Wolfsberg Castle, Asustria

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Check out this drone video of Wolfsberg Castle, a famous landmark in southern Austria. The castle sits atop a knoll on the northern side of its namesake town, in the state of Carinthia. First mentioned in the late 12th century, the town was granted its charter late in the 13th century. In the late 16th century, the castle was converted to a fortress as a means to defend against the Turkish threat from the south. In the mid-19th century, the castle was converted by a local industrial magnate into an English Tudor style structure.

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Also known as Henckel-Donnersmarck Castle (Schloss Henckel-Donnersmarck), stands on a knoll in the north of the town of Wolfsberg in the Austrian state of Carinthia.Wolfsberg is a town in Carinthia, Austria, the capital of Wolfsberg District. The property was owned by the Bishopric of Bamberg from 1007. The castle itself was mentioned for the first time in 1178 in a document from Saint Paul's Abbey. It was the prerequisite for the development of the eponymous settlement, which rose to town status in 1289. From the second quarter of the 14th century until the sale of the entire Bamberg estate in Carinthia to the Austrian state in 1759, the castle served as the residence of the vice-dominus, who represented the bishop in the local issues. The building, consisting of two irregular, interconnected wings, was converted by Italian architects in the 16th century into a fortress to guard against the approaching Turks. At the same time, the complex was expanded with domestic buildings, gates and towers. In 1561, a bell tower was built. In 1846, the industrial pioneer, Hugo Henckel von Donnersmarck, acquired the barony of Wolfsberg, mainly because of its wealth of wood and hydropower, which he needed to operate his iron works. He converted the castle from 1847 to 1853 into a palace in the English Tudor style using the two Viennese architects Johann Romano and August Schwendenwein and had a lavishly decorated interior built. There is almost nothing left of the former Renaissance building. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfsbe...)) Location: Wolfsberg, Austria Music: Whitesand - Eternity (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe96...) Drone: DJI MAVIC AIR 2 (https://www.dji.com/be/mavic-air-2)