Hasegg Castle

Hasegg Castle (German: Burg Hasegg) is a castle and mint located in Hall in Tirol, Tyrol, Austria.

Construction was completed soon after 1300, when Hall was rapidly becoming the center of Tyrolean commerce and salt mining. The building was originally erected to protect the salt mines, the shipping industry, the bridge across the river Inn and the old Roman road. The castle's mint was established by Sigismund, Archduke of Austria in 1477. The first dollar-size silver coin was struck in 1486: the Guldengroschen.

When Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria had the old mint transferred from the Castle of Sparberegg to Hasegg in 1567, Hall experienced a decisive upswing. Between 1748 and 1768, Hasegg Castle became universally famous for its minting of silver Thalers of which it produced over 17 million specimens. The Thaler, a silver coin used throughout Europe for almost four hundred years, sees its name live on in various currencies as the "dollar" or "tolar".

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Hasegg Castle occupe la 3 432e place sur 5 793 au classement de renommée de cet atlas et le 88e rang des 182 que l’atlas recense en Autriche. Fondé en 1306, il est plus ancien que 66 % des monuments datés de l’atlas — l’un des 346 monuments de l’atlas fondés au XIVe siècle. Voyez comment l’Autriche se compare dans les statistiques des châteaux.

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