Brunico Castle

Brunico Castle
Alternative name (s):	Castello di Brunico
Creation time :	First mentioned in 1276
Conservation status:	Receive
Standing position :	clergy
Place:	Brunico
Geographical location	46 ° 47 '39.7 "  N , 11 ° 56' 22.3"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 47 '39.7 "  N , 11 ° 56' 22.3"  E

Bruneck Castle is a castle that towers on a hill (the Schlossberg ), visible from afar, above the city of Bruneck in the Puster Valley ( South Tyrol ). The first documentary mention takes place on February 9, 1276: “Actum in castro Bruneke, anno domini mcclxxvi, v. idus febr. ” ( “ Done in Bruneck Castle in the year of the Lord 1276, the fifth day [before] the Ides of February. ” ).

history

The history of Bruneck Castle began in 1250 during the troubled times after the death of Emperor Friedrich II. The powerful territorial princes began to take over the areas, especially the church. The administrative seat of Bishop Bruno von Kirchberg in the Puster Valley was in Aufhofen , which was completely unprotected. That is why in the years 1251–1288 he had a small but well-fortified castle built on a rock that protruded into the valley basin. At the same time he began building a town at the foot of the Schlossberg, Bruneck.

The first captain of the castle was probably Jakob von Trautson, who was appointed in 1309. For his services he received “the first 26 Mut Chorn, 6 Mut Barley, 10 Mut Haber stegermaz (Stegermaß), 600 Chäse, 40 Schoef, 4 pigs, 4 cattle, 4 Fuder Wein Brixner Maz, 10 Mark Pfennig, the market court in Brunek , the Hofstattphenig, and half the hay in the Rienzbach ” .

As early as the 14th century, Bishop Albert von Enn expanded the castle and surrounded it with a wall . In the 15th century, the fortifications and fortifications were greatly expanded under Prince-Bishop Georg Golser . The castle was subsequently rebuilt and expanded. Prince-Bishop Christoph von Schroffenstein, for example, redesigned the castle into a residential palace at the beginning of the 16th century. Around 1900 the castle was again extensively renovated by Simon Aichner .

In recent times, Bruneck Castle has served several times as emergency accommodation for schools with insufficient space, namely for the Bruneck commercial college (now Bruneck commercial college) and the Bruneck secondary school. Eventually it was bought by the Südtiroler Sparkasse Foundation and given to the municipality of Bruneck for use. This in turn was offered to extreme mountaineer Reinhold Messner , who opened his Messner Mountain Museum Bergvölker in July 2011 .

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literature

• Alois Dissertori (Ed.): Palaces, town halls, residences and schools in the municipality of Bruneck . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2005, ISBN 3-7030-0404-5 .
• Walter Landi, Markus Pescoller: Bruneck . In: Magdalena Hörmann-Weingartner (ed.), Tiroler Burgenbuch. IX. Volume: Val Pusteria . Athesia Publishing House, Bozen 2003, ISBN 978-88-8266-163-2 , pp. 181-210.
• Hubert Stemberger: Bruneck and the surrounding area . In: South Tyrolean area guide . tape 7 . Athesia, Bozen 1988, ISBN 88-7014-460-7 .

Web links

Commons : Bruneck Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
• Information about Bruneck Castle (City of Bruneck)
• Opening times of the Princely Rooms (Bruneck Tourist Office)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ see Dissertori 2005, p. 16
2. ↑ see Stemberger 1988, p. 25
3. ↑ Marcello Caminiti: The Castles of South Tyrol, ISBN 88-7024-376-1 , p. 381