Rundenstein residence

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Rundenstein residence today

The Rundenstein residence (also called Kofler auf Zeslar ) is located in the St. Georgen district, Sand district, from Gries-Quirein in the municipality of Bolzano in South Tyrol .

history

The mighty building, located on a slope halfway between the valley floor and the southern foothills of Jenesien , is a former medieval wine farm , surrounded by wineries. Above the arched portal is the emblem originally from Sterzing originating Kofler, designated in 1590, reflecting the timing of ansitz like pointing the old yard in the late 16th century Ausbaues. Matthias Kofler is attested as court clerk of the Sarnthein rule in 1588 , obtained imperial nobility in 1598 with the aristocratic title Rundenstein , in 1610 the county and in 1613 appears as Matthias Kofler to Rundenstain .

The ennobling of the Kofler zu Rundenstein family, who remained in the possession of the residence until the middle of the 19th century, is also reflected in the monumental construction of the building. On the first floor there is a wide central aisle with a stately double arched window and window bars.

Older names of Rundenstein-Zeslar are Zeslarer, Lungl and Unterstain, each attested from the 14th century. In 1367 Jacobus Zässegleiger (Jakob Zeslarer) brought a sensational legal action against the then landlord of the farm, the Bolzano city nobility Rändlin von Niedertor, in a dispute over the amount of tax obligations. In this context, several witnesses from Gries and Jenesien came on the scene, who supported the Zeslarer with their statements. Zeslar still belonged in the 15th century to the basic rule of the Upper Bavarian Benedictine Schäftlarn as a Grieser Zehentverzeichnis the monastery turns of 1459/70 with the entry "Zæsslaer".

Rundenstein-Zeslar is still used intensively for the wine industry today.

Protective binding

The Ansitz was chosen for its historical and architectural history significance of the South Tyrolean provincial administration in 1977 under monument protection provided.

literature

  • Josef Tarneller : The castle, court and field names in the market town of Gries near Bozen (=  Schlern-Schriften, Volume 6 ). University publishing house Wagner, Innsbruck 1924. ( online )
  • Hannes Obermair : How to Record a Conflict? The Communities of the German Part of the Diocese of Trent during the Late Middle Ages (=  Fondazione Bruno Kessler. Contributi. 30 ). Il mulino - Duncker & Humblot, Bologna-Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-88-15-25383-5 , pp. 101-118 .
  • Josef Weingartner : The art monuments of Bolzano (=  The art monuments of South Tyrol 3.2 ). Hölzel, Vienna 1926.
  • Alois Weißthanner: The documents and records of the Schäftlarn monastery (=  sources and discussions on Bavarian history NF 10.2 ). CH Beck, Munich 1957.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Weingartner, p. 219.
  2. ↑ Tarneller, p. 22.
  3. ↑ Tarneller, p. 22; Weingartner, p. 219.
  4. ↑ Tarneller, p. 22.
  5. ↑ Obermair, pp. 112-114.
  6. ↑ Weißthanner, p. 370 no. 456.
  7. ↑ Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office

Coordinates: 46 ° 30 ′ 52.3 "  N , 11 ° 20 ′ 49.6"  E