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Walchenstein Castle Ruins

Name: Walchenstein Castle Ruins
Rating: 2

Recommended by 2 mountain bikers

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Location: Iselsberg-Stronach, Lienz, Austria

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1. Aguntum Archaeological Site – Sun City Lienz loop from Lienz

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2. Gasthof Glocknerblick – Mölltal Cycle Path (R8) loop from Thal

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Expert mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

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August 23, 2021

Castle ruins located above Dölsach with a wonderful view of the sunset over
The Lienz Basin. Walchenstein Castle, on the southern slope of the Stronacher Kogel east of the Dölsacher Bach gorge, was of great importance for the Counts of Gorizia in the later Middle Ages. Count Albert I gave this Gorizia castle to his Friulian servant Wolfram de Ragogna. After several changes of ownership, it was bought in 1339 by Heinrich von Lavant, a Görzischen vassal. In the turmoil of war in the 13th and 15th centuries, Walchenstein Castle was given the task of blocking the way across the saddle. After 1500 it came into bourgeois possession and fell into disrepair. In recent years archaeological investigations have been carried out, the remains of the wall have been preserved and made accessible to visitors from the Moarhof and the Wallensteinerhöfe. From 1997-99 the UNI IBK prehistory and early history (archeology) excavated and restored them.

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Elevation 960 m

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Location: Iselsberg-Stronach, Lienz, Austria

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Walchenstein Castle Ruins

1. Aguntum Archaeological Site – Sun City Lienz loop from Lienz

2. Gasthof Glocknerblick – Mölltal Cycle Path (R8) loop from Thal

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