Nad desnim bregom Drave, na rečni terasi pred ozko sotesko se nahaja Falski grad. Ozka soteska predstavlja geološko in klimatsko mejo – nekdaj pa je predstavljala tudi kulturno in politično mejo med Koroško in Štajersko. Grad Fala je imel tako tudi strateško lego nadzora pokrajine.
Zanimivo je poimenovanje kraja Fala. Faal - padec, brzica. Na tem mestu kjer so bile nekoč dravske brzice, stoji danes hidroelektrarna Fala...
Prva pisna omemba Fale (Domus Volmars - Valle) je bila že leta 1245 (vir: Ministrstvo za kulturo RS, marec 2015) . V gradu je bil samostan, ki je ta kraj naredil za kulturno središče. Leta 1620 je bil na Fali ustanovljen oddelek dunajske univerze s predavanji o filozofiji, teologiji in ekonomiki. Leta 1628 je dunajska univerza potrdila statut univerze Fala, ki je tako prva visokošolska ustanova na današnjem območju Republike Slovenije.
V času jožefinskih reform je bil samostan z univerzo razpuščen in grad je leta 1782 postal državna gospoščina. Leta 1824 je grad odkupil Martin Liebmann (povišan v viteza Martin Freiherr von Rast). Grad imel tedaj pomembno vlogo pri gospodarskem razvoju regije.
Po drugi svetovni vojni je grad s posestjo postal družbena lastnina. Grad je po drugi svetovni vojni propadal in je bil razdeljen na družbena stanovanja v katerih so se menjali različni stanovalci.
31. januarja 2006 je grad z aktom razglasitve: “ Odlok o razglasitvi nepremičnin kulturnih spomenikov na območju občine Ruše, Medobčinski uradni vestnik, št. 2/2006-9, 9/2006-154, 24/2006-382” postal spomenik lokalnega pomena.
Decembra 2006 je grad s posestjo kupil Maximilian M. Slavič ter ga obnovil do stanja, da je grad zaživel kot graščina.
Vizualizacija predstavlja stanje gradu marca 2015.
Castle of Fala is situated above the right bank of Drava River on the natural – geological and climate border.
The first written source of the Fala (Domus Volmars - Valle) is from 1245. There was a monastery which made this place as an important cultural centre of the region. In 1620 was founded a philosophy, theology and economy department of Vienna University. In 1628 a statute of Fala University was certified by Vienna University.
The castle is today a private property.
Castle of Fala is situated above the right bank of Drava River on the natural – geological and climate border.
The first written source of the Fala (Domus Volmars - Valle) is from 1245. There was a monastery which made this place as an important cultural centre of the region. In 1620 was founded a philosophy, theology and economy department of Vienna University. In 1628 a statute of Fala University was certified by Vienna University.
The castle is today a private property.
Nearby the castle, up to the river flow, is The Fala hydroelectric power plant which was built between 1913 and 1918. As a technological and construction achievement of its time, the Slovenian Ministry of Culture included it in its register of monuments of national importance in 2008.