Polhov Gradec Castle

The castle or fortress was built in the second half of the 12th century by the Spanheim ministeriales the knights Billichgrätz (Polhograjski).

In 1360, half of the castle was obtained by count Otto of Ortenburg, and in the mid-14th century its owners were relatives of the Polhograjskis, the noble house of Gall.

In 1364, Ulrik Polhograjski and his uncle Konrad Gall sold the castle and lordship to the counts of Celje.

Around 1470, the Polhov Gradec line also became extinct, and the Habsburgs gave the estate in ducal fief to a succession of tenants, including the knights Luegger, Andreas von Gall (until 1504), and Baron Kasper von Lamberg (1492-1548).

At the site of the old castle an octagonal gloriette was later built, which Countess Antonia Ursini von Blagay (1792–1869), the last heir of the Billichgrätz family, turned into a chapel in 1853, adding 14 shrines for the Stations of the Cross to it to create a Calvary.