Fernberger Bastion

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The Fernberger Bastion is one of the younger parts of the Renaissance fortress that was built in 1544. It owes its name to Castellan Hans Fernberger von Auer, on whose initiative it was built from 1584 to reinforce the western fortress wall. When the fortress was demolished in 1809, only the bastion walls remained intact. In 1893, the construction of the first Schlossberg Restaurant, which has since been adapted several times, and the top station of the Schlossberg Funicular changed the appearance of the bastion. Since 1894, the entrance to the tunnel portal of the bastion wall has marked the end of the scenic ascent by funicular railway, which climbs exactly 108.95 metres in altitude.