Weyer Castle

The castle ruins of Weyer '', also known as Weyerturm or Weyerhofburg, are the ruins of a hillside castle at 816 m above sea level in the municipality of Bramberg am Wildkogel, in the district of Bezirk Zell am See in Salzburger Land. The tower is typical of the small castles in the Pinzgau, of which only the Felber Tower in Mittersill has been preserved. The castle guarded the entrance to the Habachtal, where the only emerald occurrence in Europe was located.

History

The first owners seem to have been the lords of Weyer; called Rapoto de Wiare, Chunrad, Haimo and Berthold. Around 1270, the bishopric of Chiemsee seems to have come into the possession of the castle. Although aone of the Gerhoch is still called a gertop of Weyer, this last offspring from the Weyer family was already a fief of the Chiemsean bishops.