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Friedberg [left, no.020:top; and right, no.780] was founded in 1194 by the Babenberg Duke Leopold V using money which he obtained as ransom for King Richard I (the Lionhearted) whom he took prisoner when Richard returned from the crusade. The town was meant to guard the border to Hungary. However, it was destroyed several times by the Hungarians, the Turks, as well as by fire (the last time in 1795).

The  parish church Sankt Jakobus der Ältere (St. James the Greater) [top] first mentioned in 1252. The church from the early 15th century was remodelled in Baroque style after the fire of 1682.

The picture on glass no.2393 [near right] shows a view of the Hauptplatz (Main Square).

The lower part of the picture on glass no.020 [left] shows the market town Pinggau.

[Another glass in this collection shows Frymburk in southern Bohemia, Czech Republic, which in German was also called Friedberg]