Straßberg castle ruins

Straßberg castle ruins
Creation time :	first mentioned in 1280
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	essential parts received
Place:	Sterzing
Geographical location	46 ° 55 '34.4 " N , 11 ° 27' 7.5" E Coordinates: 46 ° 55 '34.4 " N , 11 ° 27' 7.5" E

The Straßberg castle ruins are located in the South Tyrolean part of the Wipp Valley in Italy . The closest town is Ried , a fraction of Sterzing , whose city center is a few kilometers south. The hilltop castle occupies a narrow, barely protected hill on the east side of the valley, where it guarded the old road over the Brenner Pass .

history

The castle was - this is suggested by historical and building analysis criteria - probably built between 1263 and 1280, the year it was first mentioned as Strazperch . In the first years of its existence, the complex was a fiefdom of the bishops of Brixen and as such came into Tyrolean possession. The sovereigns again handed the building over to various families, including the Freundsberg and the Fugger . Straßberg served as the seat of the court until the 16th century, after which it lost its importance. In 1939/40, parts of the castle complex were tunneled under and used as barrage No. 19 of the Alpine Wall . In 1971 the preserved parts of the castle were restored, and in 1986 they were placed under protection as a monument.

The gate tower , the keep and sections of the curtain wall are in a good state of preservation . Parts of the castle are used by a farm.

literature

Martin Bitschnau : Straßberg . In: Oswald Trapp (Ed.): Tiroler Burgenbuch. III. Band: Wipptal . Verlagsanstalt Athesia, Bozen 1982, pp. 82-93.

Individual evidence

^ Martin Bitschnau: Castle and nobility in Tyrol between 1050 and 1300. Basics for their research . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1983. ISBN 3-7001-0520-7 , p. 475.
↑ Hermann Wiesflecker (arr.): The regests of the Counts of Tyrol and Görz, dukes of Carinthia. Volume 2, delivery 1: Die Regesten Meinhards II. (I.) 1271–1295 (= publications of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research. Series 4, Department 1, Vol. 2, 1). Wagner, Innsbruck 1952, no.291.

Web links

Commons : Burgruine Straßberg - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
Strassberg ruins on burgen-adi.at
Straßberg castle ruins on sterzing.com

[1] Martin Bitschnau: Castle and nobility in Tyrol between 1050 and 1300. Basics for their research . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1983. ISBN 3-7001-0520-7 , p. 475.

[2] Hermann Wiesflecker (arr.): The regests of the Counts of Tyrol and Görz, dukes of Carinthia. Volume 2, delivery 1: Die Regesten Meinhards II. (I.) 1271–1295 (= publications of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research. Series 4, Department 1, Vol. 2, 1). Wagner, Innsbruck 1952, no.291.