Heinfels Castle

Burg Heinfels is a castle in Heinfels, Tyrol, Austria.

Burg Heinfels
Tyrol, Austria
TypeCastle
Site information
Ownerprivate-public partnership
Open to
the public		yes
Site history
Builtby 1243

History

Heinfels stands in the Puster Valley, near the entrance to the Villgraten Valley. Although the town was first settled by Huns around 500AD,[1] a castle was not mentioned until 1243.[2] It belonged to the County of Gorz, and was expanded on the west side in 1500. From the end of the 15th century until 1508 it was a Gorizia and Habsburgian fief of Virgil von Graben and his son Lukas von Graben zum Stein. Afterwards it belonged to cardinal Melchior von Meckau. In 1526, it was besieged by Michael Gaismair and 2,000 soldiers seeking to overthrow Catholic rule in the area.[2] Today it is privately owned.[3]

References
  1. "Burg Heinfels"
  2. Tiscover Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, "Castle Ruins of Schloss Heinfels" accessed on 26 December 2013
  3. Chizzali. Tyrol: Impressions of Tyrol. (Innsbruck: Alpina Printers and Publishers), p. 57

Gemeinde Heinfels. "Burg Heinfels"

46°45′05″N 12°26′22″E

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