The castle itself is an example of early Gothic era Tirolean fortress architecture. Although the Hutterites once spoke Tirolean German, they no longer do. Franz Baur (1958-) is a Tirolean composer. Thornton characterises Ried's language as "Tirolean written dialect of the age of Luther". His first teacher was the Tirolean composer, Josef Alois Ladurner. Hutterite is also called Tirolean, but this is an anachronism.