Old Castle (Eslarn)

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Old castle
Creation time : 13th Century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Eslarn
Geographical location 49 ° 34 '56.8 "  N , 12 ° 31' 15.6"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 34 '56.8 "  N , 12 ° 31' 15.6"  E
Old Castle (Bavaria)
Old castle

The Outbound Old Castle of Eslarn was on a hill north of the parish church ( "above the market on the Mountain") of the Upper Palatinate market Eslarn . In the fire of 1567, the castle was also cremated and no longer rebuilt. Underground findings at the site of the earlier castle are listed as a ground monument.

history

Eslarn was the center of a small deforestation rule. When Bernold von Treswitz donated to the church in Böhmischbruck in 1255, the brothers Wolvelin and Heinrich de Eselaern , who were ministerials of the Counts of Ortenburg , are named as witnesses . Eslarn was then sold in 1272 by Count Rapoto IV von Ortenburg-Murach to the Bavarian Duke Ludwig II . After that, here the office has Eslarn ( in officio Eslaern ) of the Wittelsbach passed that in the office no later than 1326 Rotenstat ( Rothenstadt has risen) and later in the Urbar of Viztumamtes Lengenfeld is called. In a directory of the parishes of the diocese of Regensburg 1326 Eslarn is also mentioned as a parish.

In the middle of the 14th century the Treswitz judge and nursing office was created, which included the land registry offices Eslarn, Waidhaus and Treswitz and was part of the Nabburg vicarage ; the first judge was Otto the Zenger . In 1594 the Treswitz and Tännesberg nursing offices were merged and this new court was transferred to a district judge's office in 1799. The association of offices referred to the high jurisdiction, which was then exercised by the senior bailiff in Burgtreswitz. From the 15th to the 18th century there was also the judge's office in Eslarn and Waidhaus. At the end of the 15th century, a judge was appointed in Eslarn who also exercised market rights. In 1629 it is said again that the Treswitz zu Eslarn office has a judge, in 1756 the office of judge and in 1804 the retired Richter zu Eslarn is mentioned. The court market right claimed by the duke was not undisputed and in 1529 it was decided that the Stöckl were entitled to court marque rights , as well as parish law and the right to punish the minor Wändel of court march subjects . In 1562 it is said again that the Stöckl hold court justice and court freedom over their teams in Eslarn. The Hofmark Eslarn existed until 1591; at that time the widow of Hieronymus Stöckl sold all goods in and around Eslarn to the Count Palatine Casimir .

The next known petty aristocrat at Eslarn was Ruger the Punzinger ; he was a judge in Rieden in 1377 , and in the following year it is said that he “sat in Eslarn”. In 1384 a seat in Eslarn is mentioned for the first time, because in that year Ruger the Punzinger and his son Ulrich sell their seat in Eslarn and all their other possessions around Eslarn to the Alrecht dem Chrätzlein (Krätzl) in Neusath . In a further purchase agreement dated November 24, 1384, Ruger the Punzinger and his sons Ulrich and Friedrich also sell the property pledged to a Zenger ; this family is mentioned again on December 27, 1384, when they conclude a comparison with the Landgraves of Leuchtenberg because of “the shelter that comes up against the Chylaw”. Another Caspar Pünzinger turns up in 1438 who owns a farm and six Sölden and other properties in Eslarn. These possessions were a fief of the Electoral Palatinate . On September 20, 1387 the seat was given to Rupprecht den Grienauer von Pilgramsreuth, son-in-law of Krätzl, and on February 25, 1391 to Ruger den Warperger zu Dieterskirchen . In 1406 the owner of the Eslar estates is named as Ruger Warperger zu Eslaen , but he states that he “sat on Reichenstein”. On June 21, 1415, Ruger the Warperger and his son Ulrich sold their Eslarner seat to Hildprant the Geiganter , subject to a right of repurchase for four years. On February 20, 1424 the "permanent dwelling and Hofmark zu Eslarn with all its affiliations" was sold by Ulrich Warperger, who sat in Kürnberg , to Duke Johann von Pfalz-Neumarkt . The Count Palatine sells most of his possessions to Wenzel Schetz , who in 1429 sells his acquisitions to Ulrich Draswitzer , including the “Seat and Hofbau zu Eslarn” and other properties. On June 2, 1441 Ulrich Dreswitzer received this property as a fief from Count Palatine Johann.

The Stöckl family can be traced back to Eslarn in the middle of the 15th century. 1443 has Kaspar Punzinger the Wolfhart the Stocklein various goods, a waste and a wood wax in Eslarn sold. In 1447 Wolfhart Stöckel received the property of Ulrich Draswitzer for services he performed to Christoph von Pfalz-Neumarkt and his father Johann . In this year Wolfhart Stöckel acquired the “Maushammer Güter” in Eslarn from Kaspar Punzinger , the “Trifterin Erbe” and the “Castle with all its uses and affiliations”. He also received the Ernfels and Hohenfels fiefs, located in the parish Michelsneukirchen and in the Falkenstein court , as well as a farm in Wiesent , and these remained with the Stöckl until the family died out . After Wolfhart Stöckel's death († 1475), his son Hans Stöckel succeeded him . He later became a nurse at Tännesberg . Until 1510 he was the owner of the Eslarn estates belonging to the castle and also of the foreign possessions. Since he had no male heirs, he handed over his possessions to his son-in-law Bernhardin Stöckel († December 23, 1545) and his legitimate heirs. This was the youngest son of another Hans Stöckel von Rottach . In 1490 he married the heiress Appolonia Stöckel († around 1500). The marriage had four children ( Jörg , Sebastian , Margaret and Anna ).

Coat of arms of the Stöckel von Eslarn

Immediately after his marriage, Bernhardin took up residence in the castle at Eslarn; First he managed the Eslarner property of the knight Ulrich Zenger von Trausnitz and the property that he received from his son Georg Zenger zum Schneeberg in 1506 . From 1510 the goods of his father-in-law were added. On February 26, 1510, these were given to him as a fief. In 1514 he was able to expand his property in Eslarn by buying farms and tithes from Wilhelm Stainer zum Rockenstein . At that time he was the nurse of Pleystein . In 1522 he received the Rottach inheritance from his family after his older brother Leonhard had died. On October 29, 1523 he sold “Sitz und Sedel zu Rotach” to the Tegernsee monastery . In 1524 he acquired his fortress Altenschwandt from his cousin Sebastian Vingerl . But already in April 1536 he sold this property back to Jobst von Tonndorf for 1400 guilders. In 1539 he acquired grounds in Dieselreut, Tresenreut and Pasenreut from Bernhard Hausknecht von Eslarn. After the death of his wife Appolonia , Bernhard married Anna von Perglas († 1566). The three sons Wolf , Hans Jörg and Hieronymus as well as the daughter Barbara (∞ with Ernst Rauschengründer ) emerged from this marriage. After Bernhard Stöckel's death , the inheritance passed to his sons Wolf , Hans Jörg and Hieronymus in 1545 . The eldest son Wolf was married to Helena von Schlammersdorf , he was a judge in Cham , but died in 1552. The brother Hans Jörg also died early, so that Hieronymus remained the sole heir. He is named in 1534 as a captain to Waldsassen . His first wife was Margarete († around 1550), daughter of Johannes Walrab . Her first marriage was to one of von Castell , Eichstätter Pfleger zu Arnsberg . Her marriage to Jerome was very unhappy; as a contract for 800 fl. shows that he had to pay her off for the time that she was with her mother. Jerome had an illegitimate daughter named Margareta Prockhoß ; she was still living in Moosbach in 1639 and was around seventy years old at the time. At the age of 70, Hieronymus , who had not yet had any legitimate children, married a second time in 1578, namely Sibylla von Giech , daughter of Quirin Leonhard von Giech zu Thurndorf . This marriage resulted in three children, two died immediately after birth and one daughter (* 1581) survived.

Hieronymus , who came into possession of Eslarn in 1552, was doing military service with Margrave Albrecht Alccbiades of Brandenburg-Kulmbach . That is why his uncle Christoph von Perglas zu Götzengrün represented him at the feudal reception . Until 1553 he was a captain at Hohenlandsberg Castle . In April 1554 opposing troops moved up in front of Hohenlandsberg and "shot at them without ceasing with such force that they had to surrender to mercy and disfavor after just a few days". Hieronymus Stöckel was captured and taken to Würzburg; he had to swear on oath never to mount a horse again. After a year he was released again, until 1559 his uncle Christian von Perglas continued to represent him in all feudal matters. In 1561 the travel ban against him was lifted. Since he had no legitimate heirs, he signed a complicated inheritance contract with his uncle Heinrich von Gleißenthal on November 24, 1566 , as it was particularly difficult to separate the allodial and the feudal goods. On May 16, 1567, a fire broke out in the house of a Stöcklian subject, in which "an Infrau zur Herberg" lived. With flying sparks the fire spread to the castle and the outbuildings and everything burned down. Just one day later, Hieronymus wrote a letter to the governor of the Upper Palatinate in Amberg, Count Palatinate Ludwig, with the request for grain for his subjects and the request that the people of the offices of Treswitz and Pleystein "him and his poor people" through Scharwerk would come to the rescue. The new building was then erected south of Eslarn.

literature

  • Josef Hanauer: Heimatbuch Eslarn. Marktgemeinde Eslarn (Ed.), Weiden 1975.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ D-3-6441-0007
  2. ↑ Historical Atlas of Bavaria, 1977, p. 43.
  3. ↑ Historical Atlas of Bavaria, 1977, p. 50.
  4. ↑ Historical Atlas of Bavaria, 1977, p. 112.
  5. ↑ Historical Atlas of Bavaria, 1977, p. 111.