Parsberg Castle

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the castle of the same name, see Parsberg Castle (Miesbach)

Parsberg Castle
Parsberg Castle with town center
Creation time :	First documented mention in 1205
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Received or received substantial parts
Standing position :	Knight, landed gentry, ministerial
Place:	Parsberg
Geographical location	49 ° 9 '37.6 "  N , 11 ° 43' 13.4"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 9 '37.6 "  N , 11 ° 43' 13.4"  E
Height:	550  m above sea level NN

The Parsberg Castle is a hilltop castle at 550  m above sea level. NN in the town of Parsberg in the district of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate in Bavaria .

The castle was the ancestral seat of the Parsberg family and was first mentioned in a document from 1205 as "Castrum Bartesperch". In a confirmation document from 1224, the place Parsberg is referred to as "Parsperch". Probably in 1315 the first Parsberg castle was destroyed in the course of a war between the Upper Bavarian dukes Rudolf I and his younger brother Ludwig IV after a brief siege by Duke Ludwig , because Dietrich (1) von Parsberg was one of the leading followers of Duke Rudolf I. was. Subsequently, the hilltop castle was rebuilt with an extension of the castle complex around 1450. The castle complex was probably brought into its present form by Haug (2) von Parsberg in the middle of the 16th century. All statements about the building history of the castle are based only on circumstantial evidence. There is no concrete evidence of this.

In 1632, during the Thirty Years War , the castle was possibly destroyed by the Swedes (this is completely unsecured and rather unlikely!). The following is noted in the Spitzner Chronicle:

“The outer archway leading into the courtyard bears the coat of arms of the castle owners in a new fresco painting, on the left that of the Lords of Parsberg, in the middle that of the Counts of Schönborn and on the right the Bavarian state coat of arms. The simple archway leading into the inner courtyard bears a small stone tablet with the Parsberg coat of arms, the signature “Parsperg” and the year 1600. The entrance was once protected by a triple gate fence, of which only scant traces can now be seen. From the year 1600 it was believed that the upper and lower castle had already been built at this point in time. Both structures are said to have been destroyed by the Swedes in the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). This certainly applies to the old castle, which today still stands as a ruin on the hilltop. However, it has not yet been proven that in 1600 the upper and lower locks were already in place. It is possible that only the upper castle was built at this time. The placement of the plaque on the archway does not yet prove that both palace buildings were already in place before the Thirty Years' War. It is likely that the entire inventory was considerably destroyed by the Swedes during this time and that both structures were only rebuilt in their present form after this time, but certainly in the 17th century. All relevant assumptions remain hypothetical for the time being. "

Market Parsberg in the second half of the 18th century with a castle and old parish church. You can already see the church tower, which was built by the Counts of Schönborn in 1736–1738 and still adorns the church today. The fenced area in the foreground was the former palace garden. Part of the wall still exists today within the now built-up area.

These statements are e.g. T. questionable, z. T. wrong. In a depiction of the castle from 1600 (Vogel / Stang, plan collection 3597, Main State Archive Munich), the castle is largely depicted as it still exists today. After the Thirty Years' War, the Parsbergers no longer had the means to build a castle complex as it currently exists.

In 1799, after the cabinet goods administration was dissolved, Parsberg was placed directly under the Electoral Court Chamber in Munich. The castle has been owned by the Free State of Bavaria as the successor to the Kingdom of Bavaria since 1918.

In 1803 the Royal Bavarian Regional Court of Parsberg was established from the regional court offices of Parsberg, Velburg and Lupburg until the second half of the 19th century, after which it became the district court with its seat in the castle. The castle was rebuilt for the establishment of the court and for residential use.

After the dissolution of the Parsberg district in 1972 (territorial reform in favor of the Neumarkt districts in the Upper Palatinate and Regensburg ) and the withdrawal of offices and authorities, the castle remained unused until 1974. In 1974 the castle belonging to the Free State of Bavaria was rented by the city of Parsberg. It should be used for city administration tasks, for representation purposes and for residential purposes. In 1980 the city administration moved from the castle to the former district office, which today serves as the town hall.

In 1981, a provisional museum (provisional facility) was set up in seven rooms of the Lower Castle in order to convince the State Office of the Non-State Museums of the quality of the exhibits. Since 1981/82, the establishment of the Lower Castle began continuously to become a folklore and contemporary history-oriented museum, which now has a considerable position throughout Bavaria.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The fresco painting was unfortunately whitewashed and should be exposed again
2. ↑ Spitzner Chronicle, p. 95 (2008 revised version of the Parsberg Castle Museum), emphasis in the original.
3. ↑ Spitzner Chronik, p. 50 (printed original version) or p. 89 (2008 revised version of the Parsberg Castle Museum). A more complete and qualitatively better view can be found in: Die Kunstdenkmäler von Bayern - District Office Parsberg. Oldenbourg, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-486-50434-7 , p. 187.

literature

• Eckard Fruhmann: 800 years of Parsberg knights and their descendants 1224–2024 , Parsberg 2019.

Web links

Commons : Burg Parsberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Parsberg Castle at burgseite.de