Hochgalsaun Castle

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Hochgalsaun Castle
Alternative name (s): Castel Colsano
Creation time : Mid 13th century
Castle type : Höhenburg, rocky location
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Galsaun
Geographical location 46 ° 38 '7.6 "  N , 10 ° 54' 44.4"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 38 '7.6 "  N , 10 ° 54' 44.4"  E
Height: 795  m slm
Hochgalsaun Castle (South Tyrol)
Hochgalsaun Castle

The castle Hochgalsaun is the ruins of a hilltop castle near the village Galsaun in the town of Bernkastel-Ciardes in Vinschgau in South Tyrol .

location

The ruin is located at the top of a rock ridge on the Sonnenberg , west of the Galsauner trench, on a steeply sloping rock spur. About 80 meters below the ruins of the castle chapel are on a rock step ("Kirchknott") on the valley side .

history

Hochgalsaun Castle was probably built by the Lords of Montalban and was first mentioned in 1262. After the castle was sold to Meinhard II , it was destroyed in 1296. In 1329 Johann, Peter and Konrad von Schlandersberg received permission from Heinrich von Kärnten to build a new castle. Due to its extreme location, however, it was increasingly used less and then destroyed after a long siege in 1418, 1423 or 1432 by Frederick IV . After that the ruin was not rebuilt and fell into disrepair. In 1771 the ruins fell to Count Hendl . The castle ruins have been in changing private ownership since 1864.

literature

  • Oswald Trapp : Tiroler Burgenbuch. Volume I: Vinschgau . Publishing house Athesia, Bozen 1972, pp. 192–196.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry on Hochgalsaun in the private database "Alle Burgen".
  2. ↑ a b Castle ruins Hochgalsaun / Galsaun - Castel Colsano. Burgenwelt.org, accessed on April 14, 2020 .