Kufstein Fortress

The Kufstein Fortress is the primary landmark of Kufstein, a metropolis of Tyrol in Austria. It is occasionally wrongly referred to as Geroldseck Fortress. It is on a hill commanding Kufstein proper. Kufstein Fortress is 507 metres above sea stage. The citadel is connected to the metropolis under by using the Festungsbahn, a funicular railway. The castle is stated for the primary time in a document from 1205, in which it's miles referred to as Castrum Caofstein. At the time it become a possession of the Bavarian Duke Ludwig and the bishop of Regensburg. In 1415 it turned into reinforced by means of Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria.

It changed into a fiercely fought over citadel among Bavaria and the Tyrol and had a pivotal position in an armed struggle in 1336 whilst Margrave Charles of Moravia had to abandon his pursuit of the Bavarians when the castle blocked his direction. In 1342 Margarete Maultasch, Duchesss of the Tyrol, acquired Kufstein as a wedding gift from her husband Ludwig of Brandenburg, son of Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria.