of Wittlesbach in Saubia, in favour of Stephen, the emperors son. The property after- wards passed into the family of Römer, of Maretsch, then into the possession of that of Lidei, and was lastly held by the nobles of Brandis. It now becomes necessary, that some mention should be made of the hereditary castle of thè house of Brandis, erected, acoording to tradition, in the time of the Celtic-Gauls, and which occupies a beautiful and prominent Situation above Lana, on a hili whose sides are
richly clad with the luxuriant vine, commanding a delightful prospect, reaching- over the valley of the Adige. In 1179, the same year that Barbarossa was dcfeated at Legnano by Carrocio of Milan, assisted by the confederacy of the towns of Lombardy, Henry of Brandis obtained Lanaburg or castle of Lana, and having enlarged the edifice, called it after his family name. Among the castle-lords, who offered holdest defiance to Duke Meinhard was Enko of Weineck, who, after repulsing repeated assaults, had
mountain of Lana and Tisens, project the castles of Katzenzungen , Wehrburg, and Zwingenberg , which strike the admiring gaze of the traveller, as he ascends from Terlan, luxuriant with vines, or as he regards the lofty heights of Senal ; or further distant, the singulär points of the mountain of Mendel or Mendola. The family of Fink of Katzenzungen became extinct, nearly at thè period when Tyrol was annexed to Austria, on the death of Sigismund ; afterwards, the families of Thunn, Fuchs, and Preitach
