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 zajmuje 3071. miejsce na 3812 w rankingu rozpoznawalności zamków tego atlasu i 90. wśród 131 obiektów w Austrii. Powstał w 1306 i jest starszy niż 65% datowanych obiektów atlasu — jeden z 257 obiektów atlasu powstałych w XIV wiek. Zobacz w statystykach zamków, jak wypada Austria.

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