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Altfinstermünz

Austria

Heritage status
Listed objects in Austria
Location
Nauders
Elevation
994 m
Coordinates
46.92927°, 10.48721°
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Altfinstermünz in Austria
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Description

Finstermünz (called Altfinstermünz from 1856; Romansh: Vestmezia) is a medieval seat of justice and border fortification on the Via Claudia Augusta, in the gorge of the same name. The fort lies in the municipal area of Nauders in Tyrol, at the foot of the Finstermünz pass, where the old road used until 1854 from the Reschen Pass towards Pfunds and Landeck reaches the Inn river, which here forms the border between Tyrol (Austria) and Graubünden (Switzerland). A seat of justice already existed here before the 10th century.

Machine-translated from “Altfinstermünz” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Altfinstermünz ranks #3,903 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #97 of the 239 mapped in Austria. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,825 times in the last 60 days, more than 67% of the atlas. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Innsbruck, 78 km away. See how Austria compares in the castle statistics.

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