Lipnica Castle

The castle was once the seat of the Upper Carniolan holdings of the noble house of Ortenburg.

First mentioned in 1263 as castrum Waldemberch, it was administered by the knights of Waldenberg, themselves first recorded in 1228 with a Fridericus de Waldenberch.

Its castellans included the houses of Heunsberg, Dulacer, Velacer and Stain (of Kamen pri Begunjah), and the Lambergs.

Lipnica Castle had been abandoned by then, having burned down in the 16th century and not deemed worth repairing.

The core of the ruins consists of an impressive Romanesque palacium, likely dating to the 12th century.