Burg Vorst

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Burg Vorst
Forst (2) .JPG
Alternative name (s): Castle Vorst
Creation time : mentioned in 1302
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Receive
Place: Algund
Geographical location 46 ° 40 '42.3 "  N , 11 ° 7' 10.5"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 40 '42.3 "  N , 11 ° 7' 10.5"  E
Height: 350  m
Vorst Castle (South Tyrol)
Burg Vorst
Tony Grubhofer : Vorst (1899)

The castle Vorst , including Castle Vorst or forest is called a hilltop castle on a small 350 meter high rock hill on the right bank of the Adige in Lagundo in South Tyrol .

The castle was built in the late 13th century. Around 1302 it was under the administration of Ulrich von Vorst, a Tyrolean ministerial . After his death in 1311 Albert von Gomion gave her a fief. From then on he called himself Albert von Vorst. His widow Floridiana married Wilhelm von Enn in 1338. As a result, the castle came into the possession of the Lords of Starkenberg . These belonged to the elephant union ; when this was subjugated by Friedrich IV , Burg Vorst was expropriated from them. From 1519 to 1860 it was owned by the Brandis family . Today the castle belongs to the Fuchs family, who also own the nearby Forst brewery . Vorst Castle cannot be visited.

literature

  • Maria Kiem u. a .: 1000 years of Algund. Athesiadruck, Bozen 2005, pp. 140 ff.
  • Oswald Trapp : Tiroler Burgenbuch. Volume II: Burgrave Office . Publishing house Athesia, Bozen 1980, pp. 225-229.
  • Josef Weingartner : The Art Monuments of South Tyrol, Vol. 2 . 7th edition. Athesia, Bozen 1991, ISBN 88-7014-642-1 . P. 549

Web links

Commons : Burg Vorst  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office