Thierberg ruins

Thierberg ruins
Thierberg ruins as seen from Kufstein Fortress .
Creation time :	middle Ages
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	ruin
Place:	Kufstein
Geographical location	47 ° 36 '0.2 "  N , 12 ° 9' 52.1"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 36 '0.2 "  N , 12 ° 9' 52.1"  E
Height:	721  m above sea level A.

Thierberg Castle, preserved as a half-ruin and first mentioned in documents in 1285, is 721  m above sea level. A. on the Thierberg in the north of Kufstein in Tyrol. After 1580 the castle chapel, which now became a pilgrimage site under Part crashes, in the converted Palas laid.

history

The Höhenburg on the Thierberg was built in 1285 by the Freundsbergers as the eastern base of their extensive estates in the Lower Inn Valley. 1379 consisting of near-selling Schwaz originating noble family the plant to the Dukes of Bavaria . With the transition of the eastern Tyrolean Lower Inn Valley to the Duchy of Austria, the castle passed into the possession of the Habsburgs. After the fortresses of Kufstein and Rattenberg were expanded , the castle lost its importance, which is why it was left to decay from the second half of the 15th century.

Thierberg Chapel and Hermitage (on the right in the picture)

The hermitage

Chapel Inside

After several changes of ownership, the complex came into the hands of Georg Voglmayer in 1584, who partially rebuilt and rebuilt the palace and had the castle chapel, which had become a place of pilgrimage, moved into it. In the second half of the 16th century the chapel got its own chaplain for the pilgrims . In the last quarter of the 17th century a hermitage was established on the Thierberg; for this purpose, an extension was built on the former hall. A devastating fire in 1700 destroyed the palace down to the outer walls. Then the building with the chapel was restored and the furnishings in the late Baroque style were renewed and supplemented in the 19th century.

In the course of the 19th century, a way of the cross was laid on the ascent from Gasthof Neuhaus . The keep, the buildings and the remains of the Bering masonry were extensively renovated in 2001.

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  Keep

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  Wall and tower remains of the outer ring

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  Wall remains of the inner ring

description

Today's ruin of the hilltop castle consists of the keep (which is only about 70% of the original height), the former hall with the chapel on the ground floor and a hall-like upper chapel, which serves as a showroom for paraments, Christmas crib and relics, as well as the inhabited area next to it Hermitage. It is the last hermitage in Tyrol. There are also not inconsiderable remains of the masonry of the fortifications from the inner castle and the Zwinger.

Pilgrimage Chapel of St. John the Baptist

The old castle chapel was first mentioned in a document in the Conradin register of the Freising diocese in 1315. Today's sacred space, known as the Thierberg Chapel, is located on the converted ground floor of the Palas. This represents an irregular rectangle, as the built-in spiral staircase to the upper floor extends into the room. Due to the building, the chapel is oriented from north to south and has a northern gallery. The east windows show rich stucco framing.

Station on the Way of the Cross ascent to the castle ruins

On the high altar from 1780 there is a painting by Franz Stirz depicting the beheading of St. John the Baptist . Half-figure busts of the Twelve Apostles are placed on the side walls of the choir. A replica of the Madonna of Montserrat , which came into the sacred space in 1811, stands on the southwest side altar. Between the windows there is a baroque crucifix with Jesus in a halo. The painting, located in a niche in the west wall, shows four stations from the life of the chapel patron. Almost all of the remaining wall surfaces are adorned with votive tablets and popular votive offerings made of wax.

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  High altar

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  Side altar with a copy of the miraculous image

Access routes

There are several ways to get to the ruins, the most famous of which is the one with the Way of the Cross, which leads up via the Neuhaus inn. It is an ideal destination, even for smaller children, as it is not too far and steep to walk. Another way to Thierberg chapel leads from Kiefersfelden or from Hechtsee over the wastelands Aigen and Aschau.

The Way of the Cross is often the scene of events for Catholic youth .

literature

• Beatrix and Egon Pinzer: Castles Palaces Ruins in North and East Tyrol . Edition Löwenzahn, Innsbruck 1996, ISBN 3-7066-2122-3 , p. 181-182 .
• Reinhard Rampold (ed.) Kunstführer Tirol . Tyrolia Verlag , Innsbruck 2014, page 226.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thierberg Chapel
2. ↑ Brother Konrad: "Loneliness is a grace"

Web links

Commons : Ruine Thierberg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Entry via Thierberg ruins on Burgen-Austria