Thannstein Castle
Thannstein Castle | ||
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Thanstein castle ruins (2013) |
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Alternative name (s): | Thanstein, Tannstein | |
Creation time : | Early 14th century | |
Castle type : | Höhenburg, summit location | |
Conservation status: | ruin | |
Standing position : | Ministerialenburg | |
Place: | Thanstein | |
Geographical location | 49 ° 22 ′ 55 " N , 12 ° 28 ′ 20" E | |
Height: | 565 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Thanstein , even Thanstein or Tannstein called, is the ruins of a hilltop castle on 565 m above sea level. NN in the Upper Palatinate Forest on the outskirts above the church of the community of Thanstein in the Schwandorf district in Bavaria .
history
The Thanstein family was first mentioned in a document in 1218 with an Uto von Tannstein , but their ancestral seat at that time, Altenthanstein Castle , was about 2000 meters west on the so-called Old Thanstein above Dautersdorf , it is only preserved today as a castle stable . The "new" castle in Thanstein was built in the early 14th century by the ministerial family and then served as their ancestral castle.
In 1353 the castle passed to a branch of the Zenger family and later passed to the lords of Ebleben through the marriage of Margarete Zenger to the knight Georg von Ebleben .
In 1811 the entire castle burned down except for the keep , which was restored in 1887 and is the landmark of the town today. The round keep and some of the partially built-over wall remains of the former castle complex have been preserved.
literature
- Günter Moser, Bernhard Setzwein, Mathias Conrad: Upper Palatinate Castles - A journey to the witnesses of the past . Buch and Kustverlg Oberpfalz, Amberg 2004, ISBN 3-935719-25-6 , pp. 48-49.