Winklern

Winklern stands near the Iselsberg pass in Upper Carinthia, where roads cross the eastern Alps. First recorded between 1041 and 1060, it passed after 1213 to the counts of Görz-Tirol, who established a customs post here. The early Gothic tower in the centre of the settlement was mentioned in 1325; over the centuries it served as a dwelling and a store for grain. When the counts of Görz died out, their possessions passed to the Habsburgs.