Gebratstein castle ruins
| Gebratstein castle ruins | ||
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| Creation time : | 13th Century | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, rocky location | |
| Conservation status: | Wall remains | |
| Place: | Tarrenz | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 16 '57 " N , 10 ° 44' 45" E | |
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The Gebratstein castle ruin was not an independent castle , but a fortification that belonged to Starkenberg Castle ( hill fort ). It is located about 3 km northwest of the municipality of Tarrenz in the Imst district of Tyrol . The name of the complex is derived from the baptismal name Gebhard , which the older Starkenbergers carried.
history
According to archaeological evidence, the Gebratstein walls date from the 13th century. But Gebhartstein was not explicitly mentioned for the first time until 1521 . In addition to its function as a retreat and as a base for failure, should Starkenberg be threatened, this weir system also monitored the mule track that led along the Salvesenbach over the Hahntennjoch and Pfafflar into the Lech Valley . It is believed that this castle was withdrawn in 1422 after the defeat of the Starkenberger by Duke Friedrich IV and then left to decay.
Gebratstein castle ruins today
Gebratstein is located above the orographic left bank of the Salvesenschlucht. The rock on which the remains of pebbles are located is only accessible from the north. There, a narrow saddle separates the castle site from the mountain slope rising behind it. Reference is made to possible hazards (risk of falling) on the unsigned path.
The castle was designed in a trapezoidal shape. The partially preserved east wall is 15 m long and about 1.55 m thick. The wall is made of large boulders and stream stones with little mortar and is up to 4 m high. The wall on the north and attack side is a little stronger. The traditional popularly name Föllaturm (fall or digester ) points out that there is a tower with a dungeon was. The current owners are the Weyhenmeyer family.
Novels about pebbles
- Tobias Pamer: Blood ballads . Tyrol's forgotten era. Novum, Neckenmarkt 2015. ISBN 978-3-99200-127-9 .
- Tobias Pamer: Habicht War . Tyrol's forgotten era. Ehrenberg Verlag Reutte 2017. ISBN 978-3-901821-29-5 .
literature
- Georg Clam Martinic : Castles and palaces in Austria . Landesverlag in Veritas Verlag, Linz 1991, ISBN 3-85214-559-7 .
- Oswald Trapp ; Magdalena Hörmann-Weingartner (employee): Tiroler Burgenbuch. VII. Volume - Upper Inn Valley and Ausserfern . Athesia publishing house, Bozen 1986, ISBN 88-7014-391-0 .
Web links
- Entry on Gebratstein Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- Fried stone on a ruined empire
Individual evidence
- ^ Magdalena Hörmann-Weingartner & Oswald Trapp: Gebratstein. In Oswald Trapp & Magdalena Hörmann-Weingartner, 1986, pp. 227-229.
- ↑ GEBRATSTEIN on ruins empire
- ↑ Georg Clam Martinic, 1991.