Burg Festenburg

Burg Festenburg is a castle in Styria, Austria. It is located in the village of Festenburg in the municipality of St. Lorenzen am Wechsel. It was founded around 1200 by the Lords of Stubenberg as Vöstenburg.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cemetery Festenburg and Saints Peter and Paul Church.

Cemetery Festenburg

Cemetery

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Cemetery Festenburg is situated 1½ km north of Burg Festenburg.

Saints Peter and Paul Church

Church

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Saints Peter and Paul Church is situated 2½ km west of Burg Festenburg.

Pfarrkirche hl. Laurentius, Sankt Lorenzen am Wechsel

Church

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Pfarrkirche hl. Laurentius, Sankt Lorenzen am Wechsel is a church, which is situated 3 km east of Burg Festenburg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mönichwald and Schlag bei Thalberg.

Mönichwald

Village

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Mönichwald is a former municipality in the district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality of Waldbach-Mönichwald. Mönichwald is situated 2½ km west of Burg Festenburg.

Schlag bei Thalberg

Hamlet

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Schlag bei Thalberg is a former municipality in the district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria, Austria. At the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it was divided between the municipalities Dechantskirchen and Rohrbach an der Lafnitz. Schlag bei Thalberg is situated 7 km southeast of Burg Festenburg.

Eichberg

Village

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Eichberg is a former municipality in the district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it has been part of the municipality of Rohrbach an der Lafnitz. Eichberg is situated 9 km southeast of Burg Festenburg.

Burg Festenburg

Type: Castle
Description: church building in Sankt Lorenzen am Wechsel, Austria
Categories: château, church, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Sankt Lorenzen am Wechsel, Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District, Styria, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.45° or 47° 27′ north

Longitude

15.91667° or 15° 55′ east

Elevation

680 metres (2,231 feet)

Open location code

8FVQCWX8+XM

GeoNames ID

2779616

Wikidata ID

Q2240992

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Uzbek—“Burg Festenburg” goes by many names.

Armenian: “Շլոս-Ֆեստենբուրգ”
Cebuano: “Festenburg”
German: “Burg Festenburg”
German: “Festenburg (Schloss)”
German: “Gesamtanlage Festenburg mit Pfarrkirche hl. Katharina”
German: “Schloss Festenburg”
German: “Schlosspfarrkirche Festenburg”
German: “Schlosspfarrkirche hl. Katharina”
Russian: “Шлосс-Фестенбург”
Uzbek: “Festenburg qalʼasi”

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