Stachlburg

Stachlburg
	The Stachlburg in Partschins
Creation time :	around 1200
Castle type :	Village castle
Conservation status:	Receive
Place:	Partschins
Geographical location	46 ° 41 '1.5 " N , 11 ° 4' 23.5" E Coordinates: 46 ° 41 '1.5 " N , 11 ° 4' 23.5" E
Height:	626 m

Coat of arms relief with double arch above the entrance gate of the Stachlburg (2006)

The Stachlburg (also Stachelburg ) is a castle in Partschins in South Tyrol , which is owned by the von Kripp family.

history

The tower in Partschins belonged to the lords of the same name from Partschins from the Deszendenz of the Taranten ( Tarantsberg ). Georg Stachl, a caretaker at Forst Castle (near Algund ), was ennobled in 1538 with the title of Stachelburg and acquired the property in 1547. In 1552 the residence was still known as the Tarantshube, and in 1576 for the first time as the Stachlburg.

The last Count of Stachlburg, Count Johann (born September 3, 1778), fell in the Tyrolean Wars of Freedom on May 25, 1809 in the second Bergisel Battle . Through his third daughter Antonia, married to Aloys Freiherrn von Schneeburg, the property was bequeathed to the barons of Schneeburg, then to the barons of Giovanelli zu Gerstburg and Hörtenberg and finally in 1946 to the barons of Kripp.

Castle complex

The castle consists of two main buildings, the west and east to a built c.1250 keep lean with pyramid roof. The western building is a built around 1300, originally a detached palace , the eastern one from 1400 and 1500 built house with Renaissance room. Around 1600 the two parts were connected by an intermediate arch structure. In the eastern part of the Stachlburg there is a music hall built in 1727 with a stucco ceiling and allegorical decorations. Also adjacent to the garden is a small annex, on whose facade facing the square a coat of arms of King Ferdinand I was found and restored in 2007 .

economy

Grain was grown and dairy cattle were kept until the 1970s. From 1972 onwards, existing apple orchards were intensified and converted to trellis culture. From 1990 wine was grown again, which requires special care at an altitude of 650 m, with Burgundy varieties dominating. Since 1998, the entire company has been converted to organic farming and, with the ecological principles of the Bioland Association, exceeds the provisions of the EU directive .

literature

Oswald Trapp : Tiroler Burgenbuch. Volume II: Burgrave Office . Verlagsanstalt Athesia, Bozen 1980, pp. 49-52.
Marcello Caminiti: The castles of South Tyrol. Castles, palaces, residences and well-fortified monasteries and cities in South Tyrol, past and present . Manfrini 1957, pp. 225f.

Web links

Commons : Stachlburg - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
Website of the Stachlburg
History of the Stachlburg