page_title: Bled
section_title: Early Mediaeval history
hierarchical_section_title: Bled / History / Early Mediaeval history
caption_attribution_description: English: 18th century etching showing Lake Bled and surrounding area with Bled Castle atop the hill on the right. Bled (German: Valdes) was a possession of the prince-bishops of Brixen for 800 years. The coat of arms is that of the ruling prince-bishop. The text underneath the coat of arms refers to the donation of German king Henry II who ceded Bled to Bishop Alguin of Brixen in the early 11th century.
context_page_description: Bled is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper Carniolan region of northwestern Slovenia. It is the administrative seat of the Municipality of Bled. It is most notable as a popular tourist destination in the Upper Carniola region and in Slovenia as whole, attracting visitors from abroad too.
context_section_description: A settlement area since Mesolithic times, the present-day locality probably arose about 600 during the Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps. After the Slavic principality of Carantania was conquered by Frankish forces in 788, the area came under Bavarian influence.
caption: Panorama of Bled, 18th century
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