Tyrolese Architecture 
TYPICAL VILLAGE COTTAGES 
AT WEISSENKIRCHEN 
above the verdure 
which surrounds a con¬ 
glomeration of chim¬ 
neys, towers and brown 
roofs below. For the 
castle has been virtually 
the source from which 
all the habitations have 
sprung, whether they 
are clustered in villages 
or scattered over the 
steep enclosing sides 
of valleys. And this 
origin is frequently 
revealed in the village 
names. G o 1 d e g g , 
Haselburg and Salz¬ 
burg are but a few, 
comprising the name 
of the castle itself, for 
the village was under¬ 
stood to be the neces¬ 
sary accompaniment of 
AT ST. MICHAEL, (EPPAn) 
the far-famed burgs. 
As many as half a 
dozen villages took 
their names from the 
Reids—that old family 
of castle builders,— 
and the frequent occur¬ 
rence of the suffix stein 
in the village names 
glorifies the great crags 
which dominate their 
several localities and 
have afforded founda¬ 
tion for feudal build¬ 
ings. Formerly the 
village was only an in¬ 
cident to those who 
lived in the castles and 
ruled the land; but 
now the roles are re¬ 
versed. The castle is 
pointed out as an im¬ 
potent vestige of a 
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