Reinegg Castle (South Tyrol)

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Reinegg Castle
Sarnthein Reinegg 2015.jpg
Alternative name (s): Reineck, Castel Regino
Creation time : 1263 (first documented mention)
Castle type : Hill castle
Conservation status: Received or received substantial parts
Place: Sarnthein
Geographical location 46 ° 38 '27.2 "  N , 11 ° 21' 49.6"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 38 '27.2 "  N , 11 ° 21' 49.6"  E
Height: 1100  m
Reinegg Castle (South Tyrol)
Reinegg Castle

The castle Reinegg (also Reineck ) is a high medieval castle in the South Tyrolean village of Sarnthein , the main town of the municipality Sarntal . The castle complex, which is not open to the public, is a listed building.

history

The facility was first mentioned in a document in 1263 under the name "castrum Sarentine", although it is assumed that the building was built at the beginning of the 13th century. In 1273 the castle was enfeoffed to Meinhard II. The Counts of Sarnthein became owners of the castle in 1635. On April 11, 2015, part of the curtain wall suddenly collapsed.

investment

The castle has a representative palace with coupled Drilling windows. There is also a keep , gate tower, three kennels, a castle chapel with frescoes from the 13th century and farm buildings.

literature

  • Adelheid Zallinger: Reineck . In: Oswald Trapp (Ed.): Tiroler Burgenbuch. V. Volume: Sarntal . Publishing house Athesia, Bozen 1981, ISBN 88-7014-036-9 , pp. 11-50.

Web links

Commons : Burg Reinegg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
  • Floor plan of the castle complex, possibly taken from Piper

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reinegg Castle in Sarntal . burgen-adi.at. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ The wall of Reinegg Castle collapsed. burgerbe.de. April 14, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.