Heinrichsbürg castle ruins

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Heinrichsbürg castle ruins
Burgstall Heinrichsbürg - View of the castle hill from the north

Burgstall Heinrichsbürg - View of the castle hill from the north

Alternative name (s): Heinzburg, Hainsburg, Heinsberg
Creation time : 1100 to 1200
Castle type : Höhenburg, summit location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate - Pölling
Geographical location 49 ° 18 '23.2 "  N , 11 ° 25' 20.5"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 18 '23.2 "  N , 11 ° 25' 20.5"  E
Height: 549.5  m above sea level NN

The castle ruin Heinrichsbürg , also known as Heinzburg, Hainsburg, Heinsberg , is an abandoned summit castle on the 549 meter high Schlossberg, a foothill of the Dillberg , near the Pölling district of the city of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz in the district of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz in Bavaria .

history

The castle was built in the 12th century and came under the house contract of Pavia to the Palatinate in 1329 . From 1345 to 1366 Albrecht IV was. Thann with the castle invested , in 1366 she bought Henry VI. von Wildenstein , who resold them on May 13, 1369 for 1200 pounds of Heller to Heinrich IV. von Stein auf Hiltpoltstein . After the von Stein extinction, Count Palatine Ruprecht enfeoffed the knight Heinrich Strupperger von Berg near Neumarkt with the castle before 1402 . In the 15th century, Count Palatine Johann expanded it into a hunting lodge . In 1504 the castle was destroyed in the Landshut War of Succession .

From the former castle on a seven meter high, steep truncated cone, remains of a formerly impressive round wall and ditch system are still preserved.

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Panorama of the castle hill and the ring wall surrounding it from the north

The site is freely accessible all year round. There are four marked hiking trails in the immediate vicinity. It can be reached on foot in half an hour from the Pölling stop.

  • Last remains of the castle wall visible above ground

  • Surface of the castle hill; the hollow in the picture is probably the rest of a building

  • View of the western moat area with the outer wall. In the foreground, presumably the former entrance to the castle complex

  • The Schlossberg from the southwest

literature

  • Herbert Rädle: Castles and fortress stables in the Neumarkt district . Published by the district of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Neumarkt o. J., ISBN 3-920142-14-4 , pp. 44–45.
  • Armin Stroh : The prehistoric and early historical monuments of the Upper Palatinate . (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 3). Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1975, ISBN 3-7847-5030-3 , p. 178.
  • Ursula Pfistermeister : Castles of the Upper Palatinate . Friedrich Pustet Verlag, Regensburg 1974, ISBN 3-7917-0394-3 , p. 89.

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