Burg Bruck

Burg Bruck is a medieval castle in Lienz in Tyrol, Austria. Burg Bruck is 711 metres (2,333 ft) above sea level.[1]

Burg Bruck
Tyrol, Austria
TypeCastle
Site information
OwnerCity of Lienz
Open to
the public		Yes
ConditionPreserved
Site history
BuiltFrom about 1252

It was completed in 1278 as the residence of the Meinhardiner Counts of Görz. In 1490 the chapel was decorated with frescoes by Simon von Taisten.[2] In 1500 the last count Leonhard of Görz bequeathed the castle to the Habsburg archduke Maximilian I of Austria, who incorporated it into his Tyrolean possessions. During the Campaigns of 1796 in the French Revolutionary Wars it was occupied by French troops under General Barthélemy Catherine Joubert. Today Bruck Castle is a museum featuring many works of the painter Albin Egger-Lienz.

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References

This article was initially translated from the German Wikipedia.

  1. Burg Bruck Altitude and Position
  2. Chizzali. Tyrol: Impressions of Tyrol. (Innsbruck: Alpina Printers and Publishers), p. 55

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