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name of the nearby hamlet Grodnau (meaning "the village belonging to the castle") is a sign of the existence of a nearby castle, identifiable with castle Bernstein. Bernstein Castle is 615 metres (2,018 ft) above sea level.
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besieged the castle, but they were not able to capture it. Another unsuccessful siege by the Turks followed in 1532. On that occasion the ring of bastions was erected in order to change the castle into a refuge.
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Edward O'Egan, whose heirs finally sold the castle to Eduard von Almásy. His family currently owns the castle. In 1953 a part of the castle was turned into a hotel and restaurant.
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and towers were eliminated. A short time later (1644) Ehrenreich Christoph Königsberg sold the sovereignty and the castle to Count Ádám
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In 1604 castle Bernstein was unsuccessfully besieged for weeks by a combined army consisting of Hungarians, Turks, and
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This article is about the castle in Burgenland, Austria. For the castle ruins in Dambach-la-Ville, France, see
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for a short time; in 1487 Hans von Königsberg received the castle from Emperor
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In 1336 the counts of Güssing and Bernstein were defeated by the Hungarian King
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Website of the Hotel Castle Bernstein with history and pictures of the interior
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conquered the castle. Some years later (in 1260) he gave it to count
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Château du Bernstein
Burgenland
Austria

47°24′23.5″N 16°15′07.1″E / 47.406528°N 16.251972°E / 47.406528; 16.251972
Turks
Stephen Bocskay
Hungarian
Bernstein im Burgenland
Austria
archbishopric of Salzburg
Pinka
Rettenbach
Slavic
Hungary
Frederick II, Duke of Austria
Béla IV of Hungary
Henry I Kőszegi
Charles Robert of Anjou
Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
Frederick III
Turks
Tatars
Stephen Bocskay
Gothic
Baroque
keep
Batthyány
manciple
South view of the Bernstein Castle

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