Category: Experience South Tyrol

How to reach Rodenegg Castle

The history of this impenetrable fortress, built on a rocky pinnacle over the Rienza Gorge, makes a visit to Rodenegg Castle an adventure for the whole family. Built in the first half of the 12th century as a defensive fortress, the family of the Counts of Wolkenstein gave the castle its current
form in the 16th century. Chivalrous stories of knights and the ancient atmosphere of the castle inspire the fantasy of little adventurers. Of interest are also the tales and facts surrounding the trial of the infamous Matthias Perger, the so called “Lauterfresser”, who was convicted of witchcraft in 1645 at Rodenegg Castle. There is a tour through the castle which leads visitors to the impressive medieval fresco in the drinking hall, that was only just discovered in 1972.

Opening hours:
May – October 15 2019:
Sunday – Friday 11.30am- 2.30pm

Note: Guided tour only

Price:

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Contact:
Rodenegg Castle
Vill 1
Rodeneck
+39 0472-454056

The castle, which formed part of the Vicarage of Corzes/Kortsch, was ceded as part of a feudal exchange by the Diocese of Frisinga to the Bavarian Counts of Moosburg. Today, all that remains is a tower with frescoes.

On the eastern edge of the small village of Lasa are the remains of a medieval residence. Of the original building, only a square residential tower with an edge length of 5.2 metres and a wall thickness of 0.65 metres has survived, which on its eastern side has the remains of a coat of arms fresco (royal eagle and golden fleece and four small coats of arms, shield, Tyrol, Austria, Burgundy and the year 1497) and whose defensive plate is crowned by swallowtail battlements. It was later integrated into a complex of buildings. On the opposite, northern side of the street stands an old residential building, which was apparently connected to the residential tower for a long time and formed a unit of ownership with it. Perhaps it was even connected to the tower by a wooden bridge on the upper floor.
Different statements exist about the name of the estate. While the residential tower is almost unanimously named Eyrsburg, the term Moosburg is used either for the opposite residential building, for the complex of tower and residential building, but also as an alternative to Eyrsburg.

How to reach the Imperial Palace

The courtyard of the Imperial Palace with its Renaissance loggias in the South and North, with closed Baroque façades in the East and West, the old palace gate and the Baroque marble door and the tower of the Imperial church, is one of the most atmospheric castle courtyards in South Tyrol.

The Diocesan museum housed in the Imperial Palace has 70 exhibition rooms which showcase the art collection ranging from valuable medieval sculptures and panels to modern art, the Bressanone Cathedral treasures, the Imperial wing with the majolica stoves, historic furniture and Vienna china, the Bishop’s wing and the Baroque chapel. On the ground floor visitors can see a diorama of the Christian year with 5000 figures, which was ordered by Prince Bishop Karl Franz of Lodron for his rooms in the Imperial Palace. The nativity sets collection is completed by Christmas nativities from Bressanone, Tyrol, Naples and Sicily.

Opening hours:
15. March – 31. October 2019
Tuesday – Sunday
10 am – 5 pm
Good Friday, 19. April 2019
10 am – 2 pm

Prices:

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Note: Free entry with the BrixenCard, MuseumobilCard and MuseumCard

Contact:
Hofburgplatz / Piazza Palazzo Vescovile 2
39042 Brixen / Bressanone
[email protected]
www.hofburg.it
39 0472 830505

How to reach the Jaufenburg Castle

The castle complex from the late Middle Ages once guarded the way to the Jaufen Pass. The oldest part, the detached keep, is the only part of the old castle that has been preserved. It was built in the middle of the 13th century by the Lords of Passeier as a residential tower. All later additions, including several buildings and a defensive wall, collapsed from the 18th century onwards.

The five-storey tower has been beautifully renovated and has been a branch of the Passeier Museum since 2003. On the individual floors there are small exhibitions about the history of the castle, about the Schildhöfe typical for the Passeier valley and about two influential families, the lords of Passeier and Count Fuchs. They provided judges, judges and church bailiffs and determined life in the valley for centuries. On the fourth floor, the Renaissance paintings of the famous painter Bartlme Dill Riemenschneider from 1538 are impressive. On the top floor, finally, with an impressive view over the entire valley to Meran, there is an audio station with numerous legends entwined around the Jaufenburg.

A little below the Jaufenburg stands the small church of the Holy Cross, a delicate late Gothic building commissioned by the lords of the Jaufenburg. The frescoes date from around 1550.

Entry Fees:

Opening hours:
June to September
Mondays from 10 am to 1 pm

Contact:
MuseoPassiria
via Passiria 72
39015 S. Leonardo in Passiria
+39 0473-659086