Riegersburg - Town and Castle
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55km/34mi east of Graz in the southeastern tip of Styria, on a basalt crag between Fürstenfeld and Feldbach, stands the mighty Riegersburg, one of the finest castles in the whole of Austria and never conquered by an enemy. The castle is first recorded in the 12th C. In the 13th C. there were two castles here on the plateau, to the north Burg Kronegg and to the south, lower down, Burg Leichtenegg, which was demolished in 1648. In the 16th C. the main castle was enlarged by Freiherr von Stadtl, and in 1637 it passed to the Wechsler family. Under Elisabeth von Wechsler, a popular and legendary figure in Styrian history, the castle had its greatest days as a frontier fortress against the Turks. In 1822 it passed into the possession of the Princes of Liechtenstein, who restored it.
Visiting the Riegersburg
Coming from the town the castle is entered from the south, on a rocky path defended by seven gates and numerous bastions.
Visiting the Riegersburg
Coming from the town the castle is entered from the south, on a rocky path defended by seven gates and numerous bastions.
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The hilltop Riegersburg Castle in Styria.
