Wallbach Castle

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Wallbach Castle
Burgwallbach

Burgwallbach

Alternative name (s): Burgwallbach Castle
Creation time : First mentioned in 1335
Castle type : Niederungsburg, location
Conservation status: Wall and vault remains
Place: Schönau an der Brend - Burgwallbach
Geographical location 50 ° 21 '24.8 "  N , 10 ° 6' 25.7"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '24.8 "  N , 10 ° 6' 25.7"  E
Height: 336  m above sea level NN
Wallbach Castle (Bavaria)
Wallbach Castle

The Wallbach Castle , also called Burgwallbach Castle , is the remainder of a moated castle in the Burgwallbach district of the municipality of Schönau an der Brend in the Lower Franconian district of Rhön-Grabfeld in Bavaria .

history

In 1335 a "Wallpach Castle" is mentioned for the first time. At the beginning of the 14th century, the knights , the brothers Heinrich and Margold Marschalk, were the first known owners of Burg and Gut Wallpach. They come from the family of the Marschalk von Ostheim . Their liege lords are the Counts of Henneberg , who in turn are subject to the Prince-Bishops of Würzburg . Prince-Bishop Albrecht II of Hohenlohe (1345–1371) besieged the castle in 1357 and destroyed it because the Marschalks gave his enemies shelter. In the same year he signed a security contract with the Marschalks, enfeoffed them again with the castle and allowed them to be rebuilt.

The Marschalks von Wallpach took part in the crusades in 1489 and then settled in Tyrol . In that year Bernhard, Marschalk von Wallpach, sells the castle and all associated property to his brother-in-law, Baron Anton von Bibra , for 1172 guilders . 1490 gives Emperor Friedrich III. to Wilhelm von Bibra and his brother Anton Blutbann , neck court , stick and gallows in Ober- and Niederwallbach. At that time Wilhelm was ambassador to the Pope in Rome . In 1498 Innocent VIII gave him a letter of indulgence for the newly built church. Pope Alexander VI renews this indulgence letter and sends relics of the holy martyrs Eugenius , Felix and Urban I. for the church of Niederwallbach.

With all other goods belonging to Hans von Bibra, the castle and the Niederwallbach district (on the S-bend) with the church were destroyed in the Peasants' War in 1525.

After the death of Heinrich von Bibra in 1602, the prince-bishop Julius asked for the fief to be returned because the line of the barons of Bibra zu Irmelshausen with inheritance rights is Protestant. Bernhard von Bibra is therefore leading a lengthy process against the diocese of Würzburg . In 1681 the verdict was finally given. In a comparison, Burgwallbach is left to the prince-bishops. As compensation, the Bibras get the Brennhausen estate in Grabfeld .

In 1790 the castle was finally destroyed, released for demolition and used as a quarry . From the former castle, around which there was a small lake (field name: Alter See ), only the remains of the walls and vaults remain.

literature

  • Walter Schilling: The castles, palaces and mansions of Lower Franconia . Echter Verlag, Würzburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-429-03516-7 , p. 409.

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