Schloss Laubegg, Medieval castle in Ragnitz, Austria

Schloss Laubegg stands in the municipality of Ragnitz, Styria, near a former ferry crossing of the Mur. The castle was destroyed in 1532 during the first Austrian-Turkish war, and reconstruction began in 1561. Its site kept a line of sight to neighbouring fortifications, where a chalk-fire station served as a warning system.

Laubegg first belonged to the Eppensteiners, passed to the Mureckers and then to the Wildoners. In 1302 Hartnid III of Wildon ceded it to the Bishopric of Seckau and received it back as a fief; in 1308 it went to the Walseers of Graz, and in 1363 to the Lords of Pettau. In 1438 Agnes of Pettau transferred the lordship to King Frederick III. Destroyed in 1532 during the Turkish war, it was rebuilt from 1561.

The name Laubegg first appears in 1254 with Ullinus de Lovbeke, a follower of the Wildoners; a ferry once crossed the Mur near today's cadastral community of the same name. Since 2004 the Styrian Red Cross, now the owner, runs its training and operations centre in the rooms, so the building is used for courses and deployments rather than visits.

Since 2004 the Styrian Red Cross has run its training and operations centre in the castle, which it owns. The rooms are used for courses and emergency exercises, so the building is not open as a museum and entry depends on what is running that day.

The source records that a Kreidfeuerstation (chalk-fire station) was set up at Laubegg because the castle had a clear line of sight to neighbouring fortifications. The warning system was installed after the castle was rebuilt from 1561, following its destruction in the 1532 Turkish war.