Spliatsch Castle

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Tower of the former Spliatsch Castle

Tower of the former Spliatsch Castle

Creation time : around 1200
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Construction: Pebbles, rubble stones, e.g. T. Rasa Pietra
Place: Sur
Geographical location 46 ° 31 '1 "  N , 9 ° 37' 37"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 31 '1 "  N , 9 ° 37' 37"  E ; CH1903:  seven hundred and sixty-seven thousand nine hundred twelve  /  154079
Height: 1589  m above sea level M.
Spliatsch Castle (Canton of Graubünden)
Spliatsch Castle

The castle Spliatsch is the ruin of a high medieval hilltop castle in Sur in the municipality of Surses in the Swiss canton of Grisons . The ruin of the tower stands at 1589  m above sea level. M. on a small hill not far from the Julier pass road between Marmorera and Mulegns . The inside of the tower is accessible through a small gap.

investment

High entrance of the tower

What has been preserved is a well-preserved keep with three floors and a square floor plan of 8 by 8 meters. The wall thickness is about 1.4 meters. The well-preserved upper wall end could indicate a missing fourth floor made of wood. The masonry consists of stones of unequal size, which are to some extent layered in layers. In the lower part there are traces of a Rasa Pietra external plaster . On the third floor there was a window with two seats as well as a toilet bay and a smoke outlet for the stove.

The high entrance was on the second floor on the west side. The Gewändsteine are well preserved. Remnants of beams show the position of the stairs and the balustrade in front of the entrance. Above the door there are remains of a sloping canopy.

On the inside there are remains of smooth plaster on two inhabited upper floors. Remnants of bars indicate the position of the storeys. The remains of a chimney with angled smoke outlet have been preserved on the ground floor.

To the southeast of the tower, on a terrace, lay a supply yard made of dry stone and wood; a rectangular floor plan of a small house is still clearly visible. The courtyard was enclosed by a curtain wall, which can still be seen to some extent in the south.

history

Layout

Written documents about the origin of the complex are missing, and there was never a family of Spliatsch. The tower was probably built by the Lords of Marmels at the beginning of the 13th century .

In 1486 the tower was owned by the brothers Anton and Augustin von Beccaria, who had inherited it from their mother, Anna von Marmels. At the end of the 15th century, the farm was lent to hereditary rights, whereby the borrowed had to ensure a good upkeep. They had to keep the goods in good condition and, especially, to clean the tower for emergency use .

Whether the complex was still inhabited at that time cannot be clarified without archaeological investigations.

literature

  • Otto P. Clavadetscher, Werner Meyer : The castle book of Graubünden. Zurich / Schwäbisch Hall 1984.

Web links

Commons : Burg Spliatsch  - Collection of images