Altenwaldeck

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Burgstall Altenwaldeck
Overgrown remains of the castle wall and information board for the Bad Feilnbach community

Overgrown remains of the castle wall and information board for the Bad Feilnbach community

Alternative name (s): Waldeck
Creation time : 12th Century
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall, small remains of the wall
Standing position : county
Place: Irschenberg - Niklasreuth
Geographical location 47 ° 47 '43 "  N , 11 ° 56' 33"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 47 '43 "  N , 11 ° 56' 33"  E
Height: 600  m above sea level NN
Altenwaldeck (Bavaria)
Altenwaldeck

Altenwaldeck Castle is an abandoned hilltop castle at 600  m above sea level. NN am Auer Berg near Niklasreuth in the municipality of Irschenberg in the area of ​​the border with the municipality of Bad Feilnbach in Bavaria .

history

Altenwaldeck Castle may have been the ancestral seat of the Lords of Waldeck , who became imperial with their rule of Waldeck in the 15th century .

There is no documentary evidence of the origin of the Spornburg , but the founders of the Schliersee Monastery (779) are always associated with the Waldeckers. The castle, originally called Waldeck , appeared as early as the 13th century under the name that is still used today. In addition to Altenwaldeck, the family had other seats in Parsberg , Hohenwaldeck , Miesbach , Wallenburg and Höllenstein (Holnstein) above Brannenburg .

In 1497 Altenwaldeck came by inheritance to the Seyboltsdorf family, after which it was temporarily named Seyboltsburg . In 1603 the castle came into civil ownership and, according to tradition, was used as a quarry for the construction of the nearby church of Au bei Bad Aibling .

Situation and today's situation

The castle stable shows only a few remains of the wall, such as the foundation walls of the main castle . The wall and ditch system can also still be seen. The Burgstall is accessible by a hiking trail and is located east below Niklasreuth and west above Au near Bad Aibling on a mountain spur .

literature

  • Alexander Langheiter: Miesbach. A cultural guide . Maurusverlag, Miesbach 2006.
  • Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria . 3rd revised and expanded edition. Published by the Oberbayern district, Munich 1995, pp. 72–74.
  • Josef Brunhuber: Chronicle of the upper Leitzach valley . Birkenstein 1928.
  • Ignaz Joseph von Obernberg : The castles Hohenwaldeck on Schliersee and Altenwaldeck near Au. Contribution to the history of the same . In: Upper Bavarian Archive for Patriotic History (published by the historical association of and for Upper Bavaria). Volume 3, Munich 1841, pp. 110-115.