Eberstein (Slovenian: Svinec) is a town in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in Carinthia in Austria.

WW2

Peter Pearson tells a story about the region on the BBC Website "WW2 People's War". He says that Signal Platoon of HQ Company 5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters came from Italy into Eberstein, Austria in 1945, and that it was

Somewhere in the area between St Viet and Neumark we eventually came to a stop in an idyllic picturesque village called Eberstein. It was the sort of place you see on Austrian postcards with a clear sparkling river (complete with trout) and green meadows full of wild flowers, and cows with tinkling bells round their necks. There was a castle here known as Schloss Eberstein.

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He goes on to describe the surrender at Eberstein of 30,000 Cossack troops, with 20,000 horses, who had been fighting on the Axis side, many Ukranian, ... who were then turned over to the Red Army. . . ^[1]

Castle

There are many castles in Europe named Eberstein, including one near Eberstein.

German wikipedia has a large article on the castle: de:Schloss Eberstein (Eberstein)

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References

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^ ^a ^b ^c BBC. "BBC - WW2 People's War - Peter Pearson's War Story". BBC. Retrieved 2009-1-24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[pearson1-1] BBC. "BBC - WW2 People's War - Peter Pearson's War Story". BBC. Retrieved 2009-1-24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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