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COURTYARD OF FREU DEN STEIN ENTRANCE TO FREUDENSTEIN 
The inattention the 
castle then suffered 
was not without effect, 
for in 1868 the roofs 
had decayed and the 
walls had fallen to¬ 
gether when the rock, 
carrying the northern 
wall of the summer¬ 
house, gave way and 
took with it that beau¬ 
tiful addition of Vin- 
tler’s and two pictures 
of the Tristan Cycle. 
In 1880 the ruin was 
bought by the Arch¬ 
duke Johann Salvator 
and presented to Em¬ 
peror Franz Josef I. 
By the wisdom of this 
monarch the castle was 
carefully restored and 
made accessible t o 
visitors. The work was entrusted to the 
architect and building counsellor, Frederick 
von Schmidt. Nine years later it was given 
by imperial deed to the city of Botzen 
“ that its rich medieval 
construction might be 
preserved to future 
generations as a monu¬ 
ment of Tyrolese his¬ 
tory and poetry.” 
A short distance 
north of Runkelstein 
a huge brown rock has 
parted from the moun¬ 
tain side and juts out 
from the banks of the 
Talfer. It supports a 
somber tower, the 
dominant form of 
Schloss Ried. The 
Romans watched from 
the little eminence the 
cattle trail to Sarnthein, 
and a tower built for 
this purpose by Roman 
workmen forms half 
the heightof the square 
shaft shown in our illustration. When the 
Wanga acquired Runkelstein they were glad 
to take in this fortification as a rear defense 
of the larger castle, and they immediately 
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