Stein Castle on the Pfreimd

Stein Castle on the Pfreimd
Stein Castle today
Alternative name (s):	Stein Castle
Creation time :	probably 12th century
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	ruin
Construction:	Quarry stone
Place:	Pfreimd - stone on the Pfreimd
Geographical location	49 ° 30 '40.2 "  N , 12 ° 13' 30.1"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 30 '40.2 "  N , 12 ° 13' 30.1"  E
Height:	404  m above sea level NHN

The stone castle at the Pfreimd , including Schloss Stein called, is the ruins of a hilltop castle in the village of stone at the Pfreimd the Upper Palatinate town of Pfreimd in the district of Schwandorf of Bavaria (Stein 104).

history

The Lords of Stein appear in the 12th century . In 1118 a Udalricus de Stein and in 1444 a Gotsalcus de Stein are mentioned. The local castle was owned by the Leuchtenbergers and has been a fief since the 14th century .

Between the brothers Ulrich II. And Johann I von Leuchtenberg , a division of land took place on January 28, 1366, when Landgrave Ulrich received half of the fortress stone. Albrecht I von Leuchtenberg , the son of Ulrich II., Sold his shares in the Veste on March 30, 1397 to the brothers Jorg ( Georg der Stayner zu dem Stein ) and Peter Steiner . This sale was attested by Hans Ramsberger von Waldmünchen and Heinrich Radersdorfer von Pfreimd . In the years that followed, these two brothers were mentioned several times as witnesses to sales. In a fief book towards the end of the 14th century, Weyglein Stainer is called zum Stayn . In the fief book of 1408 a Peter Steiner is mentioned here and on the Veste Nankau . At the beginning of the 15th century the Steiners came into possession of the Rackenstein fortress , in 1404 Niklas Steiner von Trebsau bought this fortress from the Leuchtenbergers, in 1419 the front seat of Rackenstein also came to Hiltpold Steiner , who was enfeoffed with this fief by Landgrave Leopold. Between 1417 and 1432 a Mathes Steiner appeared on the stone as a sealer, surety and witness. On April 4, 1440, the feudal court in Pfreimd led to an inheritance lawsuit for the Stein Seat. Hilpolt and Heinrich Steiner stood on one side, and Dietrich Lichtenecker and Johann Kremnitzer from and at Steiner Castle on the other . The landgrave decided in favor of the latter. The Steiner did not want to be satisfied with this and accused the landgrave of having prevented the execution of a letter of appeal. The Landgrave did not change his decision. Hans Kremnitzer was the keeper of vineyards in 1458 and keeper of Nabburg from 1461–1464, and during this time he was also the owner of Stein. Presumably after the death of the Kremnitzer in the 90s of the 15th century the Steiner were enfeoffed with stone again. After the death of his brother Hans and his wife Ursula, née Pfreimder, Wilhelm von Stein zum Rackenstein was forced to pledge the Stein seat in order to satisfy the claims from his sister-in-law's marriage money. His son Mathes von Stein finally sold the entire property in 1524.

According to a document dated February 11, 1524, Stein came to Georg von Prandt . Mathes von Stein also had to part with his property in ponds and sell them to Prandt. Since the latter family also owned von Hohentreswitz , they were one of the richest rural residents families in the Nabburg district at that time . After Veit Hans von Prandt died in 1599 without a male heir, the sister of the deceased registered her claims. Although good reasons were put forward for a continuous man and woman knight feud , the property came to Johann Singer von Mosau (brother-in-law of Hans Prandt), who is registered here as the owner from 1621. This also came into the possession of ponds. Due to his death in the same year, the properties came to a community of heirs who - since they were not Catholic - were expelled from the country in 1629. Like Weihern, Stein came to the brink of ruin during the Thirty Years' War .

After the death of Hans Albrecht Singer , who is attested as the sole owner of Stein from 1634, the Wittelsbach duke Albrecht von Bayern-Leuchtenberg donated the estate that had become apert to Christian Gobell von Hofgiebing , rent master in Munich, judge in Haag and Kastner in Mühldorf. After his death († 1657) Stein came to his son-in-law Georg Karl von Schrenk , who gave up his duties on April 6, 1663. Stein remained in this family until 1750. In 1693 Maximilian Christian Freiherr von Schrenk was enfeoffed with stone. He is followed by his widow, Maria Elisabeth Freifrau von Schrenk , née von Ginger. Joseph August von Schrenk followed in 1740 and his widow Maria Francisca around 1748 . She was married to Johann Baptist Freiherrn von Albersdorf for the second time . They exchanged their goods to Nabburg against in the district of Cham lying Good Arnschwang the Alois von Bonaventura Earl of Kreuth . The latter was immitted here on June 14, 1751. However, he separated from this property in 1755 and sold Stein to the chairman of the Jews in Sulzbach , Joseph Ignati Corbinian von Korb , and his wife Maria Catharins Francisca , née von Haan. In 1762 he sold his property to Maria Anna Baroness von Podewils , née von Schönstätt. After her death († 1771), Count Anton von Kreuth and Freiherr von Anethan, as guardians of the heiress Maria Eleonora, regulated the estate and the affairs of the Hofmark .

In 1774 Count Theobald Wenzel von Buttler , meanwhile married to Maria Eleonore von Podewils, received a co-investment on stone, but ceded the Hofmark to Johann Baptist von Duprel at the beginning of the 19th century (1802 or 1805) . His heirs applied for a second class patrimonial court for stone, which was granted to them in 1820. Since the Duprels never hunted the purchase schilling demanded by Buttler, the Hofmark fell back to Cajetan Graf von Buttler after a lawsuit . The rural community of Stein was then formed from Stein and the hamlet of Gnötzendorf. With a government decree of December 22, 1971, the community was dissolved and incorporated into the city of Pfreimd with effect from January 11, 1971.

The castle then came into the hands of the bourgeoisie. The following are named as owners: Andreas Kreuzer (1840), Mathias Kreuzer (1864), Georg Scharf (1874), Michael Scharf (1879), Martin and Katharina Zielbauer (1882), Simon Wiendl (1881), Joseph and Michael Weingarten (1883) , Georg and Therese Troidl (1887), Jakob Troidl (1889), Leonhard Troidl (1910), Bergwerks- und Bauinteressengesellschaft Berlin (1912), Ludwig Magud from Berlin (1914), Martin Werner (1916), Johann Dippel (1932), Georg and Margaretha Demleitner (1955), Herbert and Charlotte Stein (1959).

Aerial view of Stein Castle

Stein Castle then and now

The facility was built on a rock spur above the Pfreimd . There are several buildings within the castle walls, including the former castle; this is a two-storey, plastered gable roof structure , which essentially dates from the 16th century. The courtyard gate and the former gatehouse also belong to this listed complex. Most of the castle was demolished in the 18th century and a new building was built. Today's castle is built on the remains of a medieval keep . Parts of the castle wall made of quarry stone have also been preserved .

literature

• Elisabeth Müller-Luckner: Nabburg . (= Historical Atlas of Bavaria. Part Altbayern Heft 50). Commission for Bavarian State History, Verlag Michael Lassleben, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-7696-9915-7 , pp. 266-275.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hauserbuch von Stein
2. ↑ List of monuments of Pfreimd .

Web links

Commons : Burg Stein an der Pfreimd  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on Stein Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".
• Stein an der Pfreimd Castle on Burgenwelt.de
• House book by Stein