Fischburg (Selva)

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Fischburg
The north side of the castle

The north side of the castle

Alternative name (s): Ciastel de Gherdëina, Castel Gardena
Creation time : 1621-1641
Conservation status: Well
Place: Selva in Val Gardena
Geographical location 46 ° 33 '20.4 "  N , 11 ° 44' 1.1"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 33 '20.4 "  N , 11 ° 44' 1.1"  E
Fischburg (South Tyrol)
Fischburg
Fischburg in Val Gardena - South Tyrol. Caption: “View of St. Christina and the Fischburg Castle in Thale Groeden. In oil according to v. Ioh. Mosmair, and available in his cur. Handlg. in Botzen - Drawn on stone by Ioh. Mart. Benz "

The Fish Castle ( Ladin Ciastel de Gherdëina ) is a castle of the 17th century Selva in Val Gardena ( South Tyrol , Italy ).

location

The castle is located in the municipality of Selva on the orographic left side of the valley south of the Grödner Bach , but is closer to the center of St. Christina , to whose parish the castle chapel also belongs. The FIS slope Saslong passes in the immediate vicinity .

history

The castle was built by Engelhard Dietrich Graf zu Wolkenstein (* 1566, † 1647) and was the seat of the Selva court until the end of the 18th century. The location of the castle in the midst of numerous fish ponds, which, according to a report from 1615 by Marx Parakeet von Wolkenstein, was created by his brother, led to the name "Fischburg". Count Engelhard Dietrich actually designed the castle as a fortress against the Venetians, but was not supported in this project. The attempt to link private interests with imperial interests was therefore unsuccessful.

The inventory of the castle is historically richly documented. You can see from them that the castle was armed more with hunting weapons than with war weapons. There was also plenty of fishing equipment available.

The castle fell into disrepair as a result of the break-ins by the French at the end of the 18th century, and in 1826 the Wolkenstein family had a large part of the inventory auctioned. In 1841 the castle was given to the communities of Selva and St. Christina, who gave the castle to the poor and caused the buildings to deteriorate.

In 1926 the Fischburg was sold to Baron Carlo Franchetti from Venice. He restored the castle outside and inside with equipment acquired in South Tyrol and Val Gardena, including paneling, stoves and lots of furniture. The castle is still owned by the Venetian noble family.

investment

The planning can be traced back to the client, although the architect and artist Hans Reichle from Brixen and a fortress engineer ("Barthariamaister") who was present in 1625 helped him .

gallery

  • The north side

  • The west side of the castle from the ski slope

  • The chapel

literature

  • Nicolò Rasmo : Fischburg . In: Oswald Trapp (ed.), Tiroler Burgenbuch. IV. Volume: Eisacktal . Verlagsanstalt Athesia, Bozen 1977, pp. 235-257.

Web links

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