Saldenburg Castle

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Saldenburg Castle
Saldenburg Castle - view of the north side of the residential tower

Saldenburg Castle - view of the north side of the residential tower

Alternative name (s): Forest lantern, Saldenburg Castle
Creation time : 1368
Castle type : Höhenburg, summit location
Conservation status: Partly preserved
Place: Saldenburg
Geographical location 48 ° 46 '26.2 "  N , 13 ° 21' 17.3"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 46 '26.2 "  N , 13 ° 21' 17.3"  E
Height: 570  m above sea level NN
Saldenburg Castle (Bavaria)
Saldenburg Castle

The Saldenburg , later also called Saldenburg Castle, is one of the castles in the Dreiburgenland and is popularly known as the “forest lantern” because of the characteristic appearance of the main residential building. The castle gave its name to the village of Saldenburg in the Lower Bavarian district of Freyung-Grafenau and was the seat of the closed Hofmark Saldenburg. The summit castle is visible from afar over heights and valleys.

history

Saldenburg Castle, whose name is translated as Glücksburg, was built from 1368 by the knight Heinrich Tuschl von Söldenau on behalf of the Counts of Hals . Since his wife fled from him, he was given the popular nickname "Knight Alone". Presumably the castle was intended to secure a trade route to Bohemia and as a border fortification to the Passau monastery .

In 1388 Schweiker III sold Tuschl sold the castle to the Bavarian dukes, who sold it to Ulrich den Egger in 1389 for 30,200 guilders . In 1446, after the death of his father-in-law Peter von Egg, Count Heinrich von Ortenburg inherited the castle. In 1468 it came into the possession of Hans Gewolf von Degenberg through Elisabeth von Törring, Heinrich's second wife and widow . Since he was a member of the Böcklerbund , Duke Ludwig IX besieged . the rich the castle and forced a handover in 1468. However, the castle was only slightly damaged. From 1479 to 1587, the Counts of Ortenburg held it again.

After further changes of ownership, they were given the Counts of Preysing-Moos as an allod . Among them, the somewhat dilapidated castle was baroque in 1682 by Enrico Zuccalli , which is why one speaks of "Saldenburg Castle". In 1742 it was set on fire by the Pandours .

The last Preysing on Saldenburg, Count Kaspar II, bequeathed the castle property to his sponsor, First Lieutenant and Chamberlain Kaspar Freiherr von Berchem, in 1826. In 1848 the Saldenburg became the property of the Bavarian state . Since 1928 the castle has been owned by the German Youth Hostel Association Landesverband Bayern e. V., who has been running a youth hostel in the entire building since then.

Todays use

The Saldenburg is only accessible to guests of the youth hostel ; Guided tours only take place during the annual Castle Christmas on the weekend before the 1st Advent. Today the castle is a landmark building that characterizes the landscape. D-2-72-142-1 “Former castle, now a youth hostel, four-storey cube-like hipped roof building, quarry stone, at its core in 1368, restored in 1682 by Enrico Zuccalli; inside the castle chapel, around 1680; with equipment; Remains of the keep, quarry stone masonry over a square floor plan, medieval; Ring wall remains , quarry stone, medieval ”and as a ground monument D-2-7246-0020“ Archaeological findings and finds from the Middle Ages and early modern times in the area of ​​the largely abandoned Saldenburg Castle ”recorded by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .

description

The Saldenburg is a five-story residential tower with a tent-shaped roof. In the courtyard, which is surrounded by remains of the curtain wall , there is a draw well. A wooden bridge leads over a moat to the building. The utility rooms with the kitchen are on the ground floor. The so-called knight's hall on the first floor is now used as a dining room. The ceiling painting by an Italian artist shows the triumphal procession of a Roman general or emperor . On the second floor, the “Gothic hall” has a rib vault . The baroque palace chapel was built in 1680. It is dedicated to the three kings . The ceiling painting shows Christ's circumcision , the altar panel the adoration of the Magi .

literature

  • Isidor Mühlberger: Castles, palaces and ruins in the land around Ilz and Ohe. Verlag Duschl, Winzer 2007, ISBN 978-3-937438-71-9 , pp. 16-17.
  • Ursula Pfistermeister : Castles and palaces in the Bavarian Forest. Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1997, ISBN 3-7917-1547-X , pp. 86-87.
  • Donatus Moosauer, Jochen Wöhrl: Castles and palaces in Lower Bavaria. 1st edition. Verlag Neue Presse, Passau 1991, ISBN 3-924484-40-6 , pp. 84-85.
  • Günther T. Werner: Castles, palaces and ruins in the Bavarian Forest. Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1979, ISBN 3-7917-0603-9 , pp. 103-105.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Location of the castle in the Bavaria Atlas
  2. ↑ Isidor Mühlberger: Castles, palaces and ruins in the land around Ilz and Ohe , p. 16 and Donatus Moosauer, Jochen Wöhrl: Burgen und Schlösser in Niederbayern , p. 84
  3. ↑ List of monuments for Saldenburg (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 129 kB)