Altrasen castle ruins

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Altrasen castle ruins
Old lawn ruin

Old lawn ruin

Alternative name (s): Castelvecchio Rasun
Creation time : 12th Century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Lawn
Geographical location 46 ° 46 '37 "  N , 12 ° 3' 20"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 46 '37 "  N , 12 ° 3' 20"  E
Height: 1177  m
Altrasen castle ruins (South Tyrol)
Altrasen castle ruins

The Altrasen Castle is the ruin of a hilltop castle near the village of Niederrasen in the Antholz Valley in South Tyrol ( Italy )

Establishment and maintenance

The castle complex was the ancestral seat of the Lords of Rasen and was probably built in three phases, with the remains of the square tower, the circular wall and the tower courtyard from the 16th century still preserved.

history

The first official mention of a lawn ministerial took place in 1182 with "Gotscalchus de Rasine". The castle itself was first mentioned in 1214 as "castrum Raesine". The castle was then expanded in the middle of the 13th century by the Counts of Tyrol , with Neurasen Castle being built in parallel by Ulrich von Rasen . From 1241 Rudolf von Rasen appears as a follower of Albert III. In 1259, Meinhard II transferred the castle to his wife Elisabeth of Bavaria as a morning gift and then changed hands several times through division of areas.

In the late Middle Ages and early modern times , the castle was the administrative seat of a regional court , the court of Altrasen. This is in 1484 as a court Alträsner was officially recorded, its catchment area handed over the Rienz out until after Olang .

In the 16th century, the castle was rebuilt again by the Lords of Welsperg, although it was described as dilapidated as early as 1520. In 1566 further structural damage is described, which should be viewed in 1580, but which did not occur. The castle was then to be converted into a prison and apartments, but this was not done due to the poor state of construction.

Between 1990 and 1993 security work was carried out by the monument office.

Web links

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

literature

  • Eduard Pichler: Old lawn . In: Magdalena Hörmann-Weingartner (Ed.): Tiroler Burgenbuch. IX. Volume: Val Pusteria . Athesia Publishing House, Bozen 2003, ISBN 978-88-8266-163-2 , pp. 325–333.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Castelvecchio Rasun - Altrasen Castle. Burgenwelt.org, accessed on April 15, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
  3. ↑ Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair : Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. Volume 2: 1140-1200 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-7030-0485-8 , p. 309-310, No. 790 .
  4. ↑ Otto Stolz : The districts of Eisacktal and Pustertal (political-historical description of the country of South Tyrol 3/4) (Schlern-Schriften 40). Innsbruck: Universitäts-Verlag Wagner 1939, p. 592ff.
  5. ↑ Hannes Obermair: Endangered cultural property on site: Archive report from Geiselsberg, municipality of Olang . In: Landesdenkmalamt Bozen (Ed.): Preservation of monuments in South Tyrol 1996 . Bozen: Athesia 1997. ISBN 88-7014-944-7 , pp. 173-189, reference p. 174, no. 2.