Burg Clam

The fortress Clam is a residence of the family Clam-Martinic and is placed in the municipality of the marketplace Klam within the district Perg in the Lower Mühlviertel in Upper Austria. The rock fortress stands on a wooded ridge above the marketplace Klam, which drops steeply on one aspect to Klamschlucht. The fortress become first documented in the middle of the 12th century and become owned through Otto von Machland and his brother Walchun in 1149. With Walchun's heiress Adelheid the castle surpassed into the possession of the Velburger and fell with the demise Ulrichs of Clam Velburg inside the campaign of Damietta to the sovereign prince.

At this time stood on the other ridge a 2nd fortress, of the stays of the fortifications, the so-known as Schwedenschanze, are acquired As a fief of Clam appear from 1234 to 1324, the Holzer and from 1250 to 1413 the Hauser on. According to Wilhelm the Hauser Christian and Christoph von Zinzendorf ought to were owners. From 1416 onwards, Gilg, Ortaker, Gilg and Wolfgang Wolfstein owned the fort, after Wolfgang's demise she exceeded to Jörg Seusenecker after which to Prüschenk or from 1454 to the Counts Hardegg.