Hofberg castle ruins

Hofberg castle ruins
	Outer wall ring with remains of the tower
Alternative name (s):	Hofburg, Hofberg Palace, Obermässing castle ruins
Creation time :	around 1200 to 1250
Castle type :	Höhenburg, hillside location
Conservation status:	Round tower, enclosing walls
Standing position :	Nobles, clericals
Construction:	Humpback cuboid
Place:	Greding - Obermässing
Geographical location	49 ° 7 ′ 0.1 ″ N , 11 ° 18 ′ 6 ″ E Coordinates: 49 ° 7 ′ 0.1 ″ N , 11 ° 18 ′ 6 ″ E
Height:	500 m above sea level NN

The castle ruins Hofberg , also called Hofburg, Schloss Hofberg, Burgruine Obermässing , are the ruins of a hillside castle at 500 m above sea level. NN of "Hofbergs" on the hillside above Schwarzachtal in the district Obermässing the city Greding in Central Franconia district of Roth in Bavaria .

history

The castle was built at the beginning of the 13th century by the Lords of Mässingen, Ministeriale of the Counts of Hirschberg , first mentioned in 1068 and first mentioned in 1281. The castle was the administrative seat and served to protect the trade route that passed through the Schwarzachtal.

Berthold von Mässingen, who remained childless, bequeathed the castle and the village of Obermässing to the Teutonic Order in 1285 , who set up a commandery belonging to the Ballei Franken here. In 1465 Prince-Bishop Wilhelm von Reichenau acquired the castle for the Eichstätt Monastery, set up his summer residence here, a maintenance office in Obermässing and in 1490 had the fortifications of the castle reinforced with a new curtain wall and 5 corner towers.

During the German Peasants' War in 1525 the “Mässinger Haufe” took the castle and plundered it without destroying it. In 1670 the castle was converted into a residential palace by Prince-Bishop Marquard and after the secularization of 1803 the castle came into private ownership, was partially demolished and used as a quarry. Even today, several buildings of the castle complex are still inhabited, and several residential houses and agricultural buildings were also built in the complex. Around 2000, renovation work began by the Association for Culture and Home Care Greding e. V.

Building history and facility

The castle complex had an outer bailey with farm buildings and a gate tower dating back to the 15th century . The main castle with large Palas of humpback ashlar masonry , a chapel (St. George's Chapel) and probably a dungeon was due to steep slopes, moat , internal kennel , curtain wall , gatehouse and drawbridge protected. The circular wall was reinforced in 1490 and equipped with five round, half-open corner towers, which were provided with loopholes for hook rifles .
The late medieval second wall ring with the corner towers is still well preserved. The remains of the high medieval hall and the gate tower from the 15th century are now heavily overgrown.

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