Trostberg Castle

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Trostberg Castle
Engraving of the town and castle by Michael Wening

Engraving of the town and castle by Michael Wening

Alternative name (s): Trostburg, Trozzeburg, Nursing Castle
Creation time : Early 13th century
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Ruin, round tower, chapel, remains of walls
Standing position : Count
Place: Trostberg
Geographical location 48 ° 1 '43.5 "  N , 12 ° 33' 9.6"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 1 '43.5 "  N , 12 ° 33' 9.6"  E
Height: 520  m above sea level NHN
Trostberg Castle (Bavaria)
Trostberg Castle

The castle Trostberg , even Trostburg , Trozzeburg , nurses castle called that is ruin a Spur castle on the left bank of the Alz on a 520  m above sea level. NHN high mountain promontory (Schlossberg 2) in Trostberg in the Traunstein district in Bavaria .

history

The "Trozzeberch" castle was built at the beginning of the 13th century by the Counts of Ortenburg-Kraiburg , who were the governors of the Baumburg monastery . In 1233 and 1301 the castle was officially named as the Wittelsbach caretaker's seat until 1803. In the period from 1230 to 1240, the town of Trostberg was founded under the protection of the castle.

After the Bavarian-Austrian border was moved further east, the castle lost its military importance after 1442 and was occupied by imperial troops in 1504 in the course of the Landshut War of Succession . In 1803 the castle was auctioned after the nursing court was repealed . In 1810 the northeast part of the castle was demolished and new buildings were built at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. The remaining buildings were renovated in 1976.

From the former castle with its main castle in the northeastern spur are still the round fortified tower of the bailey with the kennel area lying baroque chapel "St. Michael ”from 1624 with Gothic components and their entrance (archway) in a defensive wall as well as another defensive wall, which probably reached the place earlier. The low residential buildings connected by a circular wall were demolished after 1810.

literature

  • Gotthard Kießling: The castles and palaces in the Traunstein district . In: Wartburg Society for Research into Castles and Palaces e. V. (Ed.): Castles in the Alps . From the series: Research on castles and palaces, Volume 14. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86568-760-9 , p. 78.
  • Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria . 3rd revised and expanded edition. Published by the district of Upper Bavaria, Munich 1995, pp. 445–448.
  • Werner Meyer : Castles in Upper Bavaria - A manual . Verlag Weidlich, Würzburg 1986, ISBN 3-8035-1279-4 , p. 258 .
  • Josef Rosenegger, Lore Sommerauer: Dilapidated castles between Inn and Salzach . Pannonia Verlag, Freilassing 1973, ISBN 3-7897-0028-2 , pp. 20-21.
  • Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum (Ed.): Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments, Volume 18: Miesbach, Tegernsee, Bad Tölz, Wolfratshausen, Bad Aibling . 2nd Edition. Verlag Philipp von Zabern , Mainz 1971, pp. 137-139.

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