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Vellenberg Castle

Vellenberg Castle
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The remains of the Castle can be visited

In the municipality of Götzens in the Innsbruck-Land district of Tyrol, Austria, the castle ruin of Vellenberg sits atop a hill. The historic fortress was once an important judicial seat and at times a prison.

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The origins of Vellenberg Castle date back to the 12th century, when the ministerial family of the Lords of Vellenberg resided here. After the outlawing of the Counts of Andechs in 1207 and the extinction of this line in 1248, the castle passed to the Counts of Tyrol. The Sterzing arbitration of 1263 confirmed its affiliation with Meinhard II of Tyrol, who changed the castle's status and allowed the ministerials to build their own fortified structures within the fortress area. Around 1349, the castle was divided among several heirs until it passed entirely into the possession of the Lords of Liebenberg from 1380. In 1426, Prince Frederick IV acquired the complex.

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Source: Wikipedia · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Image: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vellenberg.JPG

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