Ruine Weineck - Rovine Castel Weinegg
Ruine Weineck - Rovine Castel Weinegg stands on the Virgl near Bolzano, in South Tyrol, where only a few remains survive. The castle’s main site is thought to have stood above the Church of St. Vigil, giving the hillside a tangible link to medieval Bolzano.
The stronghold dates from the twelfth century and served the Bishopric of Trento and its ministerials. A document from 1165 records it, while a Schäftlarn Monastery note from about 1170 to 1175 calls it an “urbs”, linking the site to Bolzano’s emerging market settlement. A permanent noble garrison occupied the castle in the late twelfth century, placing it within the struggle between the bishops of Trento and Count Meinhard II of Tyrol. Conflict destroyed and systematically dismantled the fortress in 1292 and 1293.
The family connected with the castle remained politically active in the fourteenth century after losing its ancestral seat. From 1365 to 1426, it also held Fragenstein Castle.
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