Forstenberg Castle

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Forstenberg Castle
Forstenberg Castle - southwest corner of the keep ruins (September 2012)

Forstenberg Castle - southwest corner of the keep ruins (September 2012)

Alternative name (s): Forstberg Castle
Creation time : probably 13th century
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: The ruins, parts of the keep as well as moats and ramparts have been preserved
Standing position : Ministerial Headquarters
Construction: Quarry stone masonry
Place: Regenstauf - Karlstein
Geographical location 49 ° 9 '5.5 "  N , 12 ° 9' 51"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 9 '5.5 "  N , 12 ° 9' 51"  E
Height: 425  m above sea level NN
Forstenberg Castle (Bavaria)
Forstenberg Castle

The castle Forstberg even castle Forstberg called, is the ruin of a high medieval nobility castle in the village of Karlstein the Upper Palatinate market Regenstauf in the Bavarian district of Regensburg in Germany .

The ruins of the hilltop castle at 425  m above sea level. NN is freely accessible at all times.

history

Presumably, the castle was built in the 13th century (a foundation in the 12th century is uncertain) by the Lords of Forstenberg, who were ministerials of the powerful Lords of Hohenfels, as their ancestral seat. After 1330 the castle fell to Friedrich den Hofer , who from then on called himself "von Vorchtenberg". A Winhir of the Awaer (from the Regensburg family of the Auer) is referred to as the keeper of Vorchtenberkch in 1387 . After several changes of ownership, the castle came into the possession of Landgrave Johann von Leuchtenberg (builder of Karlstein Castle ) in 1393 . The creation of a bailey can be traced back to him, but this was not completed because the castle went to Jakob Muracher a short time later (1404) . Then the castle came to a Stephan Deuerlinger. In 1460 Heinrich Zenger acquired the castle and Karlstein Castle from him . The expansion of the castle in Karlstein is probably the reason why Forstenberg fell into disrepair. After several changes of ownership, the castle was abandoned and completely ruined by the 17th century at the latest.

description

From the small main castle only the ruins of a pentagonal keep made of quarry stone masonry with corner blocks are preserved. He is by some five meters deep ravine-like moat from the much larger outer bailey separately. In this wall remains and a flattened, rectangular ditch as well as rubble are preserved.

Today the Burgstall is dated as a monument D-3-75-190-46 "Forstenberg ruins, pentagonal keep and wall remains, granite quarry stone, second half of the 13th century" and as a ground monument D-3-6838-0014 "Medieval castle ruins" Forstenberg "" Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation recorded.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Location of the Burgstall in the Bavaria Atlas
  2. ↑ List of monuments for Regenstauf (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 144 kB)