The Brunneburg was built in 1250 by Wilhelm Tarant on a glacial rubble cone below Tyrol Castle. In 1356 the princely administrator of the Bishopric of Trent, Heinrich von Bopfingen, …

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July 12, 2023

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In 1903 he sold the castle to the entrepreneur Karl Schwickert from Pforzheim, who had it rebuilt. After his death in 1927, the castle fell into disrepair again until the de Rachewiltz family took up residence there and over time turned the castle into a center for cultural encounters. The American poet Ezra Pound completed his life's work, the Cantos, here from 1958 to 1962.

Source: brunnenburg.net/de/willkommen-auf-der-brunnenburg/sagengeschichte

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It is worth going there with these great panoramic views.

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