Untermatsch castle ruins

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Untermatsch castle ruins
Untermatsch castle ruins, Mals municipality; (cropped) .JPG
Creation time : 12./13. century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Wall remains
Place: mud
Geographical location 46 ° 40 '52.3 "  N , 10 ° 36' 34.7"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 40 '52.3 "  N , 10 ° 36' 34.7"  E
Height: 1380  m
Untermatsch castle ruins (South Tyrol)
Untermatsch castle ruins

The Untermatsch castle ruin is a hilltop castle in Matsch (municipality of Mals ) in South Tyrol that has been preserved in the remains of the wall .

geography

The ruin is located on the southern part of the ridge of a terminal moraine around which the Saldurbach flows. 80 meters higher and 130 meters away is the Obermatsch castle ruin , with which it forms a group of castles and to which it was secured in the north by a ditch .

history

The castles Ober- and Untermatsch were probably built in the 12./13. It was built and inhabited in the 13th century by the bailiffs von Mud . In 1297 Egino IV and Ulrich II shared their property after a long dispute. Untermatsch probably represented the younger building, as it is mentioned for the first time from now on. In 1309 Ulrich II was slain in a dispute by his cousin Egino IV because he is said to have molested his wife. In 1351 the bailiffs of Matsch accepted Untermatsch as a sovereign fiefdom. In 1358 Ulrich III attacked . the Obermatsch Castle from Untermatsch, destroyed it and exterminated this older line of the family with his cousins ​​Hartwig and Johann. In 1537 Untermatsch Castle came to the family of Count Trapp von Matsch , who still own it today.

Due to the difficult geographical location for living, the castle was probably abandoned early.

Status

Only a few remains of the wall of a tower-like building and an extension with two windows have survived.

literature

  • Oswald Trapp : Tiroler Burgenbuch. Volume I: Vinschgau . Verlagsanstalt Athesia, Bozen 1972, pp. 75-82.

Web links

Commons : Burgruine Untermatsch  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Profile of the Untermatsch castle ruins. Burgenwelt.org, accessed on October 12, 2019 .