- Kufstein Fortress
The Kufstein Fortress ( _de. Festung Kufstein) is the main landmark of
Kufstein , a city ofTyrol inAustria . It is sometimes wrongly referred to as "Geroldseck". It is located on a hill commanding Kufstein proper.History
The fortress is mentioned for the first time in a document from
1205 , where it is called "Castrum Caofstein". At the time it was a possession of thebishop of Regensburg . In1415 it was reinforced byLouis VII, Duke of Bavaria .In
1504 the city and the fortress were besieged and conquered byEmperor Maximilian I . From 1703 to 1805 it was aBavaria n possession, returning toAustria in1814 .The fortress now houses the City's Museum of Kufstein. Part of it is also used for concertoes and meetings.
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