Taufers Castle

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Taufers
East view of Taufers Castle - easily recognizable: the formerly collapsed keep

East view of Taufers Castle - easily recognizable: the formerly collapsed keep

Alternative name (s): Sandner Castle
Castello di Tures
Creation time : 1225 to 1535
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Received or received substantial parts
Standing position : Dynasts
Construction: Quarry stone (opus spicatum)
Place: Sand in Taufers
Geographical location 46 ° 55 '23.5 "  N , 11 ° 56' 54.6"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 55 '23.5 "  N , 11 ° 56' 54.6"  E
Height: 957  m slm
Taufers Castle (South Tyrol)
Taufers Castle
Taufers Castle from a bird's eye view (2018)

The Taufers Castle is an extensive castle complex in Taufers in South Tyrol ( Italy ).

location

The castle is located above Sand in Taufers at around 957  m slm on a natural mountain nose that overlooks the Tauferer Tal to the south and monitors the entrance to the Ahrntal . Below the castle rock, the Ahr overcomes the narrow point that marks the transition between the two valleys.

history

Already shortly after 1091 the rule of Taufers, 1136 with Hugo von Taufers ( "Hugo de Tufers" ) the noble free von Taufers and 1224 the castle Taufers are mentioned for the first time. The history of the castle is shaped by two construction phases: the Romanesque by the Lords of Taufers and the Gothic by the Lords of Fieger and the Bishops of Brixen . The original castle consisted of a keep , a residential tower, the Palas , another building on the edge of the rock above the Ahr and the surrounding wall. It was not until the 15th century and until around 1621 that the buildings under the Dukes of Austria , the Lords of Fieger and the Barons of Wolkenstein-Rodenegg were expanded along the surrounding wall; the official and living quarters of the judges and orderlies and an extensive gate system with defensive towers and complicated drawbridge constructions , which can only be seen in detail today, were created; the outer access bridge over a newly excavated neck ditch, which was renewed in 2012, provides a better understanding of the former situation. After centuries of decay (still clearly visible today on the masonry of the formerly collapsed keep), important reconstructions were carried out in the first decade of the 20th century under Ludwig Lobmeyr with the performance of collapsed walls and the repair of numerous rooms. With the exposure of Gothic frescoes and the installation of modern paintings by the artist Lydia Roppolt (1922–1995) as well as the reconstruction of the keep (1969/72) titular abbot Hieronymus Gassner OSB set important accents. The South Tyrolean Castle Institute , owner of Taufers Castle since 1977, continued the necessary construction work in the last decade of the 20th century with extensive facade conservation and interior restoration. This gave the castle a closed appearance.

The castle can be visited without a guide in the area of ​​the inner courtyard, keep, ice cellar, castle garden etc. and only with a guide in the area of ​​the showrooms that are worth seeing.

investment

Main tower (July 1981)
Seen from a distance, the enormous dimensions of Taufers Castle are clearly visible. The Neumelan's residence in the foreground appears more compact .

The oval floor plan of the castle, adapted to the terrain, is in the north (attack side) by the keep and residential tower ("broad tower"), in the west by the Palas (later granary, expanded in 1992 for events), in the south by another palatial building and in the east determined by the entrance and the former horse stable. In the center of the complex there was a forge and in the northern area - as is assumed - a cistern. After the expansion of the entrance area over the eastern flank, the buildings adjacent to the surrounding wall were also significantly expanded and subjected to a different use. The well-preserved castle complex is characterized by quarry stone (opus spicatum).

Around two dozen of the castle's 64 rooms are paneled and can be viewed as part of a guided tour. The frescoes from Friedrich Pacher's school in the castle chapel, on whose altar a replica of a beautiful Romanesque crucifix can be seen, are of outstanding value. Particularly worth seeing are the prince's rooms, the cozy sleeping quarters with their canopy-like beds, the large library with its tiled stove, the armory, the courtroom, the dungeon and the torture chamber. The portraits in the so-called sick room of the knight's hall, which show the offspring of Tyrolean aristocratic families at a noble school run by Beatrix von Fieger from 1558 to 1567, are also of cultural historical importance.

Trivia

The box from Taufers Castle

Scenes from the films “ The Red Violin ”, “ Fully Married ”, “King Laurin” and “ Jakob Hutter and the Hutterites - Martyrs of Faith” were shot on Taufers .

The castle also served as a template for the film “ Dance of the Vampires ” by Roman Polański . Because little snow was, the plant was true to the original in the studio in many details, however, the exterior scenes on the near Bolzano located Seiser Alm rotated.

In addition, in 2015 and 2017 filming for the children's films " Burg Schreckenstein " and " Burg Schreckenstein 2 kisses (not) forbidden " based on the youth book series of the same name by Oliver Hassencamp took place at Taufers Castle .

Furthermore, parts of the shooting of the Bolzano crime thriller , episode “Against the Time”, took place at Taufers Castle.

literature

  • Alexander von Hohenbühel: Taufers. A dynasty castle (=  castles . Band 1 ). Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-7954-1836-6 .
  • Erika Kustatscher , Magdalena Hörmann-Weingartner: Taufers . In: Magdalena Hörmann-Weingartner (ed.), Tiroler Burgenbuch. IX. Volume: Val Pusteria . Athesia Publishing House, Bozen 2003, ISBN 978-88-8266-163-2 , pp. 281-316.

Web links

Commons : Taufers Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair : Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. Vol. 1: Up to the year 1140 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2009, ISBN 978-3-7030-0469-8 , p. 292, no. 346 .
  2. ↑ Some of the portraits can be seen at http://tirolerportraits.it/
  3. ↑ Eerily beautiful: The Tauferer Ahrntal has a vampire castle . Thomas Kunze in Berliner Zeitung on January 10, 2004