Trautenfels

Trautenfels Palace, Styria, palace in the district of Liezen situated in the municipality of Pürgg-Trautenfels (Pürgg) on an isolated hill at the foot of Grimming mountain (alt. 673 m, documented mention in 1260/1262). In the Middle Ages (1260/62) it served to block passage through the valley; called Neuhaus up to the 16^th  century. Alterations between 1670 and 1672 gave the castle its present form; since then called Trautenfels Palace. Magnificent rectangular building with roofed courtyards and a mighty tower, with fine interior on the upper floor (1670-1673), frescoes and paintings in the gallery and in many rooms of the "bel étage" (upper floor); free standing palace chapel; 5 bastions; today museum of the history and culture of the Ennstal valley, part of the Styrian provincial museum Joanneum.