Neurasen castle ruins

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Neurasen castle ruins
Ruin Neurasen

Ruin Neurasen

Alternative name (s): St. Anastasienberg, Castelnuovo Rasun
Creation time : 13th Century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Upper lawn
Geographical location 46 ° 47 '28 "  N , 12 ° 2' 27"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 47 '28 "  N , 12 ° 2' 27"  E
Height: 1345  m slm
Neurasen castle ruins (South Tyrol)
Neurasen castle ruins

The castle ruin Neurasen is the ruin of a hilltop castle near the village of Oberrasen in the Antholz Valley in South Tyrol ( Italy ).

Other names

The complex is also known as the Neurasen Castle Ruin, simply as the Neurasen Ruin, sometimes also as the Neurasen Castle, in old sources also as the St. Anastasienberg Castle and in Italian as Castelnuovo Rasun . The spelling Neu-Rasen (with a hyphen) has also been handed down.

Location, current status and accessibility

The castle ruin Neurasen is located at the entrance of the Antholz Valley, hidden in the forest on a hill-shaped, steeply sloping ledge on three sides on the western side of the valley near Oberrasen at an altitude of 1345 meters above sea ​​level . On the opposite side of the valley lies the original family castle of the Lords of Rasen , Altrasen Castle .

Are obtained portions of the quadrangular the keep (tower), the approximately rises 17 meters high, and the majority of the Beringe ( curtain wall ), further the kennel and the main gate, the bulk of the Palas serving East section and the cistern . The keep has a footprint of 9.70 meters by 9.20 meters, its walls are about 2.00 meters thick.

The ruin can be reached from Niederrasen via a hiking trail and has been freely accessible since the walls were restored in 2004. The path initially climbs slightly past the agricultural areas of the Pfaffingerhöfe; Along the edge of the forest you pass a hunting lodge and the castle cemetery one after the other, before a steep path branches off at the chapel to the ruins. From the town center, the path is 2.9 kilometers long with a total difference in altitude of 354 meters; the duration is specified as 75 minutes.

history

Construction details

The castle was first built around 1200; As with the nearby Altrasen Castle , the builders were the lords of lawn.

Individual sources specifically name Ulrich von Rasen as the client and the year of construction 1230; The trigger was the armed conflict between the bishopric of Brixen and Albert III. of Tyrol . However, its continued existence was at risk from the start. The castle was torn down at the end of the 13th century; the reasons are not reliably proven.

In the 14th century Albert von Enn had the castle rebuilt as Bishop of Brixen ; the remaining parts of the keep and Bering come from this period. At that time the tower was inhabited, had five storeys and, according to tradition, rooms were partly paneled .

In the late 15th / beginning of the 16th century the castle was expanded and reached its greatest extent; the remaining parts are from this period. According to tradition, a wooden bridge led over an artificial ditch to the Zwinger and the outer castle gate. In the east, a new three-story residential wing added to the development. According to a description from 1603, the kitchen, the so-called "Speissgoden", and a chamber were on the ground floor, and a paneled room and a hall on the upper floors. An old pouring stone preserved in the eastern part shows the location of the kitchen.

The castle has not been inhabited since the beginning of the 17th century and from then on fell into ruin.

The remaining castle walls were secured from 2000 to 2004 in the course of restoration work; Most of the costs were borne by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano-South Tyrol .

Historical classification and meaning

After Ulrich von Rasen had built a new castle after disputes, a further dispute with his relative Rudolf von Rasen in Altrasen led to the arrest of Rudolf. After mediation by Egno von Eppan , Prince-Bishop of Brixen and Trient , Rudolf was released for a ransom. As early as 1241, Neurasen Castle and five other castles were to be demolished due to a peace treaty signed by the warlords Egno von Eppan on the side of the Bishopric of Brixen and his adversary Albert III. von Tirol and Otto II von Andechs-Meranien had closed. The demolition of Neurasen did not take place, however, as did that of the Sprechenstein castle of the Counts and Princes of Trautson near Sterzing ; It is unclear whether the lords of the castle opposed their princes or whether the warring parties came together to defend themselves against an impending attack by the Mongols . The further feud between the bishopric of Brixen and the Counts of Görz led to the destruction of the original Neurasen Castle in 1325, which was rebuilt a little later. The castle then came into the possession of the Bishop of Brixen through sale in 1342 .

In the second half of the 14th century, the Burgraves of Lienz and Lueg received the castle as a fief from Johann Ribi von Lenzburg , Chancellor of Archduke Rudolf IV , Governor of Carinthia and from 1364 Bishop of Brixen. Then a legal dispute broke out with Count Meinhard von Görz about the castle , which was settled by Berthold von Gufidaun. Ultimately, the castle remained in the possession of the bishop. For fear of Turkish attacks, the already dilapidated castle was renewed in its current form in 1499 under Melchior von Meckau , Prince-Bishop of Brixen from 1488 to 1509, and then given several fiefs . After the castle had been badly neglected by the Welsperger , it was not given a new fief after 1650.

literature

  • Eduard Pichler: Neurasen . In: Magdalena Hörmann-Weingartner (Ed.): Tiroler Burgenbuch. IX. Volume: Val Pusteria . Athesia Publishing House, Bozen 2003, ISBN 978-88-8266-163-2 , pp. 335-344.
  • Marcello Caminiti: Castelli dell'Alto Adige . Manfrini, Calliano, Italy, 9th edition 1998, ISBN 88-7024-350-8 (first edition 1931) (Italian) / in German translation: Die Burgen Südtirols . Manfrini, Calliano, Italy 1989, ISBN 88-7024-376-1 .

Web links

Commons : Burgruine Neurasen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hike to the Neurasen Castle ruins on the kronplatz.com web portal , accessed on June 2, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h The ruin Neurasen on the web portal sentres.com (with several pictures and reproduction of relevant information from the information board in front of the ruin on the building and its history), accessed on June 2, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Castelnuovo Rasun - Neurasen Castle. Burgenwelt.org, accessed on April 15, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b c Entry on the ruins of Neurasen in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  5. ↑ Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
  6. ↑ a b The castle ruin Neurasen on the web portal pustertal.org , accessed on June 2, 2020.
  7. ↑ Konstantin Graf von Blumenthal: Hugo von Velturns († 1267), qui se pro nobis et ecclesia nostra tutorem et murum inexpugnabilem exposuit (part 1) . In: Tyrolean homeland . Journal for regional and cultural history of North, East and South Tyrol . Volume 82, Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2018.
  8. ^ Eduard Pichler: Neurasen . In: Magdalena Hörmann-Weingartner (Ed.): Tiroler Burgenbuch. IX. Volume: Val Pusteria . Athesia Publishing House, Bozen 2003, ISBN 978-88-8266-163-2 , pp. 335-344.