Neujochenstein castle ruins

Neujochenstein castle ruins
	Rest of the keep from the south (May 2014)
Creation time :	before 1299
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Bergfriedrest
Standing position :	Noble
Place:	Untergriesbach- Riedl
Geographical location	48 ° 31 '11 " N , 13 ° 43' 47" E Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '11 " N , 13 ° 43' 47" E
Height:	583 m above sea level NN

The Neujochenstein castle ruins are the ruins of a hilltop castle on an elevation above the Danube near the Jochenstein at 583 m above sea level. NN . It is located on the outskirts of Riedl, a village in the municipality of Untergriesbach in the Lower Bavarian district of Passau .

history

Neujochenstein Castle was probably founded due to lack of space on Altjochenstein Castle, which is only a few hundred meters away, and was first mentioned in a document in 1299, when its owner Eberwein von Jochenstein granted Bishop Wernhard von Passau ( Hochstift Passau ) extensive access rights. The castle was sold in 1310 and caretakers occupied it until the 16th century . After that, the castle quickly fell into disrepair.

From 2006 to 2007, the Untergriesbach community carried out renovation work on the remains of the castle. The Burgplatz is now a ground monument and the castle remains an architectural monument .

A 22-meter-high prominent corner of the keep , large remains of the moat system and some building hollows have been preserved from the castle complex.

literature

Günther T. Werner: Castles, palaces and ruins in the Bavarian Forest . Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1979, ISBN 3-7917-0603-9 , p. 60.

Web links

Commons : Burg Neujochenstein - Collection of images