Innerjuvalt Castle

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Innerjuvalt Castle
Innerjuvalt above Rothenbrunnen

Innerjuvalt above Rothenbrunnen

Alternative name (s): Oberjuvalt
Creation time : around 1250
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Rothenbrunnen
Geographical location 46 ° 46 '6 "  N , 9 ° 25' 54"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 46 '6 "  N , 9 ° 25' 54"  E ; CH1903:  752 221  /  one hundred eighty-one thousand six hundred and seventeen
Height: 780  m above sea level M.
Innerjuvalt Castle (Canton of Graubünden)
Innerjuvalt Castle

The castle Innerjuvalt (often referred to as Oberjuvalt) is the younger of the two castles on the territory of the municipality Rothenbrunnen in the Swiss canton of Grisons . The name is derived from "Jugum altum" (= high yoke).

location

The hilltop castle is 780  m above sea level. M. east above the village on a rock at the entrance to Domleschg and can be reached in about 30 minutes via a steep, narrow path through the forest.

investment

Like the neighboring Hochjuvalt castle, the Innerjuvalt complex is divided into a lower and an upper castle. In the lower castle , of which a remnant of the wall about 20 meters long and four meters high, there were several residential and farm buildings.

On the upper castle , a two-story was first through the Lords of Juvalt 1250 Palas and a southern annex on artificially ausgeebnetem bedrock built, then the three-story were dungeon with high input and the southern palace built. An outer ring enclosed a cistern and an oven below the castle . Two helmets from the 15th century came to light in the rubble of the cistern.

In a third construction phase in the late 15th century, the tower was raised by one storey and provided with a defensive arbor in the east and north.

history

Coat of arms of the Lords of Juvalt

Innerjuvalt was probably built around 1250 by the lords of Juvalt . In 1342 a court settled a dispute between the brothers Albrecht and Bertram von Juvalt on Hochjuvalt. In exchange for a pension until his death, Bertram left the castle with its people and goods to his brother. The castle Hochjuvalt with its associated part of the rule was sold by Eglolf I von Juvalt the Rietberg. Shortly before his death, Johann von Rietberg gave his castle Rietberg and the Hochjuvalt to his uncles von Landenberg. Shortly afterwards, they sold Hochjuvalt Castle with all of its rights to the Bishop of Chur for 2500 or 3500 guilders. In the second half of the 14th century the castle appears several times in the documents. According to the Domleschger Bundesbrief of 1423, several aristocrats had to make their castles available to the federal government, including Rudolf II with the vesty of the indians Jufalt .

From the middle of the 15th century, the von Juvalts seemed to have lived in a courtyard at the foot of the mountain. In 1462 the castle of Elisabeth von Juvalt, born von Heidelberg, widow of Rudolf II the Last on the Inderjuvalt, was sold to her daughter Junker Pedrutt von Wannis for 500 Rhenish gold gulden ( ... daz Bergschloss ... item huss and hofraite under the same castle Juvalt, plus the infang daby and thus the lantstras gat ). Hochjuvalt was probably abandoned around 1500 and it was mentioned as a ruin around 1550 . In the last few decades the castle was uncovered and restored by the Graubünden Castle Association.

Innerjuvalt is owned by the Domleschg Castle Association. The habitable tower with its coat of arms paintings can be rented for private events during the summer months. It is open to the public on August 1st.

gallery

  • Gallery in front of the tower

  • At the foot of the tower

  • Door in tuff frame

  • Remnants of the outer bailey

  • Remnants of the outer bailey

literature

  • Fritz Hauswirth: Castles and palaces in Switzerland . Volume 8. Neptun Verlag, Kreuzlingen 1972.
  • Otto P. Clavadetscher, Werner Meyer : The castle book of Graubünden . Orell Füssli, Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-280-01319-4 .
  • Lanfranco de Clari. The Friien of Juvalt -1122- 1467. Family history, chronology (documents from BUB, Wartmann, Codex juvaltorum ...) Genealogy. Work in progress, deposited at the Graubünden State Archives, can be consulted on Généanet France. [password declari]

Web links

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