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katharina
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posted 03-19-2002 04:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katharina   Click Here to Email katharina     Edit/Delete Message
I am looking for information about two castles: Hohenburg and Taxburg. They are situated by the village Igls in Tirol (Insbruck Land), Austria. I am interested more in finding pictures of this castles, but any other information will be also appreciated. This is what I already know about this castles:

HOHENBURG: It is since 1345. To the 19th centery it became a ruin and was renovated. Julius von FICKER aus Paderborn (1826-1902) was it's owner and lived there in the 19th centery. How does it lookes like today? Who owned it in the 20th centery?

TAXBURG: No information.

ipflo
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posted 03-20-2002 05:10 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ipflo   Click Here to Email ipflo     Edit/Delete Message
pics of these castles are very difficult to find
http://www.sagen.at/tirol/div/derschatzaufderhohenburg.html about the treasure which you can find there
http://web.utanet.at/aignere4/index.html is a private site of igls, maybe you can mail the site-owner to ask for some info or pics about the castles

ipflo
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posted 03-20-2002 05:34 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ipflo   Click Here to Email ipflo     Edit/Delete Message
in a book of my i have found a plan of the hohenburg castle, i have uploaded it to the photo archive ( http://www.castlesontheweb.com/archive/files/Austrian_Castles/hohenburg.jpg ). unfortunately i couldn't find a plan of taxburg castle

katharina
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posted 03-20-2002 02:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katharina   Click Here to Email katharina     Edit/Delete Message
Thank you for the plan of the Hohenburg castle. The description by the plan explaines, that it is a fortifyed house, build on a hill. It was abandened in the 17th centery, than rebuild in 1877 and used as a summer residence, I think, by Julius von Ficher aus Paderborn before his death in 1902.

Thank you for trying Taxburg.

Godfrey
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posted 05-15-2002 06:56 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Godfrey   Click Here to Email Godfrey     Edit/Delete Message
Is the schloss Hohenburg the same schloss that was used in the film "Where Eagles Dare".I have just watched a TV show on the making of the film but they said the schloss was called HOHENBERGEN.

ipflo
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posted 05-15-2002 08:02 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ipflo   Click Here to Email ipflo     Edit/Delete Message
No in 'Where eagles dare' is an other austrian castle used: Hohenwerfen in Salzburg, Austria.

you can find some info about this great castle at
http://images.google.com/images?q=hohenwerfen&hl=nl&sa=N&tab=wi
http://www.burger.si/Austria/Werfen/Hohenwefen.html
http://www.salzburg-burgen.at/
http://hem.passagen.se/saramagnusson/archive/art/art02.htm
http://www.whereeaglesdare.com/index2.htm

Marko
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posted 05-16-2002 11:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Marko   Click Here to Email Marko     Edit/Delete Message
Here's another site about the Hohenburg, with some German info. http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop.h/h771134.htm
Couldn't find any mention at all about the Taxburg on any site or searchengine.

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