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Vilsegg Castle is a former fortification in the Austrian state of Tyrol that stands about a kilometre northwest of the little town of Vils, between Pfronten and Füssen, a few hundred metres away from the Austro-German border.LocationThe ruins of the hill castle stand about 60m above the Vils valley on an 887-metre-high rocky mountain on the edge of the Salober Mountains, which run along the border between Germany and Austria.The castle hill drops steeply away on all sides; thus the fortress was very difficult to attack despite its relatively low situation above the valley. Vilsegg lies about 350m lower than its neighbouring castle on the German side of the border – the Falkenstein.HistoryIn 1263, Henry of Vilsegg, a Dienstmann of the lords of Hohenegg, was mentioned as being at the castle. The Hoheneggs were, in turn, vassals of the Bishopric of Kempten. The castle had probably been built by around 1220/30 and is one of the most important examples of Hohenstaufen architecture in Tyrol.The ministeriales of Vilsegg were last mentioned in 1314; after that the Hoheneggs themselves occupied the castle.At the start of the 14th century Count Meinhard II of Tyrol sought to enlarge his territory at the expense of his neighbours. He also seized several castles belonging to the Hoheneggs, such as the nearby cave castle of Loch near Pinswang; however, Vilsegg held this at least until 1408 as a fief of the Bishopric of Kempten. Finally the bishopric enfeoffed the Duke of Austria with the castle and lordship, both of which were granted as an afterlehen to the Hoheneggs.

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