Schlandersberg Castle

The building, known as Schlandersberg Castle or Schlandersberg Castle, has its origins in a medieval spur castle (German: Höhenburg) in the market town of Schlanders in Vinschgau in South Tyrol. Schlandersberg stands on a bare ridge above the entrance to the Schlandraun valley at an altitude of 1100 metres.

Story

The castle was built by the lords of Montalban in the 13th century, as was Kastelbell Castle. As a Welf noble family, they belonged to the servants of the Counts of Tyrol. A branch of the family lived in Schlandersberg Castle and named themselves Lords of Schlandersberg after her. In 1329 they had to take the castle as a fief from the Tyrolean sovereigns. Due to the inhospitable location and the uninviting building structure, however, it soon lost its importance. The headquarters were moved to Hochgalsaun Castle, built around 1329.

In 1383, the Schlandersbergers also received the castles of Rotund and Reichenberg in the Münster valley as a fief. The brothers Kaspar and Heinrich von Schlandersberg, who were notorious for their attacks, also against their own subordinates, belonged to the aristocratic opposition to Duke Frederick IV, who had Hochgalsaun destroyed in 1423; The Thurngut was then built there as a new seat. In 1437 the cousins Hans and Wolf von Schlandersberg settled in Parcines. In 1587 Ulrich von Schlandersberg acquired the Fahlburg.

After the Lords of Schlandersberg had died out in the male line in 1755, the castle passed to the Counts of Hendl, who also owned the lordship of Schlanders. They sold the castle to a farmer in 1819. It is not known whether it has been permanently inhabited since then. The last owner, who also lived in the castle, sold the building in the 1990s. It was then carefully rebuilt by local architects, taking into account monument protection and only using materials from the Vinschgau. Care was taken to preserve the character of the castle.

Description

The small original castle consisted only of a free-standing residential tower. Examples of similar facilities can often be found in the vicinity - such as Goldrain, Annenberg or Latsch. The tower was not extensively expanded with residential annexes until the 16th century. The appearance hasn't changed much since that time. The residential tower is 19 meters high and has dovetail battlements. The chapel was located in the north-west corner in the bay window protruding from the front of the building. The tower features painted mortar joints and stone-framed square windows with side seats. Today there are luxury apartments in the building, a visit is not possible.

literature

Marcello Caminiti: Castelli dell'Alto Adige. Manfrini Editori, Trento 1985.

Oswald Trapp: Tyrolean castle book. Volume I: Venosta Valley. Verlagsanstalt Athesia, Bolzano 1972, pp. 145-149.

itemizations

The South Tyrolean Provincial Archive contains material on the Lords of Schlandersberg from the archive of the Kasten residence in Galsaun (Archive Kasten-Schlandersberg); a brief description can be found in Emil von Ottenthal: The oldest accounting books of the Lords of Schlandersberg, in: MIÖG 2, 1881, pp. 552-614, pp. 551-558.

Ute Monika Schwob: The Lords of Schlandersberg in the context of the testimonies of Oswald von Wolkenstein, in: Tyrol between times and peoples, ed. by Eugen Thurnher (Schlern writings, vol. 318), Innsbruck 2002, pp. 175–186, p. 175

Hannes Obermair: Bozen South–Bolzano North. Written form and documentary tradition of the city of Bozen up to 1500. volume 2. Municipality of Bozen, Bozen 2008, ISBN 978-88-901870-1-8 , p. 85, no. 1001 .

web links

Commons: Schlandersberg - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Provincial Monuments Office

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