Ortnek Castle

In 1161, Count Otto II of Ortenburg erected a small fort at the site.

Peasant revolts and Ottoman raids damaged the castle, necessitating a thorough Renaissance rebuilding.

Another remodeling followed in the 17th century, by the Counts of Moscon; the castle chapel of St. George dates from this phase.

The last owner of the castle was Oskar Kosler (1898–1959), who lost the property when it was nationalized by Slovenia's postwar communist government in 1946.

[2] Several furnishings from the chapel of St. George, including three carved altars, paintings by Hans Georg Geigerfelder, and a pulpit dated 1641, were removed from the site for safekeeping.