Randeck Castle (Kelheim district)

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Randeck Castle
View from the right bank of the Altmühl

View from the right bank of the Altmühl

Creation time : probably 11th or 12th century
Castle type : Höhenburg, valley edge location
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Essing -Randeck
Geographical location 48 ° 56 '16.2 "  N , 11 ° 47' 22.5"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 56 '16.2 "  N , 11 ° 47' 22.5"  E
Height: 490  m above sea level NN
Randeck Castle (Bavaria)
Randeck Castle

Randeck Castle is the ruin of a hilltop castle at 490  m above sea level. NN on the northern edge of the Altmühl valley on a ledge above the Essing market in the Lower Bavarian district of Kelheim in Bavaria .

Randeck Castle, copper engraving by Michael Wening 1700

history

The castle is inextricably linked with the Essing market at its feet. The Essingers had to do their lord's labor .

The first fortification at this location was probably built in the 10th century under Duke Arnulf I of Bavaria to protect against the Hungarian invasions . The present castle was built by the Randeckern in the 11th and 12th centuries. In 1298 it fell to the Abensberg Baboons , who were notorious as robber barons , and finally to the Duchy of Bavaria after they died out in 1485 . Already in 1529 it fell to Mr. Leonhard von Eck , in 1565 Otto Heinrich von Schwarzenberg bought the castle, then in 1594 Alexius Fugger . In 1596, Duke Wilhelm of Bavaria acquired the castle, but immediately exchanged it with Johann Wolf Freymann for his Mühlfelden Castle . During the Thirty Years War , Randeck Castle was badly damaged by the Swedish troops in 1634 . In 1672 the Jesuit College Ingolstadt bought the castle. After the order was dissolved in 1773, it fell again to Bavaria, which had meanwhile risen to become an electorate. In 1776 the Order of Malta acquired the facility.

In 1818 the castle fell to the Kingdom of Bavaria . In 1838 parts of the castle collapsed, including the keep . As early as 1842, Crown Prince Maximilian of Bavaria had the complex secured and partially rebuilt. It was extensively renovated in 1975 and has been a tourist attraction ever since. Today the ruin is owned by the Essing market.

description

Randeck Castle

Burg Randeck today are essentially a few exterior walls, the dungeon , the windowless dungeon and the 36 meter high, very accurate joined from regular blocks keep that as a lookout tower can be climbed. Originally, the plant nine offices, eight chambers, three kitchens, one to the St. George consecrated chapel a water well, a cellar and have possessed.

Web links

Commons : Burg Randeck (Landkreis Kelheim)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Burgruine Randeck on the website of the tourism association in the district of Kelheim e. V.