Liebenstein Castle (Bavaria)

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Liebenstein Castle
Restored remains of the wall from the main building

Restored remains of the wall from the main building

Creation time : 11th / 12th century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Plößberg -Liebenstein
Geographical location 49 ° 49 '58 "  N , 12 ° 20' 7"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 49 '58 "  N , 12 ° 20' 7"  E
Height: 531.9  m above sea level NN
Liebenstein Castle (Bavaria)
Liebenstein Castle

The Liebenstein Castle , now a ruin , is on a granite cone just north of Plößberger local part Liebenstein in the Upper Palatinate district of Tirschenreuth in Bavaria .

history

The hill fort was first mentioned in 1125. In 1292 the family who built the Liebenstein family died out and the castle was sold by Theodorich von Parsberg to the abbot Theodoric of the Waldsassen monastery in 1298 . Theoderich carried out extensive repairs , and the castle was given an outer wall under Abbot Franz Kübel . With the abolition of the monastery during the Reformation, the castle was sold to the Tirschenreuth citizen Anton Mehler and his descendants. After 1634, after it had previously been the seat of the judges' office, the complex was no longer inhabited and fell into disrepair.

description

On granite cone of Castle Hill were up in the 1950s several quarries, are also obtained immediately below the ruins themselves. Originaer few foundations of the keep , since the summer of 2007 parts are built up the walls again.

photos

  • The castle hill taken from the south

  • The main building from the east. The affiliation of the building and vault remains in the foreground with the castle complex is unclear.

  • Unrestored remains of the wall in front of the restored part (left in the picture)

literature

  • Ulrich Kinder: The fortifications in the Tirschenreuth district . From the series: Works on the Archeology of Southern Germany, Volume 28 . Publishing house Dr. Faustus, Büchenbach 2013, ISBN 978-3-933474-82-7 , pp. 158-164.
  • Ursula Pfistermeister : Castles and palaces in the Upper Palatinate . Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1988, ISBN 3-7917-0876-7 , p. 134.
  • Rudolf Langhammer : Waldsassen - monastery and town . Waldsassen 1936, p. 193 f.

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