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Castle salons
Castle hill salons

Castle hill salons

Alternative name (s): Ruina Casti
Creation time : around 1200
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Ruin, rubble
Construction: Rubble stones
Place: Slim
Geographical location 46 ° 45 '22 "  N , 9 ° 0' 47.5"  O Coordinates: 46 ° 45 '22 "  N , 9 ° 0' 47.5"  E ; CH1903:  seven hundred twenty thousand two hundred ninety-two  /  one hundred and seventy-nine thousand five hundred and thirty-two
Height: 1350  m above sea level M.
Salons Castle (Canton of Graubünden)
Castle salons

The ruins of Salons Castle are located in the municipality of Trun in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . The facility is shown on the map as Ruina Casti .

location

The ruins of the hilltop castle lie on a steep rock head at the upper end of the forest below the Maiensäss high above Schlans. They can be easily reached cross-country in a few minutes from the road. The rock head is separated by a large ditch on the mountain side .

investment

The connections between the former complex can hardly be seen on the overgrown rock head. The northeast corner of a possibly never completed tower made of very large blocks has been preserved. The massive foundations of an enclosure wall lie on the east side . In the west, the remains of the gate are located above a steep rockfall; access was via a wooden walkway. In the southeast are the foundations of a retaining wall. Inside the area, the foundation walls of a square building stand out.

In the ditch on the mountain side there are fallen rubble of a strong defensive wall . The different wall structures indicate several construction phases and thus a longer period of use.

Tower foundation
Tower foundation detail

history

There are no written documents about the origins and history of the castle; it is assumed that it was built in the early 13th century. The remote location in the cleared area indicates a small allodial rule . This assumption is supported by the field name Plaun da Plaids , which denotes a place of justice.

Salons Castle does not appear in the sources until the 14th century after it was transferred to the Montalt from the extinct lords Schlans / Grünenfels. The von Schlans were probably related, perhaps even tribal, with the von Grünenfels . Four representatives are documented: the Chur canon Walter (1220–1275), the clergyman Conrad 1270 and the two Chur servants Albert 1228 and Conrad 1237. In any case, in the 14th century the grounds of Schlans and Grünenfels formed a single ruling complex that belonged together.

In 1357 Heinrich von Montalt transferred Schlans Castle with all rights to his brother-in-law, Baron Ulrich von Belmont, and received it back as a fief. At that time, the castles in Schlans and Grünenfels already formed a unit ( burg and vestinu, the haissent Gruenenvels and Sylans ... ), which were established in 1378 in the Rhaetian lordship of Jörgenberg .

gallery

  • Wall foundation in the west

  • Floor plan of a building, the entrance on the left

  • Area of ​​the rock head

  • Foundation of the ring in the SE

  • Access from the west

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