The history of the Glanegg castle and all the owners throughout its history

In the center of the sunny Glan Valley where the upper narrow bottom of the valley starts to widen and where the old Roman road crossed the Glan river at Mautbrücken is the formerly traffic controlling Glanegg castle in previously strategic location at the steep northern valley side.
 
The builder of the castle is still unknown but according to the latest information it is assumed that the House of Eppensteiner were the builders. It was a conspicuous house in its time ( and had a lot of properties from the north of Styria to the Friuli region ). In 1012 Adalbero became the first Carinthian Duke, later however he was excommunicated and put under imperial ban because he had murdered Count Wilhelm ( who was the son of Hemma von Gurk ) and therefore there is almost no information about this period available.
 
The oldest part of the building, the great hall was built directly on the rock and was used as living area till the beginning of the 16th century. There only remains one floor with one vaulted room on ground level of which the floor is sheer rock. The chapel was directly put on the circular wall and fulfilled its function for the longest time of all buildings. The last Mass was read in 1862.