If you follow the castle path in Dorf Tirol from the parish church, after a few steps you will have a wide view over the vineyards to the Etsch Valley and the Vinschgau. Also in the picture is Tyrol Castle, which sits majestically on a moraine hill. It can be reached in about 20 minutes on the busy, sunny Schlossweg, which also leads through an 83 meter long tunnel - called Knappenloch.

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Definitely nice and cool and a bit of a change on the way to the castle. A traffic light regulates traffic for cars and pedestrians here.

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December 2, 2021

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An 83 m long tunnel, the so-called “Knappenloch”, which Emperor Leopold I had drifted into the moraine slope in 1686. The castle of the Lords of Rubein once stood high above the Knappenloch, of which nothing can be seen today.

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August 3, 2021

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The path from Dorf Tirol to the main castle originally led around the moraine slope on which Rubein Castle stood. Because of the brittle ground and falling scree, Jakob Andrä …

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