Helfmirgott
Helfmirgott is the name of the remains of a tower on a rock ledge in the South Tyrolean Münstertal in the area of the municipality of Taufers . In the immediate vicinity are the ruins of the castles Reichenberg and Rotund , which he was part of fortifying .
Neither the builder of the tower nor the time it was built is known. However, Helfmirgott was always given as a fiefdom together with the slightly higher Rotund Castle . Only small traces of the square tower can be seen today, as it collapsed after the First World War . According to legend, its name comes from a woman who tried to save herself from a violent criminal by jumping from the tower. She is said to have shouted “Help me God!” And survived the fall completely unscathed. In reality, however, the name results from the use of the tower as a prison.
literature
- Thomas Bitterli-Waldvogel: South Tyrolean castle map. South Tyrolean Castle Institute, Bozen 1995, ISBN 88-85176-12-7 , p. 186.
- Marcello Caminiti: The castles of South Tyrol. Castles, palaces, residences and well-fortified monasteries and cities in South Tyrol, past and present. Manfrini, Calliano [approx. 1975], p. 252.
- Roberto Donati: Castles of Trentino and South Tyrol. Plurigraf, Narni 1977, p. 157.
- Hanspaul Menara : South Tyrolean castle walks. Athesia, Bozen 1990, ISBN 88-7014-572-7 , p. 9.
- P. Albuin Thaler: The castle ruins Rotund, Reichenberg and Helfmirgott in Vinschgau . In: Der Schlern , 1, 1921, pp. 33–35. (on-line)
- Oswald Trapp : Tiroler Burgenbuch. Volume I: Vinschgau . Verlagsanstalt Athesia, Bozen 1972, pp. 70–71.
Web links
- Different versions of the legend regarding the tower name: versions 1 and 2 , version 3
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b M. Caminiti: The castles of South Tyrol. [approx. 1975], p. 252.
- ↑ Information on the tower at binsy.org , accessed on August 13, 2015.
- ^ H. Menara: South Tyrolean castle walks. 1990, p. 9.
Coordinates: 46 ° 39 ′ 15.1 ″ N , 10 ° 28 ′ 17 ″ E