Lichteneck Castle (Upper Palatinate)

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Lichteneck Castle
Lichteneck castle ruins - view of the round keep from the southeast

Lichteneck castle ruins - view of the round keep from the southeast

Alternative name (s): Lichtenegg
Creation time : 1200 to 1300
Castle type : Höhenburg, summit location
Conservation status: Remains of the keep and the residential building
Standing position : Nobles, dukes, commoners
Construction: Quarry stone masonry
Place: Rimbach -Lichteneck
Geographical location 49 ° 14 '14.8 "  N , 12 ° 52' 39.4"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 14 '14.8 "  N , 12 ° 52' 39.4"  E
Height: 700  m above sea level NHN
Lichteneck Castle (Bavaria)
Lichteneck Castle

The castle Lichteneck even castle Lichtenegg written, is the ruin of a once highly medieval to modern hilltop castle , which is mentioned in the summit area of the "Schlossberg" hill at 700  m above sea level. NHN raises. It is located above the Lichteneck district of the municipality of Rimbach in the Cham district in Bavaria .

history

The castle was built at the beginning of the 13th century, mentioned in 1301 as "castrum in Liehtenek", was probably the seat of Heinrich von Lichtenegg and in the second third of the 14th century the Lords of Lichteneck were named as owners. From 1341 to 1537 the saddle archers are said to have been the lords of the castle. Between 1420 and 1430 there were probably destruction by the Hussites . Around 1490, Duke Albrecht of Bavaria was named as the owner, and in the 16th century the Baumgartner family. The castle burned down between 1527 and 1558 and fell into disrepair at the end of the 16th century. In 1719 the Pelkofen had a new "Schlössl" built below the ruins and in 1719 the local parish church. The castle was originally the center of a Hofmark , to which large parts of today's municipal area belonged. In 1982 the remains of the castle were renovated.

description

The castle complex is an elongated complex with two outer castles and a core castle divided into upper and lower castle with dimensions of around 50 by 57 meters. The 20 meter high round keep has a diameter of 7 meters and a wall thickness of 2.1 to 2.2 meters at the bottom. In 1990 the remains of the former castle chapel were uncovered. The Burgplatz is now a ground monument .

Remarks

The legend of Lichtenegg and Hohenbogen Castle

Legend has it that the knights of Lichtenegg Castle and the knights of Hohenbogen Castle ended their many years of conflict with a trick. The Lichteneggers invited the Hohenbogeners to their castle, attacked the Hohenbogen castle during the binge, burned it down and threw their enemies into their castle dungeon .

Since that time, the damsel, who was cursed by her parents because she had secretly forged ties with a Bohemian knight, has been said to come out of the ruined castle gate every night in a white death dress, descend into the moat and there with a golden comb Comb hair.

literature

  • Bernhard Ernst: Castle construction in the southeastern Upper Palatinate from the early Middle Ages to the early modern period, Volume 2: Catalog . Publishing house Dr. Faustus, Büchenbach 2003, ISBN 3-933474-20-5 , pp. 298-308.
  • Ursula Pfistermeister : Castles of the Upper Palatinate . Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1974, ISBN 3-7917-0394-3 , p. 89.

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