Falkenfels Castle

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Falkenfels Castle
Falkenfels Castle from the east

Falkenfels Castle from the east

Creation time : around 1100
Castle type : Höhenburg, location
Conservation status: Preserved restored
Place: Falkenfels
Geographical location 49 ° 0 '13.9 "  N , 12 ° 35' 28.8"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 0 '13.9 "  N , 12 ° 35' 28.8"  E
Height: 507.2  m above sea level NN
Falkenfels Castle (Bavaria)
Falkenfels Castle

Falkenfels Castle is a hilltop castle at 507.2  m above sea level. NN high "Burgberg" in Falkenfels in the Lower Bavarian district of Straubing-Bogen in Bavaria .

history

Around 1100 the Counts of Bogen built the castle on the cliff, which slopes steeply on three sides. From 1232 the knights of Hohenfels ruled the castle, from 1400 the Falkensteiner von Falkenfels ruled. 1331 "Valkenfelss" is mentioned in a 15th century copy as a country estate.

In 1425 the castle came into the possession of the Frauenbergs and remained so until they died out in 1480. The castle was plundered by the Hussites in 1425 and conquered by the troops of Duke Albrecht IV in the Böckler War in 1468 . The Paulsdorfer followed the Frauenberger. During the Lion War in 1492 the castle was besieged for a week and burned down after the capitulation on June 8, 1492, but was then rebuilt by Hans von Paulsdorf.

In 1525 the property passed to the Seyboltstorff family by marriage . From 1607 to 1796 the noble family of Barons von Weichs owned Falkenfels Castle. During the Thirty Years' War the castle was set on fire by the Swedes in 1641, but it was also rebuilt afterwards. On April 15, 1796 Josef Maria von Weichs sold Falkenfels and the associated court stamps for 320,000 guilders to Baron Gabriel von Buchetten. In 1807 the castle went up in flames again, but was rebuilt again.

After the end of Hofmark Falkenfels, the castle economy was smashed in 1820. The Lang family acquired the castle in 1821 and set up a brewery here, which lasted until 1934. In 1925 a fire destroyed large parts of the complex, after which it was only partially rebuilt. From 1919 to 1950 the castle belonged to the Schimmelmann family. On May 8, 1951, the furniture manufacturer Franz Xaver Baier from Straubing bought the castle and converted it into a hotel with a restaurant. The castle was increasingly used as a conference and congress building.

Falkenfels Castle after an engraving by Michael Wening from 1721

description

Falkenfels Castle was originally surrounded by two terraced circular walls. Today the fortification is only preserved on the north side. Approximately in the middle of the east side is the keep from the 13th century, but the crenellated top is from a later time. From there there is a magnificent view. The baroque castle chapel of St. Josef was built in the 17th century on a medieval foundation . It contains gravestones of the Falkenfels castle lords.

The outer facilities of Falkenfels Castle are freely accessible, otherwise it serves as a castle hotel and restaurant.

literature

  • Ursula Pfistermeister : Castles and palaces in the Bavarian Forest . Friedrich Pustet Verlag, Regensburg 1997, ISBN 3-7917-1547-X , p. 44.
  • Günther T. Werner: Castles, palaces and ruins in the Bavarian Forest . Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1979, ISBN 3-7917-0603-9 , pp. 20-21.
  • Ulrich Pietrusky, Günther Michler, Donatus Moosauer: Lower Bavaria - rediscovered on the fly . 2nd Edition. Morsak Verlag, Grafenau 1982, ISBN 3-87553-135-3 .

Web links

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