Wolfsberg

Wolfsberg lies in the Lavant valley of Carinthia beneath a castle associated with the bishops of Bamberg. Their Carinthian estates included the upper valley, and by the fourteenth century Wolfsberg was the seat of the bishop's representative for those possessions. Its town rights were confirmed in 1331.

In 1425 Hermann of Cilli besieged the town during a dispute over its lordship. A fire destroyed many houses in 1716. Bamberg's long rule ended in 1759, when Empress Maria Theresa purchased its Carinthian possessions, including Wolfsberg, for the Habsburg lands.