natz-schabs, south tirol

we were visiting friends in south tirol (südtirol) again. this time in natz on a plateau above the neustift monastery. the weather was crazy, so i couldn't make any hiking trips which would deserve that name. well, i had to work online, anyway ... at least the colors of the washed out skies were beautiful, so enjoy few pictures from natz and surrounding villages in südtirol / south tirol / alto agide 😇

natz, all in one 😄

the weather was not our friend this time ☁☂☃, but we made the most of it

lake flötscher weiher from 4 perspectives

no swimming 4 strangers? really? 😅

natz, view from our balcony in hotel walderhof, 1+2

the church in natz

natz, a strange + beautiful viewing platform

still in natz

some roman era remainings (roads, wheel imprints in stone)

forst is not my favorite brewery, but this beermat is nice, isn't it?

true?

german language school in natz

a part of austro-hungarian history

a nice walk to viums + schabs

the small church in viums

rodenegg castle

church in schabs

few more pictures here.

castles of south tirol

the weather was quite bad, so instead of hiking i've spend a lot of time visiting different castles in northern south tirol (brixen area). my craziest experience? they've locked me in the castle trostburg for half an hour or more ... hahaha, i've been there much earlier before they've opened for tourists and didn't see anyone at the gate and thus just walked in ... later it was closed, so i just talked to the castle ghosts and waited for the first tourist excursion of the day to come out 😂

castle engelsburg in neustift abbey, in vahrn (varna) - brixen, ITA

here we go, the castles i've visited in südtirol (italien) this time:

• engelsburg (arts gallery) at kloster neustift (neustift abbey)
  
• ruin mühlbacher klause at mühlbach, rienz river, pustertal
• ruin salern castle in salern over the city/village of vahrn (here i have been twice. alone + with my wife to enjoy the view over 'our' eisack river valley)
  
• ruin wallburg nössing (bronze age) next to neustift abbey
  
• rodenegg in vill (private, partly open as museum)
  
• trostburg in waidbruck (museum)
• city of brixen (bressassone) - yep, there are castles too (hofburg, campan)
  
• ehrenburg (private, closed for public)

 flowers 🌸

 kloster neustift, neustift abbey, vahrn (varna) - brixen, ITA

hypnosis seminar by the best of all wives 😍

engelsburg as seen from our hotel room in the neustift monstery

walking at eisack river

hotel brückenwirt = our favorite restaurant + beer garden in neustift

castle mühlbacher klause in pustertal valley

dolomiti as seen during my mini hiking tour in spiluck

 

wallburg nössing in neustift

 

eisack river valley (neustift + brixen)

lake flötscher weiher in schabs-natz 

maria himmelfahrt in vill at castle rodenegg

what a nice hotel (rodeneggerer hof) in vill

rodenegg castle

quite a good address, isn't it`? 😄

count of wolkenstein (graf von wolkenstein), family grave

... and a beautiful nature too

trostburg castle (waidbruck)

good-bye, castle trostburg

...

 

ruin salern castle

eisack river valley + vahrn + brixen

city of brixen (bressassone)

ehrenburg castle (private) in ehrenburg +

+ the adjacent pilgrimage church (wahlfahrt zur kornmutter) in ehrenburg in pustertal valley

 

ehrenburg castle

drei zinnen (3 zinnen, dolomiti, sextner dolomiten) in sexten as seen from kreuzbergpass 1636 m =>

=> good-bye, south tirol and hello veneto, italia

more pictures here.

our last year's visit in neustift here.