Hall of the Coat of Arms - The Room of the Games

Above the mezzanin floor in the western palace lies the Hall of the Coat of Arms and the Room of Games. The latter originally was a small room completely decorated with mural-paintings. In this room only on two sides we can find conserved paintings. The upper part of the eastern wall shows an early representation of castle Runkelstein, dated about 1388 to 1390, because at this time the modification of the castle started and the Summer Palace was not yet built.

The bad condition of the mural paintings in this room probably is caused by painting on a dry rough-cast (“a secco” painting).

The presentation of castle Runkelstein is very exact and detailed. In the foreground we can recognize the western palace and in the background the eastern palace. At the northern part we can see the ring wall with the battlements in the shape of swallow-tails. A yellow crane is placed above the ring wall with a rope and a bucket to bring water from the river Talfer up to the castle. Beneath the eastern palace the chapel and the kitchen-house with a big chimney were built.

The neighbouring walls are part of the Hall of the Coat of Arms which was decorated with a frieze of coat of arms. The green mural painting left and right of the door is called “terra-verde” (green earth) – painting. On the left side of the door we can make out the coat of arms of the Vintler family and in the middle an important noble person.

A small door guides us through the ring wall to a small oriel. Formerly it was wooden and was used as a toilet.