Wildenau Castle (Plößberg)

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Wildenau Castle
Wildenau Castle taken from the north

Wildenau Castle taken from the north

Creation time : around 1100
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Received or received substantial parts
Standing position : duke
Construction: Humpback cuboid
Place: Plößberg -Wildenau
Geographical location 49 ° 46 '33.7 "  N , 12 ° 15' 27.9"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 46 '33.7 "  N , 12 ° 15' 27.9"  E
Height: 515  m above sea level NN
Wildenau Castle (Bavaria)
Wildenau Castle

The castle Wildenau is a medieval hilltop castle on a hill in the district Wildenau the market Plößberg in Upper Palatinate district of Tirschenreuth in Bavaria .

history

The castle was built by the Counts of Sulzbach around 1100 and first mentioned in 1125. In the 12th century the castle came into the possession of the Hohenstaufen family . During the Hussite Wars , the castle was destroyed around 1430 and then rebuilt. 1432 Konrad Ermesreuther was enfeoffed with Wildenau; According to a gold bull dated September 8, 1443, Wildenau was then part of the Beidl judicial office. In 1503 Sigmund and Veit von Reitzenstein bought the Wildenau estate from Reinhard Ermesreuther . In 1513 Veith von Reitzensteine ​​was named as Landsasse von Wildenau, who at that time acquired the Ilsenbach estate from Sigmund Mayenthaler's widow Margareta, née von Königsfeld. In 1515 Sigmund von Reitzenstein was mentioned there, who acquired various goods from Ilsenbach from the city of Weiden. After the death of Sigmund von Reitzenstein († 1530) Heinrich Christoph von Reitzenstein took over the Wildenau and Isenbach estates. During this time, Duke Ottheinrich assigned these properties to the Floß office in the newly created principality of Pfalz-Neuburg . After the death of Sigmund von Reitzenstein, Wildenau was initially regarded as a secret and therefore fallen back fief . It was not until April 18, 1537 that Emperor Ferdinand Wildenau lent and other goods to Christof von Reitzenstein. After his death († May 3, 1563) Veit Sigmund von Reitzenstein was enfeoffed by Emperor Maximilian II with Wildenau and again on October 6, 1557 by Emperor Rudolf II in his capacity as Bohemian King with Wildenau. After the father's death († May 6, 1584), his successor was the second-born son Veit Sigmund von Reitzenstein, as his older brother Heinrich had transferred his share to him. After various confusions, the property came to Christof von Reitzenstein in 1615 and from him to his sister Rosina Barbara in 1619. On January 22nd, 1630, her husband Christof Karl von Reitzenstein was assigned to the Wildenau estate. After his death in 1640 Wildenau had to be sold because of high debts to Anton von Burry, who in turn sold Wildenau, which had become a Bohemian crown fief, on October 1, 1653 to Christof Albrecht von Sazenhofen ; after his death († 1663), the widow Maria Katharina von Sazenhofen obtained that the goods were transferred to the Rothenstadt estate . Wildenau remained in this family until this branch of the family died out in 1782. The last was Wolf Anton von Sazenhofen, who died on July 13, 1782. After his death, the former man fief, which was in a feudal relationship with the crown of Bohemia, fell to the Kingdom of Bavaria.

In the Salbuch des Fiefdoms of 1783 it says: “The old castle building on a rock, most of which has collapsed, half covered with bricks and half with shingles; lower floor stables and vaults ... an old tower, in which a prison and some vaults, on the tower a few bells. Castle Chapel St. Erhardi is in the 2nd street of the castle, very old and close to collapse, during which the parish church service is held five times a year by both religions ”.

In 1992 the couple Konrad and Ricarda Ackermann bought the largely destroyed building. In the same year, the restoration of the castle complex began, which stretched over ten years.

Todays use

Wildenau Castle is privately owned by the Ackermanns, but is used for the Wildenau Castle Festival . The actual castle festival is enriched by a historical medieval market.

Building description

The fortified castle has a originating from the Staufer period dungeon whose walls in humpback square design was built. The castle chapel was used as a simultaneum by the two Christian churches from 1650 to 1908 .

literature

  • Ulrich Kinder: The fortifications in the Tirschenreuth district . From the series: Works on the Archeology of Southern Germany, Volume 28 . Publishing house Dr. Faustus, Büchenbach 2013, ISBN 978-3-933474-82-7 , pp. 253-256.
  • Günter Moser, Bernhard Setzwein, Mathias Conrad: Upper Palatinate Castles - A journey to the witnesses of the past . Book and Kustverlg Oberpfalz, Amberg 2004, ISBN 3-935719-25-6 , pp. 18-19.
  • Wolfgang Benkhardt: Out and about in the Northern Upper Palatinate Forest . Druckhaus Oberpfalz, Erbendorf 1997, ISBN 3-00-001497-7 .
  • Ursula Pfistermeister : Castles and palaces in the Upper Palatinate . Verlag, Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1988, ISBN 3-7917-0876-7 , p. 164.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Historical Atlas of Bavaria, Munich 1978, p. 174.
  2. ↑ Historical Atlas of Bavaria, Munich 1978, p. 174.
  3. ↑ Historical Atlas of Bavaria, Munich 1978, p. 253.