Pitzen castle ruins

Pitzen castle ruins
Alternative name (s):	Pitzenburg, Pützenfels
Creation time :	12th Century
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Wall remains
Standing position :	Ministeriale
Place:	Bernried peaks
Geographical location	48 ° 55 '12 "  N , 12 ° 52' 34.3"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 55 '12 "  N , 12 ° 52' 34.3"  E
Height:	420  m above sea level NHN

The castle ruin Pitzen , also called Pitzenburg and later Pützenfels or Pitzenfels , is the ruin of a high medieval hill castle at 420  m above sea level. NHN northwest of the hamlet of Pitzen in the municipality of Bernried in the Deggendorf district in Bavaria .

history

The small Pitzen Castle, located on a rock cone, was built during the 12th century as the ministerial seat of the Counts of Bogen . Around the year 1360, the Pitzen rulership was owned by Eberhard and his wife Osanna Pützner, but probably at that time the Vorster von Wildenforst family also held shares in Pitzen Castle. In the period that followed, the castle was then completely transferred to the Vorster von Wildenforst. With the death of Knight Erhart Vorster in 1464, the male line died out, his daughter Veronika had previously married Friedrich Pertolzhofer, he was already sealed on July 1, 1459 as Friedrich Pertolzhofer zu Pützen. After Friedrich's death, the widow Veronika sold Schloss Pützen, including Hofmark Bernried and other goods, to Erasmus Michelspeck, her brother-in-law. Sebastian Nußdorfer then appears as the new owner of Pützenfels Castle in the Straubing country table, which was used around 1490 . He was followed by Joachim Nussdorfer and Georg von Nussdorf. Then it was owned by the heirs of Anna von Stauf, a native of Nussdorf. Another owner of the castle was Hanns Siegmund von Degenberg until his death in 1602. His heirs sold, among other things, Pützenfels Castle for 82,000 guilders to Duke and Elector Maximilian I of Bavaria , who had the castle administered by Christoph Hörl. The last mention of Pitzenfels Castle dates from 1628, after which it is no longer mentioned, possibly it was a victim of the Thirty Years' War that raged from 1618 to 1648 . An earlier destruction during the Böckler War in 1468/69 is possible, the name Pitzenfels, which appears later, could indicate a restoration of the castle.

Today only remains of the castle wall are preserved, the place is as a monument D-2-71-116-22 "Castle ruins, natural stone wall remains , 12th century", and as a ground monument D-2-7043-0001 "Castle Stables of the Middle Ages" from Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation recorded.

literature

• Michael Weithmann: Castles and palaces in Lower Bavaria - guide to castles and palaces in the Bavarian Forest, between the Danube, Isar and the lower Inn Valley . Verlag Attenkofer, Straubing 2013, ISBN 978-3-936511-77-2 , pp. 181-182.
• Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages - floor plan lexicon . Special edition. Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg 2000, ISBN 3-88189-360-1 , pp. 468-469.
• Johannes Pätzold: The prehistoric and early historical area monuments of Lower Bavaria . (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 2). Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1983, ISBN 3-7847-5090-7 , p. 62.
• Siegmund Michael Westerholz: And break their strong walls. Castles and palaces in the Deggendorf district . Neue Presse Verlag, Deggendorf 1978, pp. 83-85.

Web links

• Entry on Pitzen Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Location of the castle ruins in the Bavarian Monument Atlas
2. ↑ Source history: Siegmund Michael Westerholz: And break their strong walls. Castles and palaces in the Deggendorf district , p. 83 ff.
3. ↑ List of monuments for Bernried (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 128 kB)