Wolkenstein Castle (South Tyrol)
Wolkenstein Castle | ||
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Wolkenstein castle ruins - the valley wall |
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Creation time : | before 1240 | |
Castle type : | Variant of a cave castle | |
Conservation status: | ruin | |
Place: |
Selva in Val Gardena South Tyrol Italy |
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Geographical location | 46 ° 33 '51 " N , 11 ° 46' 8" E | |
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The Selva Castle is a medieval castle ruin in Selva di Val Gardena , in South Tyrol , Italy .
location
The ruin is located at the confluence of the Langental in the Val Gardena over 1600 meters high in the rock face of the Stevia and thus in the Puez group of the Dolomites . The small castle was in the custody of the transition on the Gardena Pass into Val Badia an important strategic function.
history
The castle is the ancestral seat of the Tyrolean aristocratic family Wolkenstein-Trostburg - a side line of the Lords of Villanders - who own the ruins to this day. The castle dates back to the 13th century and was owned by Heinrich von Kastelruth around 1240. In 1293 it was acquired by Randolt von Villanders, an ancestor of the later Selva family, together with the Wolkenstein court. When an inheritance was divided in 1407, it fell to Michael von Wolkenstein († 1443), the older brother of the late medieval poet composer Oswald von Wolkenstein . The castle was stormed by the Venetians at the end of the 15th century , initially rebuilt in 1525, then served as the seat of the court and finally fell into disrepair. Only the valley wall facing south and the forecourt are preserved.
investment
The castle was originally built as a variant of a cave castle directly on the rock face and obviously had a triangular floor plan. It is located under a rock overhang, which also served as the roof of the castle.
gallery
Lithograph after a drawing by Gottfried Seelos (ca.1850)
Stevia at the entrance to the Langental with the Wolkenstein castle ruins
See also
literature
- Franz Huter (ed.), Hanns Bachmann: Handbook of historical sites . Band: Austria. Part 2: Alpine countries with South Tyrol (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 279). Kröner, Stuttgart 1966, DNB 366104535 , p. 577.
- M. Perlunger: Wolkenstein ruins. In: Der Schlern , 1, 1920, pp. 388–389.
- Nicolò Rasmo : Selva . In: Oswald Trapp (Ed.): Tiroler Burgenbuch. IV. Volume: Eisacktal . Publishing house Athesia, Bozen 1977, pp. 223-234.
- Anton Schwob : Oswald von Wolkenstein. A biography. Athesia, Bozen 1977, ISBN 88-7014-073-3 , p. 15 f.
- Otto Stolz: Political-historical description of the region of South Tyrol (= Schlern-Schriften. Vol. 40). Innsbruck 1937–1939, pp. 381–384.
Web links
- Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
- Wolkenstein In: Heinrich Noë (text), B. Johannes (pictures): The castles of Tyrol in words and pictures. Partenkirchen, approx. 1890, no.20
- Reconstruction drawing by Wolfgang Braun