieval legal 
history located on the  Zollfeld Plain; consists of two stone seats 
positioned back-to-back, one throne-like seat for the duke, facing to 
the east and another, probably slightly older, for the count palatine, 
facing to the west. The duke was installed on the Fuerstenstein ( 
Karnburg), it was on the Herzogstuhl that he took the oath, received 
homage and invested feudal tenure. First documented mention of this 
act in 1161. The last ritual installation on the Herzogstuhl took 
place in 1651.  Ducal Coronation.


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