Erlebnisburg Altfinstermünz

Om museet

The Altfinstermünz fortification lies in the Inn gorge between Pfunds and Nauders on the old Roman road Via Claudia Augusta. In the early and high Middle Ages the site served as a court venue for the Lower Engadine, Nauders and Pfunds; a first castle grew out of a rock cave. Finstermünz is first mentioned in documents in 1159, and by around 1300 tolls and customs duties were already being collected here.

From 1472, under Archduke Sigmund the Wealthy in Coin, fortifications such as the bridge tower in the Inn and the Sigmundseck were built, and in the early 16th century the mighty Klausenturm with its battlement platform and machicolations. The Chapel of the Assumption was built in 1604/05, and from 1652 the Inn marked the border between Tyrol and Graubünden here. After the customs office was relocated in 1779, the complex passed into private ownership and served as an inn and brewery; with the new road over the Kajetansbrücke it lost its importance in the mid-19th century.

The Altfinstermünz association has made it its mission to preserve and revive the fortification. Today the Erlebnisburg (adventure castle) is open in summer: a visitor centre set into the outbuildings is the starting point for a tour with an audio-guide radio play through the Klausenturm with its mirror hall and late Gothic hall, the wooden bridge and bridge tower, a natural cave with a film on customs and haulage, the rock passage to the Sigmundseck, and the chapel with an altar by Andreas Thamasch.

Højdepunkter

• Well-preserved medieval fortification on the Via Claudia Augusta
• Klausenturm with mirror hall and late Gothic hall
• Wooden bridge over the Inn and bridge tower on the Swiss border
• Natural cave with film and rock passage to the Sigmundseck
• Chapel of the Assumption with an altar by Andreas Thamasch

Permanent udstilling

• Rundgang durch die Klausenanlage – Audio-guide tour through the Klausenturm, bridge tower, natural cave with a film on customs and haulage, rock passage to the Sigmundseck and chapel.

Ejer

Verein Altfinstermünz

Entrépriser & rabatter

Admission includes the fortress complex, Klausenturm with wooden bridge, natural cave with film, rock passage to the Sigmundseck and chapel; the audio guide is free of charge.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig: ingen oplysninger
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The rock passage to the Sigmundseck is not accessible; the Erlebnisburg does not publish any further information on accessibility.

Børn og familie

• Legeplads / legehjørne

Children’s playground between the gate tower, Klausenschenke, chapel and the Inn; children up to 14 accompanied by their parents are admitted free.

Transport & parkering

The fortification lies at 1,020 m in the Finstermünz gorge at the foot of the Finstermünz Pass and can only be reached on foot or by bike. Additional path from Schalkl (about 2 km after the Kajetansbrücke customs post, approx. 20 minutes). Altfinstermünz lies directly on the Via Claudia Augusta cycle route.

Service & spisesteder

• Restaurant
• Museumsbutik

“Klausenschenke” inn from the beginning of June to the end of September; visitor shop with souvenirs, brochures and books in the visitor centre.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester
• Firmaarrangementer
• Bryllupper / vielser

Klausenschenke for weddings, birthdays and company events; civil weddings in the Baroque parlour, weddings also in the Gothic hall; festival hall of the Erlebnisburg on request.

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