Burg Kropfsberg

Burg Kropfsberg
Tyrol, Austria
Type	Castle

Burg Kropfsberg is a castle in Tyrol, Austria. Burg Kropfsberg is 526 metres (1,726 ft) above sea level.

The   ruin Kropfsberg  is the   ruin of  a   mountain castle of  the community   Reith im Alpbachtal  on a towering ridge in the   Inn Valley above the village of   St. Gertraudi  . 

Story 

The Salzburg archbishops received large parts of the   Zillertal  .   Under Archbishop   Konrad I of Salzburg  , the first castle was built in the first half of the 12th century at the entrance to the Zillertal valley.   Presumably it was just a tower surrounded by walls.   The castle was used by the archbishops as the seat of the Salzburg court and the administration.   Kropfsberg was first documented in 1286. 

Archbishop   Eberhard II of Regensburg  continued to expand the castle.   The castle owes this extension measures to its present appearance.   Above the old tower was the   main castle  , which contained two mighty   keeps  .

In the 15th century the castle Kropfsberg was the venue of important negotiations.   In 1412,   a dispute between Tyrol and Bavaria was settled   on   "Fürstentag"  .   1416 there was reconciliation between Duke   Friedrich IV.  And his brother Duke   Ernst of Austria  , which Frederick secured the further possession of Tyrol. 

In the course of time Kropfsberg was twice expanded Romanesque, but there were no major construction activities in the Gothic.   Archbishop   Leonhard von Keutschach  had the plant rebuilt around 1500.   40 years later, the   loop-  shaped, 900 m long, 8 m high and 3 m thick   ring wall  and the semicircular   bastions were created  . 

In the following century Kropfsberg was one of the largest castles in Tyrol.   It was protected by a double ring wall.   With this expansion one wanted to clarify the sovereign power and strength further.   The area extended to an area of 26,000 m², but it only had accommodation for 60 to 80 people. 

In the year 1592 the court seat of Kropfsberg was moved to   Zell am Ziller  , which led to the decline of the castle.   As a result of the fact that the castle was only inhabited by people and was no longer maintained, the first buildings collapsed in 1673.   During the   "   Bavarian Rummels  "  1703, the castle was drafted into the fighting with, as Bavarian soldiers had settled there.   The   Tyrolean shooters drove the invaders but again. 

When Tyrol came to Bavaria in 1809, the castle complex shared the same fate as many others.   The now ruined castle has been auctioned off.   In 1850, the   gate tower was  renovated to make it habitable again.   In 1905 the material of the still preserved ring wall was used for Innverbauung. 

In 1940, the   Meraner  Sepp Auffinger bought the property.   He had the gate tower renovated again.   In the last year of the   Second World War  , the western   Palamau  collapsed due to bombardment in the neighborhood   .   The castle ruins have been preserved and restored since 1985.   Therefore, even today remains of the   cistern  and the Gothic castle chapel are preserved.   Today, the castle is privately owned by Hanno Vogl-Fernheim. 

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