Castelrotto - Castelrotto

Castelrotto (Kastelruth) is a city of Trentino Alto Adige.

To know

Its population is mostly native German speakers (80.94%), with a significant percentage of Ladins (15.37%), traditionally concentrated in the Ladin hamlets Bulla, Roncadizza, Oltretorrente; the inhabitants who speak mainly Italian are 3.69%.

Geographical notes

Part of its municipal territory is located within the natural park of the Sciliar, at the foot ofAlpe di Siusi, whose proximity has allowed the development of a flourishing tourism, both summer and winter. It is 36 km from Bolzano, 28 from Bressanone, 15 from Closed.

Background

The name of Castelruptum it appears for the first time in a document of 982–987 in which the bishop Albuino di Bressanone he exchanged the income of the local church with the bishop Eticho of Augusta. Before this date, a settlement was already present on site, but the name of which has not reached us. The traces of Castelvecchio can be traced back to the Middle Ages, today only a massive square tower remains as well as some traces of walls, brick huts and therefore the presence of a fortified village.

In the 13th century, the area passed to Count Mainardo II of Tirolo-Gorizia and then to the lords of Castelrotto. In 1348 the castle was owned by Duke Konrad Teck who was also captain of the Adige department. At the beginning of the 15th century, the castle and the town became the property of the Hauenstein family and it was at this time that the first large-scale stable farms were established in the area. Shortly afterwards the property passed to Michael Kraus, a Hungarian nobleman arrived here by marriage and already in fief of some lands near Lake Balaton. He became famous in particular for the wealth accumulated by his fiefdoms and for the charitable works that he extended to the poor of Castelrotto before his death, establishing that this custom was continued over the centuries in the month of October with the distribution of a loaf of bread and of a bag of salt to every poor person in the community. He was subsequently buried in the chapel of the tower where his tomb still stands today. His nephew, Jakob Kraus, was ennobled by the Emperor Rudolf II of Habsburg on 2 June 1607 and it was he who largely proceeded to the demolition of the ancient castle, creating a chapel for the village dedicated to St. Anthony, in addition to the construction by his son Georg Kraus of a natural park (1675) complete with seven small chapels and three large crucifixes (Christ and the two thieves) which resume some stages of the Via Crucis. In 1847 the family died out.

Furthermore, until 1924, Castelrotto had its own district court, which was later transferred to ClosedThe fruitful source of income for the inhabitants of this country was the breeding of livestock, supported by a strong presence of vast surrounding alpine pastures, exceeding the sale of cattle that was held four times in the year 1600. Bolzano.

How to orient yourself

Neighborhoods

Its municipal area also includes the villages and localities of Alpe di Siusi (Seiser Alm), Bulla (Pufels, Bula), Oltretorrente (Überwasser, Sureghes), Roncadizza (Runggaditsch, Roncadic), San Michele (St. Michael), Sant'Osvaldo (St. Oswald), San Valentino (St. Valentin), San Vigilio (St. Vigil), Siusi allo Sciliar (Seis am Schlern), Tagusa (Tagusens) and Tisana (Tisens).

How to get

By plane

• 46.46027811.3263891 Bolzano-Dolomites Airport (IATA: BZO) (6 km from the center of Bolzano), ☎ 39 0471 255 255, fax: 39 0471 255 202. open to the public: 05: 30–23: 00; ticket office opening: 06: 00-19: 00; check-in for flights from Bolzano is only possible from 1 hour to a maximum of 20 minutes before departure. Small regional airport with scheduled flights to and from Lugano is Rome with Etihad Regional (by Darwin Air). At certain times of the year, the Lauda Air company connects the city with Vienna once a week. On the other hand, charter flights are more numerous. 
• 45.39666710.8877782 Verona Airport (Catullus), Boxes of Sommacampagna, ☎ 39 045 8095666, @[email protected]. 
• 45.42555610.3269443 Brescia Airport (D'Annunzio), Via Aeroporto 34, Montichiari (Connections with Brescia airport are guaranteed by public transport via the bus. The stop a Brescia city ​​is located at the bus station (number 23), while that of the airport is at the front of the terminal. There are also connections to the city of Verona via bus / shuttle line 1), ☎ 39 045 8095666, @[email protected]. Charter only 

By car

• Chiusa / Val Gardena exit on the Brennero A22 motorway; continue on the main road towards the south, towards Bolzano up to Ponte Gardena, where you take the road to Castelrotto / Altipiano dello Sciliar.
• Bolzano Nord motorway exit on the A22 Brennero motorway;

On the train

• Station of Closed (24 km). From here with regional buses to Castelrotto (Line 171)
• Station of Bolzano (33 km). From here regional buses every half hour to Castelrotto (Line 170)

By bus

• Public bus transport services in South Tyrol are managed by SAD [1]

How to get around

What see

• Ruins of Castelvecchio. What remains of the castle, today only ruins, is located at the base of Punta Santner on a large block of the Dolomites at 1,273 m a.s.l. (not far from the Salego castle) in the territory of the Siusi allo Sciliar hamlet.

The building was erected in the 12th century by the lords of Hauenstein and underwent successive extensions in the 15th and 16th centuries. One third of it was owned by the fourteenth-century Tyrolean poet Oswald von Wolkenstein, who established his residence there for a few years and composed some of his Lieder there.

Baron Christoph von Wolkenstein bought the castle from his cousins' branch on 1 January 1551 but over time his heirs lost interest in it and it fell into ruin as early as the 17th century.

On the occasion of the sixth centenary of von Wolkenstein's death, in the years 1977-1978 the remains were restored and some frescoes were recovered inside the chapel.

Currently the castle is owned by the Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone. It is possible to reach the ruins and visit them freely, taking path no. 8 from Siusi, in half an hour. 

• Church of Saints Peter and Paul (PfarrkircheSankt Peter und Paul). The church of Saints Peter and Paul (in German) in Castelrotto is the town's parish church.

The current building, also called Dom auf dem Berge, was built in the classicist style in the mid-nineteenth century.Its bell tower is the third tallest of theSouth Tyrol. 

Siusi allo Sciliar (Seis am Schlern)

Fraction of the Municipality of Castelrotto at 1004 meters above sea level and a thousand inhabitants, Siusi gives its name toAlpe di Siusi, a magnificent, very wide and very popular plateau for summer holidays and winter sports, which is the largest alp in Europe.

There are three significant churches in the town: one - the oldest - is the church of Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, which dates back to the 17th century; the other, the largest, is the church of Santa Croce, located in the Oswald von Wolkenstein square. The country also hosts the church of San Valentino, an example of Tyrolean Gothic.

In its territory there are the ruins of Castelvecchio, Castel Salego and Castel Rovereto as well as the prehistoric site Rungger Egg, a place of important finds from the Iron Age.

The town's economy is based on tourism, connected to hiking and winter sports. The town is connected to neighboring villages by bus lines for the Val Gardena, Bolzano is Bressanone. Furthermore, since 2002, a gondola lift has been operating that leads to the Alpe di Siusi, previously reachable only by bus or by own means.In addition to winter sports, practiced from December to March, and obviously hiking sports (trekking and mountaineering) that in the nearby hamlet of San Vigilio there is an 18-hole golf course.

Events and parties

• Traditional peasant wedding (Bauernhochzeit). In Castelrotto a traditional "peasant wedding" (Bauernhochzeit) is held every winter, an event that revives ancient customs. From the early years of the twentieth century to the 1950s, weddings took place in winter, or when the peasants were not engaged in their agricultural work. Today this traditional event has become part of the tourist circuit; all the local population wears the clothes of the time, in particular the bride will wear a hat that recalls the colors of the grass and the groom will bring a carnation larger than those worn by the other men invited to the celebrations for the union. Women, on the other hand, are divided into those who wear a thick woolen headdress, the Turmkappe and the unmarried ones who wear a shiny hat adorned with golden leaves. In addition there is the clerk of the ceremony, who wears a large hat adorned with black and white ostrich feathers.

Usually the event provides for several couples to participate in a wedding procession, consisting of horse-drawn sleighs, which also includes relatives and friends of the couples, all "decorated" for the event with the Trachter. The procession that starts from the church of San Valentino is followed by the religious ceremony, and then a traditional banquet with typical Tyrolean dances. 

• Wedding banquets in Castelrotto. Together with the peasant wedding celebrations, the "Wedding Banquets of Castelrotto" are held almost in the same period. On this occasion, the main restaurants delight tourists with typical dishes that were once served during a peasant wedding. 

What to do

Shopping

• Farmer's market, downtown square. 8:00-12:00. Direct sale of agricultural products. The farmer's market in Castelrotto is the oldest in the region. It is held every Friday from June to October. 
• Pflegerhof farm. The family of the farm grows spices and medicinal herbs from which they obtain tea, syrups, creams, etc. 
• Fallhof farm. The family of the farm produces and sells various types of cheese according to artisan traditions: fresh cheese, cutting cheeses, mature cheeses etc. 

How to have fun

Where to eat

Average prices

• Pizzeria Bar Sports Center, Lanzin 7, ☎ 39 0471 705090, @[email protected]. in the sports center 
• Zur Alten Schmiede Restaurant, Via Panider 7, ☎ 39 0471 707390, @[email protected]. 
• Liftstüberl restaurant, Via Marinzen 35, ☎ 39 0471 706804, @[email protected]. 
• Cristallo restaurant and pizzeria, Via Telfen - Lanzin 37, ☎ 39 0471 706290, fax: 39 0471 704626, @[email protected]. pizza even at noon. 
• Restaurant Pizzeria Lieg, Via Tagusa 14/1, ☎ 39 0471 705376, @[email protected]. 
• Schlernhex restaurant, Via Tiosler 12, ☎ 39 0471 706401, @[email protected]. 
• Sporthütte Restaurant Pizzeria, Via Tiosler 3, @[email protected]. 
• S. Michele restaurant, via San Michele 21, ☎ 39 0471 700100, @[email protected]. 
• Saalstuben restaurant, Via O. v. Wolkenstein 12, ☎ 39 0471 707394, fax: 39 0471 707 395, @[email protected]. 

Peasant inns

• Alpe di Marinzen, Via Marinzen 47, ☎ 39 0471 707158, @[email protected]. 
• Lafogler farm, San Osvaldo 15, ☎ 39 0471 706624, fax: 39 0471 706624, @[email protected]. Open from Easter to November. 
• Lafreider farm, Via Tisana 31, ☎ 39 0471 706570, @[email protected]. 
• ^{[link not working]}Schafstall refuge, Via Tiosler 31, ☎ 39 335 6141761, @[email protected]. May-Oct. 

Where stay

Moderate prices

• Gasthof Tschötscherhof, via San Osvaldo 19 (Siusi allo Sciliar), ☎ 39 0471 706013, @[email protected]. 2 stars 

Average prices

• Aparthotel Viktoria, 15 Plojer Street, ☎ 39 0471 706437, @[email protected]. 3 stars 
• Solaia Hotel, 61 Oswald von Wolkenstein Street, ☎ 39 0471 706444, @[email protected]. 3 stars 
• Hptel Crystal, Via Telfen-Lanzin 37, ☎ 39 0471 706290, @[email protected]. 3 stars 
• Hotel Zum Turm, Via Kofel 8, ☎ 39 0471 706349, @[email protected]. 3 stars 
• ^{[link not working]}Mayr hotels, ☎ 39 0471 706309, @[email protected]. 3 stars 
• Scherlin hotels, Via Pineies 42, ☎ 39 0471 700043, @[email protected]. 3 stars 
• Hotel Zum Wolf, Oswald von Wolkenstein street 5, ☎ 39 0471 706332, @[email protected]. 3 stars 
• Ortler hotels, via San Valentino 24, ☎ 39 0471 706422, @[email protected]. 3 stars 

High prices

• Chalet Tianes Hotel, via San Michele 3/2, ☎ 39 0471 708082, @[email protected]. 4 stars superior 
• Albion hotels, via Pinei 38, ☎ 39 0471 700042, @[email protected]. 4 stars superior 
• 46.5682611.5578611 Hotel Villa Kastelruth, Via Platten, 9 (In the center near the ski lifts), ☎ 39 0471 706308, @[email protected]. 28 4-star rooms built on the site of a famous alpine nursing home. With garden, heated outdoor swimming pool and Jacuzzi and panoramic saunas. The hotel offers excursions to the surroundings all year round. 

Safety

Pharmacy

• 46.56731511.5600944 Schlern, Via Oswald Von Wolkenstein, 6 / b, ☎ 39 0471 706323. 

How to keep in touch

Post office

• 46.56624511.5593735 Italian post, 21 Oswald Von Wolkenstein Street, ☎ 39 0471 706317. 

Around

Itineraries

• Castles of South Tyrol - A journey to discover the South Tyrolean manors which, born for military purposes, later became largely refined stately homes, centers of culture, examples of fine architecture, testimony to the greatness of the families who built them.

Useful information

• 46.56771211.55956 Tourist office Castelrotto, Kraus Square 1, ☎ 39 0471 706333, fax: 39 0471 705188, @[email protected]. 

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