Kirchberg Castle (Hohenthann)

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Kirchberg Castle
Copper engraving by Michael Wening in the Topographia Bavariae around 1700

Copper engraving by Michael Wening in the Topographia Bavariae around 1700

Alternative name (s): Kirchberg Castle near Hohenthann
Castle type : Location
Conservation status: Preserved essential parts
Construction: Brick
Place: Hohenthann - Kirchberg
Geographical location 48 ° 41 '11 "  N , 12 ° 7' 28"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 41 '11 "  N , 12 ° 7' 28"  E
Height: 460  m above sea level NN
Kirchberg Castle (Bavaria)
Kirchberg Castle
Kirchberg Castle stands on a hill in the middle of the village of Kirchberg

The Castle Kirchberg , now also known as Schloss Kirchberg in Hohenthann called, is a castle in Kirchberg in the municipality Hohenthann in the district of Landshut in Lower Bavaria .

history

In a document from the Mallersdorf monastery , Count Arterius I is mentioned in Kirchberg as early as 812. However, the castle is said to have been founded as a Roman fortress as early as 292 - at a time when there are no documents or other written evidence. After the Count of Kirchberg died out in 1234, the county became a nursing court district of the Duchy of Bavaria-Landshut . The ducal keeper resided at the castle of Kirchberg and was responsible for administration and justice in his district. The present structure was built in the 14th century by the Lords of Kirchberg and has a circular moat wall of brick. The keep has a base area of ​​10 by 10.5 meters and a wall thickness of three meters. The St. Leonhard Palace Chapel is located in the basement of the keep. For the restoration of the castle in the 1990s, the owners received the monument award from the Hypo-Kulturstiftung München .

  • Kirchberg Castle (2014)

  • Aerial view of Kirchberg Castle (2015)

  • House chapel

  • Virgin Mary statue in the house chapel

  • patio

  • Exterior view from the east

literature

  • Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages - floor plan lexicon . Special edition. Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg 2000, ISBN 3-88189-360-1 , p. 326.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages - Floor Plan Lexicon , p. 326

Web links

Commons : Burg Kirchberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Entry on Kirchberg in the private database "Alle Burgen".