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Gleirscher, Fortificazioni

For the 7 th and 8 th centuries, the period of the Slavic Kingdom, there are no traces of castles. In this way it is impossible to detect any continuity between castles from Late Antiquity and Medieval castles. The moment Carantania played an important role as a part of the eastern Bavarian region of the Franks (Baierisches Ostland), in the second half of the 9 th and 10 th centuries, the first medieval castles arose. Recent excavations carried out in various places, at times even with fortifications of other periods, have brought to light new information concerning the initial stages of medieval castles. Excavations presented include those on the Ottilienkogel at Liebenfels, on the Förker Laas-Riegel, on the Steiner Berg, on St. Helena on the Wieserberg, on St. Magdalena above Baldersdorf and on the Katharinakogel at St. Michael/Bleiburg.