Karneid Castle

Karneid Castle
	Karneid Castle
Alternative name (s):	Castel Cornedo
Creation time :	Late 13th century
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Place:	Karneid, Cornedo all'Isarco
Geographical location	46 ° 29 '22.6 " N , 11 ° 23' 52.7" E Coordinates: 46 ° 29 '22.6 " N , 11 ° 23' 52.7" E

Karneid Castle , located a little to the east of Bolzano , was built on a steep rocky hill, seemingly impregnable from two sides, and is about 420 meters above sea level. According to an old tradition (Weingartner), it should originally have belonged to the Lords of Greifenstein , who also owned the nearby Haselburg in 1289 . The castle, built around the middle of the 13th century and mentioned in 1297 as “castrum de Curniet” or “gschloss Curneidt” , is mentioned in a document in 1370 as the property of the Lords of Völs , who extended their sphere of influence from Prösels via Steinegg to Bozen. In 1387 the lords of Lichtenstein are enfeoffed with the castles and courts of Karneid and Steinegg. The later Counts of Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn were able to hold this property until it died out in 1764.

Current condition

The system consists essentially of the keep , Palas , Tower House , circular wall with dovetail battlements and chapel , which is dedicated to Santa Anna and having valuable Roman fresco. In the 14th century a kennel was added, in the 16th century today's entrance, gate towers and some buildings inside.

history

In 1838, Anton von Goldegg zu Lindenburg bought the castle, which had been in ruins since the late 18th century, and began restoring it. In 1884 the castle was acquired by the director of the Royal Bavarian Art Academy in Munich, Ferdinand Freiherr von Miller . His daughter Renata was married to Major General Karl Ferdinand von Malaisé (1868–1946). In 1954 their son Ferdinand Eugen von Malaisé took over the castle and it is still owned by his descendants. In the last few years the municipality of Karneid has carried out further renovation measures on the castle. The basis is an agreement between the local government and the Malaisé family, according to which the castle will be made available for some public events (concerts, author readings, receptions, etc.) in return for various restoration measures.

sightseeing

Visits are only possible with a guide and take place from April to October. Corresponding pre-registrations are to be sent directly to the secretariat of the municipality of Karneid. The guided tours only take place on Fridays at 3:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. if there is a sufficient number of participants, which may not include a maximum of twenty people.

literature

Eduard Pichler, Helmut Stampfer : Karneid . In: Oswald Trapp (Ed.): Tiroler Burgenbuch. Volume VIII: Bolzano area . Athesia publishing house, Bozen 1989, ISBN 978-88-7014-495-6 , pp. 27-59.
Carlo Trentini: Karneid Castle . Folio, Vienna / Bozen 2009, ISBN 978-3-85256-487-6 .
Josef Weingartner : The art monuments of South Tyrol (Volume 2) . Athesia Publishing House, Bozen 1985, ISBN 88-7014-642-1 .

Individual evidence

^ Hannes Obermair : Bozen Süd - Bolzano Nord. Written form and documentary tradition of the city of Bozen up to 1500 . tape 1 . City of Bozen, Bozen 2005, ISBN 88-901870-0-X , p. 132-133, No. 133 .

Web links

Commons : Burg Karneid - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
Karneid Castle on the homepage of the municipality of Karneid
Reconstruction drawing by Wolfgang Braun

[1] Hannes Obermair : Bozen Süd - Bolzano Nord. Written form and documentary tradition of the city of Bozen up to 1500 . tape 1 . City of Bozen, Bozen 2005, ISBN 88-901870-0-X , p. 132-133, No. 133 .