Thurn castle ruins (South Tyrol)

Thurn castle ruins
Thurn castle ruins
Creation time :	13th Century
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	ruin
Place:	Taisten
Geographical location	46 ° 45 '42.8 "  N , 12 ° 6' 47.9"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 45 '42.8 "  N , 12 ° 6' 47.9"  E

The Thurn castle ruins are the ruins of a hilltop castle , the core of which probably goes back to the 13th century. It is located on a hilltop in the South Tyrolean Puster Valley at the entrance to the Gsieser Valley and is in the municipality of Welsberg-Taisten . The castle is not to be confused with Thurn Castle in Val Badia .

history

Foreground: remains of the palace

The complex was probably built in the late 13th century by the Lords of Welsberg - directly across from Welsperg Castle on the other side of the Gsieser Bach . In the 16th century the facility was rebuilt and expanded. On May 15, 1765, the castle fell victim to a fire. It is still owned by the Thun-Hohenstein-Welsperg family today.

From the castle is Palas completely expire. Parts of the keep , the ring wall and the kennel are still preserved.

literature

• Alexander von Hohenbühel: Thurn near Welsperg . In: Magdalena Hörmann-Weingartner (Ed.): Tiroler Burgenbuch. IX. Volume: Val Pusteria . Athesia Publishing House, Bozen 2003, ISBN 978-88-8266-163-2 , pp. 367-374.

Web links

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

• Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office