Reichenstein castle ruins (Upper Palatinate)

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Reichenstein castle ruins
Image Burg Stadlern 2011 03.JPG
Creation time : 12th to 13th centuries
Castle type : Höhenburg, summit location
Conservation status: Ruin, keep stump, small remains of walls
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Stadlern - "Reichenstein"
Geographical location 49 ° 30 '53.5 "  N , 12 ° 37' 15.2"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 30 '53.5 "  N , 12 ° 37' 15.2"  E
Height: 874.2  m above sea level NN
Reichenstein castle ruins (Bavaria)
Reichenstein castle ruins

The Reichenstein castle ruins are located on the Reichenstein in Schönseer Land above the municipality of Stadlern in the Upper Palatinate district of Schwandorf in Bavaria .

Geographical location

The ruin of the Gipfelburg lies on the summit of the Reichenstein, an elevation in the Upper Palatinate Forest near Stadlern . It is 874 meters above sea ​​level .

history

The Upper Palatinate is the region with the most castles in Germany. The castles Frauenstein near Weiding , Flossenbürg , Leuchtenberg , Trausnitz , Tännesberg , Gleiritsch (Castle Plassenberg) , Haus Murach (Obermurach) and Thanstein were in the immediate vicinity of Reichstein . In the Middle Ages trade routes led through the area to the east. From the east, however, there were repeated incursions on the newly populated areas of the Bavarian Northern Gau .

About the origin and the builders of the hilltop castle Reichenstein are unknown. Presumably it originated in the 12th to 13th centuries from an early settlement center. In the 13th century the castle was owned by the Bohemian Lords of Hostau . In 1333 it was bought by the Landgraves of Leuchtenberg . "On May 29, 1350, the Landgraves of Leuchtenberg gave their lordships Pleistein and Reichenstein to King Charles IV as a Bohemian fief". On January 28, 1366, Reichenstein and Schönsee came to Landgrave Johann von Leuchtenberg and on April 23, 1416, Reichenstein and Schönsee were sold to the knight Tobias von Waldau. In 1431 the Husites conquered the Reichenstein. Duke Johann von Neunburg achieved the return of the castle by siege on September 14, 1432. In 1514 Jobst Schlüsselfelder, Hans Reich and Hieronymus Holfelder from Ulrich, Jörgen and Sebastian von Waldau bought Reichenstein Castle and the town of Schönsee for 3900 Rhenish guilders . Since the purchase price had not yet been paid in full, the sellers kept Reichenstein and Schönsee as a deposit. Heinrich von Plauen, Count zum Hartenstein, followed as a further owner. "Shortly afterwards, the Reichenstein-Schönsee estate came into the possession of the knight Thomas Fuchs von Wallburg". Fuchs also owned the dominions of Schneeberg, Tiefenbach, Frauenstein and Winklarn. Reichenstein-Schönsee and Frauenstein-Winklarn stayed together until the 19th century. Administration was carried out from Winklarn Castle, which was newly built in the 16th century.

description

Today the mysterious ruin shows the stump of the round donjon in addition to small remains of the wall .

  • Reichenstein castle ruins

  • Tower of the castle ruins

  • Stadlern (2010)

  • Profiles 1906

literature

  • Emma Mages: Oberviechtach . In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria , part of Old Bavaria . Series I, issue 61. Komm. Für Bayerische Landesgeschichte, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7696-9693-X ( digitized version ).
  • Teresa Guggenmoos: City of Schönsee . Schönsee 1981.
  • Ursula Pfistermeister : Castles of the Upper Palatinate . Friedrich Pustet Verlag, Regensburg 1974, ISBN 3-7917-0394-3 , p. 93.
  • Georg Hager: The art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria, Upper Palatinate and Regensburg, VII District Office Oberviechtach , Munich 1906.

Web links

Commons : Reichenstein Castle Ruins  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Hager, The Art Monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria, Upper Palatinate and Regensburg, VII District Office Oberviechtach, Munich 1906, p. 54
  2. ^ Negotiations of the Historical Association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg, Vol. XXIV, p. 30
  3. ^ Regesta Boica, Vol. XII, p. 224
  4. ↑ Georg Hager, The Art Monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria, Upper Palatinate and Regensburg, VII District Office Oberviechtach, Munich 1906, p. 55
  5. ^ Georg Hager, The Art Monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria, Upper Palatinate and Regensburg, VII District Office Oberviechtach, Munich 1906, p. 56
  6. ^ Bavarian Main State Archives, documents from the Schönsee reign
  7. ↑ Emma Mages: Oberviechtach . In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria , part of Old Bavaria . Series I, issue 61. Komm. Für Bayerische Landesgeschichte, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7696-9693-X , p. 126 ( digitized version ).
  8. ^ Teresa Guggenmoos, City of Schönsee. Schönsee 1981, p. 22