 The first description of the border, in 1305, shows that a part of the Leutasch valley belonged to the County of Werdenfels.In 1312, Duke Henry of Carinthia and Count of Tyrol acquired estates in the Leutasch.In 1338, at the head of the valley above the Leutasch Gorge, 300 metres east of the later "Leutascher Schanze", he had a castle built, with an outer and inner bailey and a surrounding moat in a square layout.