 The settlement of "Torilan" was first mentioned in a 923 deed of the Salzburg archbishops.About 1200, the Counts of Tyrol had Neuhaus Castle erected high above the Adige valley.The fortress was later held by the Gorizia-Tyrol dynasty and in the 19th century received the name Maultasch Castle, after Countess Margaret whose residencies are however not substantiated.