Serviezel Castle
History
Very little is known about either castle since neither is mentioned in any surviving medieval documents. Serviezel is probably named after the Wezzels, a local minor nobility family, who are first mentioned around 1150. They were probably vassals or a cadet line of the lords of Ramosch. In 1256 the Count of Tyrol granted Nannes of Ramosch permission to build a castle, but that probably refers to the larger and better known Tschanüff Castle.
Castle site
Ramosch
The castle was a single rectangular tower probably with a full or partial ring wall on top of a small hill. The ruins are in poor condition and generally over grown. The tower is about 13 by 10 meters (43 ft × 33 ft) with wall thicknesses of between 1.8–2.4 m (5.9–7.9 ft). The south wall is about the most visible and is about 2.5 m (8.2 ft) high. West of the tower there is a pile of stone which probably marks the location of a collapsed wall or outbuilding.
Tschlin
This tower was built on a large (75 by 25 meters, 246 ft × 82 ft hilltop above a trade road through the valley. The walls are 1.2–1.4 m (3.9–4.6 ft) thick. The tower was probably encircled by a ring wall of which an 85 cm (2.79 ft) thick and 15 m (49 ft) long section is still visible.
Gallery
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Castle hill
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North wall
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Cross section of the north wall
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North corner of the tower
See also
References
- ^ "Serviezel". www.burgenwelt.ch. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ "Serviezel". www.burgenwelt.ch. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
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