Tosters ruin
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 Tosters ruin |
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| Alternative name (s): | Tostner Castle | |
| Creation time : | around 1200 to 1300 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Place: | Tosters | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 14 ′ 33 " N , 9 ° 34 ′ 30" E | |
| Height: | 559 m above sea level A. | |
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The Tosters ruin is the ruin of a hilltop castle on a north-facing foothill of the Schellenberg in the Tosters district of Feldkirch in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, bordered by steep rocky slopes .
history
The castle was built around 1260 by the Counts of Montfort and was inhabited by part of the family. Count Hugo VII received the castle and the rule of Toster around 1331/32.
The castle complex was taken during the Appenzell War on November 25, 1405 by the citizens of Feldkirch, allied with the Appenzellers. The fire destroyed everything except the tower.
After 1408 it was rebuilt and at the beginning of the 16th century the main gate was relocated to the south corner by removing part of the circular wall and converting it into a retracted flank gate. From the old castle gate you reached by means of a wooden bridge over the wide ditch in front of it .
Since 1616 the complex fell into disrepair. The tower was restored in 1838/39 and the existing wall was completely renovated between 1974 and 1980.
investment
The ruins of the keep as well as parts of the palace and the outer wall are still standing and are now a popular destination.
literature
- Alois Niederstätter : The Vorarlberg castles . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2017, ISBN 978-3-7030-0953-2 , pp. 72-78.
Web links
- Entry about the ruins of Tosters on Burgen-Austria
Individual evidence
- ^ Tosters - an overview of a village history by city archivist Mag. Christoph Volaucnik
- ↑ Tosters castle ruins in Feldkirch / Vorarlberg. In: Burgenkunde.at. Retrieved December 5, 2013 .