Wullross castle and palace ruins

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Wullross castle and palace ruins
Wullross castle ruins

Wullross castle ruins

Alternative name (s): Wullroß
Creation time : First mentioned 1200
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: small residues
Place: Weitensfeld in the Gurktal
Geographical location 46 ° 48 '51 "  N , 14 ° 12' 46"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 48 '51 "  N , 14 ° 12' 46"  E
Height: 950  m above sea level A.
Wullross castle and palace ruins (Carinthia)
Wullross castle and palace ruins

The castle and castle ruins Wullross (Wullroß) are the listed ruins of two hilltop castles in the Inner Wimitz in the north of Carinthia .

Geographical location

The buildings were in an elevated position (approx. 950 above sea level) of the so-called Inner Wimitz in the forest between the small settlements of Wullross and Psein in what is now the community of Weitensfeld in the Gurktal . They were created above the road along the Wimitzbach .

history

Wullross was first mentioned in a document around 1200 as Woldris , and in 1342 it appears as Volreichs . The name is derived from the names of persons Wolrich, in the oldest document, the Urbar of Gurk cathedral chapter, a Waltherus de Woldris is as fief owner called. In 1446 Leonhard, the last Wullroß, fell in the battle against the Turks. The coat of arms of the medieval noble family showed a bull with a nose ring. A well-known name-bearer was Katherina von Wulroß, abbess of the noble nunnery St. Georgen am Längsee in 1402 .

Towards the end of the 15th century, Wilhelm Rumpf acquired the castle, who in 1520 took part in court aiding in St. Veit an der Glan as the procurator of Siegmund von Dietrichstein . While his son Wolf Rumpf was given the rule of Weitra by Emperor Rudolf II , his daughter Barbara Rumpf married the Mercury Works Wilhelm Neumann, an assessor of Wasserleonburg Castle , which Wulross came into possession of. The castle chapel , consecrated to Saint Barbara , was described as profane in 1578, which indicates that the castle rulers at that time were Protestant.

Wullross Castle was built next to the castle in the 16th century, while the medieval structure was left to decay. In 1747 Ferdinand von Egger bought the property, which from then on also remained in the possession of the Egger family. After a lightning strike set the building on fire in 1818, parts of the now abandoned building collapsed in 1820.

Building description

From the medieval castle only the remains of a square tower with a side length of about seven meters and the chapel adjoining the tower to the southeast are preserved.

The remains of the former Renaissance castle, which was located to the northwest of the castle, are overgrown by thickets and are difficult to see and survey.

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