Warth Castle

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Warth Castle
Warth Castle

Warth Castle

Alternative name (s): Castel Guardia
Creation time : around 1250
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Preserved essential parts
Geographical location 46 ° 28 '14.2 "  N , 11 ° 16' 8.4"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 28 '14.2 "  N , 11 ° 16' 8.4"  E
Height: 396  m slm
Warth Castle (South Tyrol)
Warth Castle

The Castle Warth (also Burgwart ; Italian Castel Guardia ) and the nearby Altenburg secured the right below running in the Warttal, major north-south road from Bolzano to Überetsch and over the Mendel Pass the Trentino Non Valley . The small hilltop castle is located in the area of ​​the St. Pauls fraction in the large municipality of Appiano near Bozen in South Tyrol ( Italy ).

location

The small hilltop or summit castle is located on a striking moraine hill, which is right next to the SS42 in the Warttal. Separated by a slight depression, the ruins of the Altenburg form their counterpart, both are located southeast of the Eppan district of St. Pauls.

history

Altenburg ruins and Warth Castle near St. Pauls in South Tyrol

In the 12th century there was a fortified courtyard on the later Burgplatz, which was handed over in 1194 by the Counts of Eppan to their liege lord Konrad II of Beseno , Bishop of Trento . In 1211 the Eppaners got it back as a fiefdom. Around 1250 the court came to the Counts of Tyrol . The low-nobility Ulrich von Altenburg built the castle around 1250 on the site of the fortified courtyard. It consists of the habitable donjon , a great hall and a curtain wall. Ulrich's son Arnold sold the castle to Peter Warter. The Lords of Wart were first mentioned in a document in 1267 . In 1289 the " castrum de Warte " functions as a notarial place. After the Lords of Wart died out, Johann von Goldegg acquired the castle in 1390. In the middle of the 15th century, the lords of Weineck owned the castle. They probably had the first major renovations carried out and erected the building on the northern tip of Burgplatz. In 1536 the castle passed to the Counts of Künigl zu Ehrenburg . In the 16./17. In the 19th century the farm buildings were built. The keep and hall were renovated inside and received decorative paintings and wooden paneling, attached to the gate of the bay window. In 1954, the Frank family acquired the castle from Count Künigl, and after the renovation and renovation, holiday apartments were rented out in the castle.

investment

The oldest part is a square tower over 18 meters high with four floors and the habitable keep. These surround an inner courtyard with a small gate wing, the hall and a small piece of curtain wall. To the north, the castle resembles a ship's hull. The Bergfrit has a vaulted, dark dungeon at the bottom, which is accessible from the hall through a door in the cellar. On the upper floors, the rooms are lit through square windows and have therefore always been habitable. Two stone-framed arched doors from the attic of the hall and from the gateway provide access to the upper floors. A flight of stairs in the courtyard leads to the hallway on the upper floor.

Noteworthy are the windows with side seats and decorative borders from the 14th century and a wood-paneled room from 1613.

literature

  • Thomas Bitterli-Waldvogel: South Tyrolean Burgenkarte , Südtiroler Burgeninstitut (Ed.), Bozen 1995
  • Marcello Caminiti (German: Franz Hieronymus Riedl): Die Burgen Südtirols , Calliano 1985, pp. 138–140
  • Daniele Lorenzi: Castles and palaces in Trentino and South Tyrol , Milan / Trient, p. 112
  • Bruno Mahlknecht : Castles, palaces and residences in Appiano , Appiano Tourist Office (publisher), Appiano on the South Tyrolean Wine Road 1978
  • Stefan Stabler, Alexander von Hohenbühel: Castles and residences. Meraner Land and Vinschgau - excursions, culture, enjoyment , Bozen 2010
  • Alexander von Hohenbühel: Warth . In: Magdalena Hörmann-Weingartner (ed.), Tiroler Burgenbuch. Volume X: Überetsch and South Tyrolean Unterland . Athesia publishing house, Bozen 2011, ISBN 978-88-8266-780-1 , pp. 199-218.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hannes Obermair : Bozen Süd - Bolzano Nord. Written form and documentary tradition of the city of Bozen up to 1500 . Vol. 1. Bozen: Stadtgemeinde Bozen 2005, ISBN 88-901870-0-X , p. 110 No. 75.
  2. ↑ The floor plan and photos of the castle can be viewed at www.burgenwelt.org .

Web links

Commons : Castle Warth (Eppan)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files