Aufenstein castle ruins
| Aufenstein castle ruins | ||
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.jpg) Former St. Kathrein castle chapel |
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| Creation time : | first mentioned 1234 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Castle chapel | |
| Standing position : | Ministerials | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | GPS | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 6 '56.7 " N , 11 ° 28' 1" E | |
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The Aufenstein castle ruins are the remnants of a hilltop castle on a protruding hill in the municipality of Navis at the entrance to the Navistal in the Innsbruck-Land district of Tyrol .
history
The Lords of Auffenstein are first mentioned in 1173. These were ministerials of the Counts of Tyrol . The name of the Aufensteiner (also Uvenstein ) is derived from Auff , the medieval name for eagle owl ; accordingly, there is also an eagle owl in the coat of arms of the Lords of Aufenstein and also in the current local coat of arms of Navis. The castle was first mentioned in a document in 1234. The Aufensteiners also exercised the lower jurisdiction . A document from Wilten Abbey from 1274 names a Hainricus, miles de Ovenstein, as a judge. Conrad III. von Aufenstein was involved in the suppression of a Carinthian aristocratic revolt against Count Meinhard II of Tyrol in 1292 . As a reward he was given the office of marshal in Carinthia and in 1304 he even became governor of Carinthia. Heinrich II von Aufenstein is said to have made the oath in 1327 to keep the streets clear of kings and emperors and everyone who moves to Italy. Konrad von Aufenstein, who after the death of his brother Heinrich III. Had also inherited the Tyrolean possessions, Carinthia brokered male line to Austria in 1335 when the Counts of Tyrol died out . The Tyrolean landlady Margarete Maultasch was not pleased with this and so Aufenstein Castle was besieged and conquered and in 1335 came as a fief to Heinrich von Rottenburg. The castle was in 1336 in the course of another uprising against the dukes Albrecht III. and Leopold III. captured after a long siege by the burgrave of Tyrol, Volkmar von Burgstall . The Tyrolean possessions of the Aufensteiners were confiscated and administered by the sovereigns. In 1342 Engelmar von Villanders was enfeoffed with Aufenstein, in 1349 the sovereign pledged the castle to the Lords of Katzenstein . The castle then fell into disrepair. The Auffenstein family died out at the end of the 14th century.
The last mention of a woman from Auffenstein can be seen on a wayside shrine in Puig near Steinach . This contains the inscription: Anno MCCCCLXVIII on Sanct Lucersentag is the noble nobly bored woman Affra v. Villanders Witib zu Aufenstein born. Trautsonin fell on her horse at the Brugen and died. May God have mercy.
Aufenstein Castle today
From the remains of the castle in 1475 was the daughter church of St. Catherine built. This was added to the two-story castle chapel, which was consecrated in 1308 (according to other sources, 1331) and is now reconstructed . The castle chapel was used as a school building in the 19th century. In 1909 a teacher noticed frescoes behind a protective wall. When in 1953 a new school building was built nearby for Ausernavis, the restoration of the castle chapel could begin; but it was not until 1983 that a renovation committee was set up to take the appropriate measures.
The wall thickness of the castle chapel is two meters on the bottom floor and then decreases to 1.25 m at the top. The outwardly unadorned building is made of rubble stones , with the edges predominantly made of oblong tuff blocks laid crosswise. The rectangular chapel itself has a length of 8 m and a width of 5 m. There are important early Gothic frescoes depicting St. Christophorus , St. Catherine, a protective cloak Madonna , St. Ursula , the Holy Three Kings , the Pentecost miracle , the banquet of the Pharisee Simon and other subjects (triumph of death, human vices, courtly dance). The paintings were created in the second quarter of the 14th century after the castle was taken over by the Lords of Villanders. The window openings on the upper floor are equipped with ogival walls and an outer tuff edging. The windows in the altar niches on the upper floor still have old glazing with slug panes from the 15th century.
Small remains of the castle wall are also preserved. At the edge of the forest outside of the church, the isolated fragment of a retaining wall can be seen. In the southern garden wall of the current Vogelsberger Hof, located next to the church, part of the old castle walls can be seen to the south. In the north there was probably a ditch that can still be seen today as a hollow in the ground.
The current owner of the two churches is the parish of Matrei am Brenner .
literature
- Georg Clam Martinic : Castles and palaces in Austria . Landesverlag in Veritas Verlag, Linz 1991, ISBN 3-85214-559-7 .
- Gerhard Stenzel: From Castle to Castle In Austria . 2nd improved and enlarged edition. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1973, ISBN 3-218-00278-8 .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Entry over castle ruins Aufenstein on Burgen-Austria
- Castle chapel AUFENSTEIN