Burglengenfeld Castle

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Burglengenfeld
Panorama of the castle complex

Panorama of the castle complex

Alternative name (s): Lengenfeld Castle
Creation time : 11th century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: received in substantial parts
Place: Burglengenfeld
Geographical location 49 ° 12 '31.6 "  N , 12 ° 2' 40.9"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 12 '31.6 "  N , 12 ° 2' 40.9"  E
Height: 427  m above sea level NN
Burglengenfeld Castle (Bavaria)
Burglengenfeld Castle

The Burg Burglengenfeld or historically Burg Lengenfeld is a hilltop castle at 427  m above sea level. NN above today's city of Burglengenfeld in the Upper Palatinate . It is "Bavaria's best preserved castle complex" from the Salier period. The privately owned facility now houses a “curative education center”.

History of the castle

The stone castle that is visible today was probably preceded by an earthwork of ramparts and palisades. First references to the lords of Lengenfeld, or the so-called lords of Pettendorf, Lengenfeld and Hopfenohe according to current terminology , are still unsecured for the 9th and 10th centuries, but documentary evidence has them for the period from 1050 onwards In 1100 the central round tower and the circular wall with gate system were built. Count Friedrich III dies in 1119/1120 . von Lengenfeld , whereupon the castle falls to the Wittelsbach family . In particular, Count Palatine Otto V of Bavaria had the castle further strengthened shortly after the acquisition and is likely to have had the Sinzenhofer Tower built to secure the gate. After the castle was damaged in the Landshut War of Succession , it was added to the then newly created Wittelsbach Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg . In 1777 the Pfalz-Neuburg line inherited the Bavarian line of the Wittelsbach family, and the castle was then owned by the Bavarian duke . In 1806, after the complex was sold, work began on demolishing it, which included the main castle. In 1814, however, this was stopped again at the instigation of Crown Prince Ludwig I. In 1967 Erich Heuser bought the castle and set up a "curative education center" there.

description

The castle complex lies on a ridge. The entire plant covers about 1.8 to 2.36 hectares . The parts of this complex that have been preserved include, on the one hand, two residential towers , a central round tower , the so-called “high, round tower” and the rectangular “Sinzenhofer Tower”, both presumably from Salian times, making them Bavaria's best-preserved towers of this era. The Sinzenhofer Tower is right next to the eastern gate. In addition, the 800 meter long curtain wall has been preserved. The gate and curtain wall are also of Salic origin. In the south there is the smaller “powder tower” from the Hohenstaufen era. In addition, the " grain box " built later and other farm buildings have been preserved. Some of the foundations and cellars of other buildings from later times still exist.

literature

Web links

Commons : Burg Burglengenfeld  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Joachim Zeune: Castles in Bavaria in Horst Wolfgang Böhme: Castles of the Salier period, part 2: In the southern landscapes of the empire (see literature), p. 227
  2. Joachim Zeune: Castles in Bavaria in Horst Wolfgang Böhme: Castles of the Salierzeit, part 2: In the southern landscapes of the empire (see literature), p. 230
  3. a b Homepage of the city of Burglengenfeld
  4. Joachim Zeune: Castles in Bavaria in Horst Wolfgang Böhme: Castles of the Salierzeit, part 2: In the southern landscapes of the empire (see literature), p. 217
  5. a b Ursula Pfistermeister, Castles and Palaces of the Upper Palatinate (see literature), p. 118
  6. Joachim Zeune: Castles in Bavaria in Horst Wolfgang Böhme: Castles of the Salierzeit, part 2: In the southern landscapes of the empire (see literature), p. 219 and p. 215