Leonberg Castle (Leonberg)

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Leonberg Castle
Leonberg Castle in Leonberg (Maxhütte-Haidhof) (2012)

Leonberg Castle in Leonberg (Maxhütte-Haidhof) (2012)

Alternative name (s): Old castle, Gschlössl
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Preserved essential parts
Place: Maxhütte-Haidhof - Leonberg
Geographical location 49 ° 10 '55.3 "  N , 12 ° 6' 53.2"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 10 '55.3 "  N , 12 ° 6' 53.2"  E
Leonberg Castle (Bavaria)
Leonberg Castle

The listed Leonberg Castle , also known as the Old Castle or Gschlössl , is a hilltop castle in the Leonberg district of Maxhütte-Haidhof (Burgweg 5) in the Schwandorf district in Bavaria .

history

In the 13th and 14th centuries the castle was the seat of the Limpers, 1378 is from the Veste zu dem Liemperg , which came from Chaloch Hofer to the Losnitzer. This was followed by the Sinzenhofer, who also owned Teublitz . In 1422 Ludwig von Sinzenhof is mentioned here. In 1429 Hans Gnädendorfer is also mentioned. In 1603 the ownership of Georg Leo von Sinzenhof passed to Wolfgang Teufel von Pirkensee . The castle was destroyed in the Thirty Years War , after which only the main building was rebuilt. The Hofmark owners left the castle and lived in other castles belonging to the Hofmark. The court administration remained in Leonberg.

Other owners are: Georg Melchior Altmann zu Winzer (1603), Johann Georg Hofer von Lobenstein (1640), Friedrich Adamb Thumb (1671), the Stich (until 1699), then Lorenz Tünzler and Georg Ferdinand von Gugl, the Francken and 1771 Franz Anton Count of Oexle. On October 6, 1796, Wilhelm Carl Freiherr von Eckart acquired Burg and Hofmark from the widow Maria Antonie Freiin von Öxle; Wilhelm von Eckart was raised to the rank of count in 1799.

In 1827 the Hofmark Leonberg is dissolved and this property is assigned to the Fideikommiss Leonberg-Fischbach. This included Pirkensee Castle with Hofmark, Leonberg Castle with Hofmark, the Stockenfels and Fischbach manors with Hofmark, Hofmark Hof with Burgstall Zangenfels , Hofmark Steinsberg and the knight's fiefdom Stefling . Another part of the property was added to the second entails commission Bertolzheim - Winklarn ; this included Trugenhofen Castle, Bertolzheim Castle, Winklarn with Frauenstein, Reichenstein and the respective lordship courts. After the death of Count Eckart († 1828) his daughter Eugenie Katharina Countess von Eckart took over both entails. She was married to Charles Comte Du Moulin, a former lieutenant general of the Napoleonic troops. Her two sons, Karl and Gustav Adolf, each received a Fideikommiss. Under King Ludwig I , the French family name Du Moulin became the German-language name of the mill , the full noble family name was then Von der Mühle-Eckart .

After the construction of the new castle in 1890, Leonberg Castle was abandoned by its owners and converted into condominiums and rental apartments.

Leonberg Castle today

former round tower of Leonberg Castle
Rock foundation of Leonberg Castle

The castle is located at the highest point of Leonberg and can therefore be seen from afar. The castle was strategically placed and from it a view over the surrounding area was possible. The castle is based on a medieval structure; What has been preserved is an irregular structure from the 14th and 16th centuries with a tower with a saddle roof , stepped gables and tail gable on the north side, with two residential buildings adjoining this tower. The fortress once had four round towers, of which only two are partially visible today. The formerly mighty surrounding wall and the moat can only be guessed at. The south-western wall ring is now integrated into the residential building.

The so-called "Gschlössl" is inhabited and belongs to seven owners.

literature

  • Georg Hager: The art monuments of Upper Palatinate & Regensburg. V Burglengenfeld district office. (Unchanged reprint of the Munich 1906 edition) Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1983. ISBN 3-486-50435-5 .

Web links

Commons : Burg Leonberg (Leonberg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rudi Glötzl, p. 138.
  2. ↑ Georg Hager, 1906, p. 96