Dravograd Castle (Traburg) was located on a hill above the town of Dravograd. Dravograd Castle was built in a strategic location, from where it guarded the passage over the Drava River and the passage from the Drava to the Labota Valley. Today, only ruins remain of it.
The building is classified as an immovable monument of local importance and was declared as such on 2 September 1997. A cultural local monument is a building that has exceptional cultural value at the local level. Such buildings are initially assessed as cultural heritage and then entered into the Register of Immovable Cultural Heritage. The declaration is carried out by acts of proclamation adopted by the competent authority. These acts are published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia or the local community bulletin. It was first mentioned in 1177 as castrum Trachburck. The escarpment walls to the south and one three-storey wall on the north side have been preserved. The remains of the perimeter walls are connected to this wall.
The castle was built around the 12th century in 1155 by the feudal lord Ortlof of Trušenje without the consent of the St. Paul's Monastery. Later, the Knights of Trušenje settled with the St. Paul's Monastery and became its feudal lords until the death of Otto II of Trušenje and the extinction of the family in 1261.
The castle was acquired as a fief by the Pffanbergs, followed by the feudal lords of Vovbrč, and then the Hochenlochs. In 1304, the lordship was purchased by the Counts of Gorizia-Tyrol. Until the extinction of the Gorizia-Tyrol, Konrad of Aufenstein held the lordship in fief. In 1355, the Habsburgs became the owners of the Dravograd Castle.
The castle was purchased by the Counts of Celje in 1387, and after their extinction in 1456, it passed into the ownership of the duke. The castle and the lordship were managed by numerous stewards and pledge tenants. In 1469, the mortgaged tenant of the castle, office and toll house was Andrej Višprijski (Weyspriach), then in 1478 it was Ahac von Ernau. In 1613, the lordship again became church property when it was purchased by the diocese, and later in 1628 it was taken over by the Benedictine monastery of St. Paul. In the second half of the 18th century, the castle burned down, but it was rebuilt. In the 19th century, the religious trust sold the castle to Count Alojz Khuenburg, and in 1838 he sold it to pl. David Sumreicher, who abandoned it in 1846 and let it fall into ruin.