!!!Eppan, Hochadelsgeschlecht

Eppan, Counts von, family of the higher nobility, related to the 
Welfs. During the 12th century the most powerful family in South 
Tyrol. They named themselves after their castle near Kaltern. The 
centre of their power lay in the county around Bozen/Bolzano (South 
Tyrol), from the right bank of the Etsch at Kaltern north towards 
Meran/Merano, including the Ulten valley. The county around 
Bozen/Bolzano fell to the Counts of the Tyrol after the death of Count 
Ulrich von Eppan und Ulten in 1248.


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