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Ortnek Castle or the Old Castle (Slovene: Ortneški grad or Stari grad) is a 12th-century castle ruin in the vicinity of the town of Ribnica, Slovenia. The ruin stands on the hill Veliki Žrnovec, near the village of Hudi Konec.
History
In 1161, Count Otto II of Ortenburg erected a small fort on the site. By the early 15th century the castle was inherited by the Counts of Celje; in the late 15th century it passed from the Habsburgs to the house of Lamberg. Peasant revolts and Turkish raids damaged the castle, necessitating a thorough Renaissance rebuilding. Sold off in the late 16th century, it lost most of its importance. Another remodeling followed in the 17th century, by the Counts Mosconi; the castle chapel of St. George dates from this phase. Its final owners were the Kosler family, who acquired the castle in 1823 and moved from it to the more convenient Lower Ortnek Castle on the Ljubljana - Kočevje road in 1884.
Current State
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. The chapel's icon of St. George can be seen in the National Gallery in Ljubljana.
Ribnica Settlements Administrative centre: Ribnica
Andol, Blate, Breg pri Ribnici, Breže, Brinovščica, Bukovec pri Poljanah, Bukovica, Dane, Dolenja vas, Dolenje Podpoljane, Dolenji Lazi, Dule, Črnec, Črni Potok pri Velikih Laščah, Finkovo, Gašpinovo, Gorenje Podpoljane, Gorenji Lazi, Goriča vas, Graben, Grčarice, Grčarske Ravne, Grebenje, Grič, Hojče, Hrovača, Hudi Konec, Jelenov Žleb, Junčje, Jurjevica, Kot pri Rakitnici, Kot pri Ribnici, Krnče, Levstiki, Lipovec, Makoše, Marolče, Maršiči, Nemška vas, Ortnek, Otavice, Perovo, Praproče, Prigorica, Pugled pri Karlovici, Pusti Hrib, Rakitnica, Rigelj pri Ortneku, Sajevec, Slatnik, Sušje, Sveti Gregor, Škrajnek, Velike Poljane, Vintarji, Vrh pri Poljanah, Zadniki, Zadolje, Zapuže pri Ribnici, Zlati rep, Žlebič, ŽukovoLandmarks Ribnica Castle, Ortnek Castle, Church of Saint Stephen, Church of the Holy CrossNotable people Jacobus Gallus, Bojan Adamič, Janez Evangelist KrekCoordinates: 45°46′57.76″N 14°40′13.71″E / 45.7827111°N 14.670475°E
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