Dießenstein castle ruins

Dießenstein castle ruins
Dießenstein Castle on an engraving by Michael Wening from 1723
Alternative name (s):	Diessenstein, Diezzenstayn
Creation time :	1347
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	ruin
Place:	Saldenburg -Dießenstein
Geographical location	48 ° 46 '10.2 "  N , 13 ° 24' 10.6"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 46 '10.2 "  N , 13 ° 24' 10.6"  E
Height:	445  m above sea level NN

The Dießenstein ruin is the ruin of a medieval spur castle at 445  m above sea level. NN and later nursing court in the Duchy of Bavaria directly on the Ilz in the Bavarian Forest. It is located in today's municipality of Saldenburg , in the Freyung-Grafenau district .

history

The castle ruins on a watercolor sketch by Max Joseph Wagenbauer , around 1805

The name of the castle complex is derived from the Middle High German word dießen , which means to rustle, so the name means: "roaring, rushing stone". Dießenstein is derived from the rushing river Ilz, as the castle is located directly above the river's largest rapids.

Dießenstein Castle was probably founded in the 12th century by the nobles von Hals . This assumption is reasonable, since a castle stable at Dießenstein was mentioned before it was rebuilt.

In 1347 Schweiker I. Tuschl was commissioned to build the Dießenstein fortress. The place of construction was extremely important in terms of trade and transport policy, as the two Ilz crossings at Dießensteinmühle and Furth-Rettenbach were located under the fortress, both of which were part of an important trade route between the Bavarian duchy and the Hochstift Passau .

Schweiker II built the castle complex on Bavarian land together with four other Tuschl family members in 1347 . However, this was either a reconstruction or a new building elsewhere.

However, the Tuschl family found it difficult to take care of the festivals, which resulted in high debts. In 1378 the festival was sold to the Frauenbergers . These in turn sold Dießenstein shortly afterwards to the Bavarian dukes, who installed Pfleger in the castle and set up the Diezzenstayn court . The fortress remained in the hands of the Bavarian dukes for almost 400 years, but lost in importance and defensiveness.

In 1742 Dießen stone was a result of the Austrian Succession War 1740-1748 by Pandur Colonel Baron Franz von der Trenck and his men besieged for several days. Dießenstein was defended by Baron von Schrenck . On July 18, 1742, the fortress was finally captured. During a patrol, von der Trenck accidentally set hidden powder kegs, which resulted in the death of several people in the explosion. Franz von der Trenck only barely survived. Out of anger, he then let the castle complex completely razed.

Subsequently, parts of the castle chapel, the high altar, which is consecrated to St. Achatius, as well as a carved figure of Brigida von Kildare , were brought to the parish church of Preying for temporary storage . These can still be found in the church today.

In the period that followed, the festival fell into disrepair. On December 12, 1799, the nursing grounds were auctioned off, with the 125 3/8 days yielding 9,643 guilders and 15 kreuzers. This involved the transformation of the nursing court into a regional court. In September 1803, the district courts of Dießenstein and Bärnstein were merged to form the newly created district court of Schönberg . Dießenstein lost its legal status as its own rule in 1849 with the abolition of patrimonial jurisdiction .

In 1963, with funds from the administrative district of Lower Bavaria , the district of Grafenau and the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, parts of the remaining free-standing building walls were renovated. In 1981 further maintenance and renovation work followed. Today the castle is privately owned, but still freely accessible to visitors. Via the hiking trails Ilztalrunde no. 83 and Ritter Tuschl on his heels (from Saldenburg to Dießenstein) the ruins are easy to reach.

Caretaker on Dießenstein

• Wernhard Dietreichinger (1381, 1384, 1385)
• Otto Asenheimer (1385)
• Heinrich the Puchberger (June 15, 1413)
• Warheimer (St. Vitus Day 1449)
• Wilhelm I of Nussberg (1452)
• Wilzolt Warheimer (October 23, 1458)
• Leopold Mangkofer (Saturday before Niklastag 1472)
• Hanns Pretzner zu Exing (September 1479)
• Erasmus Schilt zu Eberhardsreut (1506)
• Christoph Tumbperger on the Klebstein (1513, 1515)
• Hanns von Nußdorf (1518, November 23, 1523, May 21, 1524)
• Hans Harschl (August 1543 to 1549)
• Dr. Wolf Harschl (1549 to 1562)
• Sigmund Tumbperger on the Klebstein (1563 to 1580)
• Thekla Tumbperger zum Klebstein with her caretaker Sigmund Garttner von Bärnstein (May 1580 to December 31, 1580)
• Dr. jur. Sebastian Hellperger (January 1, 1581 to March 1590)
• Wolf Christoph Pfeill (March 1590 to December 31, 1595)
• Hans Jakob Ungelter (January 1, 1596 to 1608)
• Wolf Christoph Pfeill (1609 to February 3, 1613)
• Hans Adam Reisacher (February 3, 1613 to April 21, 1617)
• Georg Egid from and to Sickhenhausen (1617)
• Johann Hilprant Tengler (April 24, 1617 to August 26, 1636)
• Administration by the care administrator von Bärnstein (August 29, 1636 to September 12, 1636)
• Alexander Schrenk (September 12, 1636 to July 9, 1674)
• Alexander Ignaz Freiherr von Schrenk (July 9, 1674 to November 27, 1716)
• Franz Adam Ignaz Freiherr von Schrenk (November 28, 1716 to July 1724)
• Johann Anton Joseph Franz Freiherr von Armansperg (July 5, 1724 to May 13, 1735)
• Administration by Joseph Passauer, Bärnstein clerk (May 1735)
• Adam Gottlieb Anton Freiherr von Schrenk (May 24, 1735 to May 23, 1776)
• Johann Adam Löschmann (Nursing Administrator from June 18, 1776 to March 14, 1797)
• Adam Kaspar Burghard von Haasy (care administrator from March 14, 1797 to 1799, district judge from 1799 to September 1803)

description

Today's Dießenstein ruin was at the time of its construction on the border between the Passau monastery and the Duchy of Bavaria . The castle complex is located on a high rock, the Dießenstein, on the Ilz. The castle hill was enlarged by creating an artificial ditch below the mountain.

The plateau on the cone tip of the Dießenstein was only of modest extent, so that the expansion of the castle complex was extremely limited.

In the center of the plateau are the remains of the keep . This was an octagonal tower of only moderate height. However, this allegedly had two basement floors. Only small remains of the wall remain from the keep.

The administrative and residential building of the castle, the so-called Palas , stood on the Ilz side . According to tradition, this was a multi-storey building with vaulted cellars. The hall had three entrances on the ground floor facing the courtyard. The eastern one was equipped with round arches. Two of the three arch segments were uncovered during excavations. The remnants of the wall that still exist today convey the scope of the palace building. The outside of the hall was part of the walls surrounding the fortress. Parts of it are still eight meters high, but the facade of the wall section has already fallen into disrepair. The ground floor was divided into three sections by two transverse intermediate walls.

The palace and gate building were connected to each other by the boundary wall, which resulted in the triangular floor plan of the castle complex.

In the courtyard there was partly the bare rock, but also partly coarse and different paving.

The castle complex was accessible through a bridge, which rested on three pillars and two abutments.

Architectural finds suggest that extensive renovations took place on Dießenstein during the Renaissance.

particularities

Dießenstein castle ruins are also known in Lower Bavaria because of the associated legend of the dead virgin and her treasure at the castle.

The importance of the rule and castle Dießenstein for the Bavarian state at that time can be seen in the fact that the former district of Vilshofen was originally supposed to be named Dießenstein .

literature

• Erich Donaubauer: Dießenstein Castle . Passau 1980.
• Günther T. Werner: Castles, palaces and ruins in the Bavarian Forest . Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1979, ISBN 3-7917-0603-9 , pp. 109-111.

Web links

• Dießenstein castle ruins on Burgseite.de
• Dießenstein on Burgenwelt.de
• Information about Dießenstein (PDF file; 186 kB)
• Tell the virgin at Dießenstein

Remarks

1. ↑ Derivation of the word dießen  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Year of construction of the festival
3. ↑ Source for the designation of the Vilshofen district ( memento of the original from October 31, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 9 kB)