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6 unusual facts about Principality of Auersperg


Čušperk

Emperor Frederick III pledged the castle to the Auerspergs in exchange for Kostanjevica na Krki.

Golobinjek

The last of the originally settlers moved away in 1891, at which point the Auersperg noble family moved workers to the village to prepare timber for the sawmill at Rog.

Jelendol, Ribnica

North of the village, on the slope of Strmec Hill, are the remnants of an unfinished castle that the Auersperg noble family had started building.

Miklarji

It was founded as a hunting lodge belonging to the Auersperg noble family.

Mrzli Potok

In the 19th century, a steam-powered sawmill owned by the Auersperg noble family operated at Mrzli Potok.

Rog, Kočevje

A steam-powered sawmill owned by the Auersperg noble family operated at Rog from 1894 until 1932, employing up to 400 workers.


Franz Karl of Auersperg

Prince Franz Karl of Auersperg (born: 22 November 1660 in Vienna; died: 6 November 1713 in Pischelsdorf am Engelbach), was the third since 1705 Prince of Auersperg and an Imperial General and from 1705 until his death Duke of Münsterberg.


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