Chameregg castle ruins

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Chameregg
Remains of the keep (Ödenturm)

Remains of the keep (Ödenturm)

Alternative name (s): Ödenturm Owl
Tower
Creation time : 1193 to 1199
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Standing position : Ministeriale, nobility
Construction: Humpback block masonry
Place: Cham -Chameregg
Geographical location 49 ° 12 ′ 37 "  N , 12 ° 42 ′ 20"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 12 ′ 37 "  N , 12 ° 42 ′ 20"  E
Height: 415  m above sea level NN
Chameregg castle ruins (Bavaria)
Chameregg castle ruins

The Chameregg castle ruins are the remains of a medieval hilltop castle in Chameregg, today a district of the Upper Palatinate district town of Cham in Eastern Bavaria . It is the oldest building in the region.

history

The castle in Chameregg is an example of a residential tower that was built in the Romanesque period as part of the outer fortification ring around the castle Cham . It was probably created at the time of the Diepoldingen . In 1352 the Chamerauers were listed as owners of the castle; these remained in the possession of the castle until the 15th century. In the 15th century, the influential Pollinger family was named as lords. In 1488 the Uttingers are registered here in the land table , which can be traced back to Chameregg until 1558. In 1570 the Pelkofers are the lords of the Hofmark , followed in the late 16th century by the waiters and then the Kagerer (the first of this family is mentioned here in 1590). After the death of Endres Kagerer in 1636 he was followed by his brother-in-law Hans Sebastian von Rain . His widow married Johann Heinrich Reithorner in 1670 , who sold the property to the Lords of Schönbrunn in 1675 . In 1683 the Hofmark is sold to Schrenck von Notzing . The Rainer von Rain resided here again in the 18th century . Maria Rain sells Chameregg in 1778 to the St. Jakob and Tiburtius Collegiate Foundation in Straubing . In the 19th century, Chameregg was owned by the Barons von Hallberg .

With further changes of ownership, the structural decline of the facility began. When the castle was destroyed is not known, but a fire disaster has been proven. The timing of the Hussite Wars is pure speculation. The Chameregg castle ruins have been owned by the Bavarian Forest Association since 1900 .

Status

In the years 1965/66 and 1987 to 1989 excavations and security measures were carried out with considerable financial expenditure. The stump of the former keep (Ödenturm) still rises 22 meters. The walls are up to three meters thick. At least four floors are to be identified. Parts of the ring and the moat can still be seen .

Ashlar stones from the castle are said to have been used to build private houses in neighboring Chammünster.

literature

  • Bernhard Ernst: Castle building in the south-eastern Upper Palatinate from the early Middle Ages to the early modern period. Volume 2: Catalog . Publishing house Dr. Faustus, Büchenbach 2003, ISBN 3-933474-20-5 , pp. 53-58.
  • Ursula Pfistermeister: Castles and palaces in the Bavarian Forest . Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1997, ISBN 3-7917-1547-X , p. 27.
  • Ursula Pfistermeister: Castles of the Upper Palatinate . Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1974, ISBN 3-7917-0394-3 , pp. 84-85.

Historical sources

  • R. Hoffmann; G. Hager (ed.): The art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Volume VI: District Office Cham. 1906, pp. 46-87. (Reprint: Oldenbourg-Verlag, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-486-50436-3 )
  • Max Piendl: The Cham district court. (= Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Altbayern booklet 8). Commission for Bavarian History, Verlag Michael Laßleben , Munich 1955, pp. 36–37.

Say

  • Alexander Schöppner: Book of legends of the Bavarian country . 3 volumes. Rieger, Munich 1852.
  • Jos. Deschermeier: Legends from Chamgau. Bayerland , born in 1899.

  • North view of the Ödenturm

  • East view of the Ödenturm

  • Remains of the inner castle

  • Remains of the north wall

Individual evidence

  1. ^ House of Bavarian History: Straubing, Kollegiatstift .

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