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Access to the castle, which was extended over the centuries, is from the north through a complex system of outworks, guarded by battery towers, from the late
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Meanwhile, the structure of the castle has been consolidated and, in places, restored. The site is home to a snack bar today.
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In 1158, after the Eppans had ambushed a Papal delegation, the castle was destroyed in a punitive expedition under
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Most South Tyrolean castle scholars believe the castle hill was already settled and fortified in the
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are some of the best preserved in Tyrol. On the inner and outer walls scenes from the life of
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Burgkapelle Hocheppan: Beobachtungen zu spätantiker Herkunft und vorburgenzeitlicher Bebauung
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According to one theory, Hocheppan Castle was built around 1125 by Count Ulrich II of
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enfeoffed the castle to Martin Teimer von Wildau. Since 1911 the
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on the website of the South Tyrolean State Monument Department
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The former seat of the counts of Eppan near the village of
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period. The most recent archaeological finds confirm this.
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Hocheppan: eine Grafenburg mit romanischen Kapellenfresken
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Hocheppan Castle is located in Italy
46°29′34″N 11°14′32″E / 46.4927°N 11.2422°E / 46.4927; 11.2422
hill castle
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German
frazione
Missian
Eppan
Bozen
South Tyrol
Italy
hill castle
Rhaetian
Eppan
St. Pauls
counts of Tyrol
Altenburg
Henry the Lion
enfeoffed
Francis I
counts of Enzenberg
Middle Ages
enceinte
roundel
bergfried
frescoes
castle chapel
Jesus
apostles

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