Voitsberg castle ruins

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Voitsberg castle ruins
Vahrn Voitsberg (BD 17807 5 05-2015) .jpg
Creation time : around 1173
Conservation status: Wall remains
Construction: Field stones
Place: Vahrn
Geographical location 46 ° 44 '48.1 "  N , 11 ° 37' 39.9"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 44 '48.1 "  N , 11 ° 37' 39.9"  E
Castle ruins Voitsberg (South Tyrol)
Voitsberg castle ruins

The castle ruin Voitsberg is a castle near Vahrn in South Tyrol that has been preserved in a few remains of the wall .

geography

The ruin is located in the Eisack Valley , in the vicinity of Vahrn and the Salern castle ruins .

history

The castle was probably built around 1173 by the nobles or lords of St. Michaels-Tor as a place of refuge in times of war. The castle was then besieged and destroyed by Bruno von Kirchberg in 1277 .

Status

There are few remains of the wall in regular layers of field stone masonry , some without mortar . These can be viewed. Presumably for reasons of space, the complex consisted only of a strong, multi-storey keep and a kennel . Most of the masonry was probably used in the 17th century to convert an inn and for the walls of the vineyards .

literature

  • Martin Bitschnau , Oswald Trapp : Voitsberg . In: Oswald Trapp (ed.), Tiroler Burgenbuch. IV. Volume: Eisacktal . Publishing house Athesia, Bozen 1977, pp. 14-16.

Web links

Commons : Burgruine Voitsberg  - 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 Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office, accessed on October 13, 2019