Wolfsberg castle ruins (Obertrubach)

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Wolfsberg castle ruins
Wolfsberg castle ruins - view from the southwest

Wolfsberg castle ruins - view from the southwest

Creation time : around 1150
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Restored ruin
Standing position : Noble, later episcopal-Bamberg Ministeriale
Construction: Quarry stone masonry
Place: Obertrubach - Wolfsberg
Geographical location 49 ° 41 ′ 19.8 "  N , 11 ° 18 ′ 41.3"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 41 ′ 19.8 "  N , 11 ° 18 ′ 41.3"  E
Height: 436  m above sea level NN
Wolfsberg castle ruins (Bavaria)
Wolfsberg castle ruins
Coat of arms of the von Wiesenthau family according to Siebmacher's book of arms

The Wolfsberg castle ruin is a former high medieval aristocratic castle high above the Trubach valley above the village of the same name Wolfsberg . The village belongs to the municipality of Obertrubach in the Upper Franconian district of Forchheim in Bavaria .

The upper castle is freely accessible at all times and serves as a lookout point, the lower castle is partly privately owned and is not accessible.

Geographical location

The ruins of the Spornburg are located in the Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park on a mountain spur extending to the east at a height of 436 meters, which is separated from the plateau in the west by a natural saddle. The mountain spur extends from the Trubachtal in the south to a dry valley on the north side of the spur, which flows into the Trubachtal.

The ruins can be reached from the village of Wolfsberg.

In the Trubach valley you can see the Egloffstein Castle, in the opposite direction there is a castle stable in Obertrubach, the Bärnfels castle ruins and the Leienfels ruins . To the south of it lies Hiltpoltstein Castle .

History of the castle

Wolfsberg Castle was probably built around 1150 by the noble free von Wolfsberg. The lords of Wolfsberg are marked "Gozpold de Wolfesperch" since 1169 documented detectable. It can be assumed that they came from the noble family of those von Schönfeld-Gößweinstein.

With the extinction of the Lords of Wolfsberg around 1204, the castle came to the Lords of Stein, Ministeriale of the Bamberg bishops, who had named themselves after the castle since 1244. Around 1333 the castle was bought by the Lords of Egloffstein . There is documentary evidence of a “Siboto von Egloffstein” as the owner of the castle in 1358.

Since 1383 the castle has been mentioned as belonging to the Bamberg bishopric . It is unclear how this came about. The castle became the seat of an episcopal office and was pledged again and again from the 15th to the 17th century.

The castle was destroyed in the South German City War in 1388. It was not rebuilt until 1408 under the bailiff Albrecht von Egloffstein. In the Peasants' War in 1525 the castle was destroyed again and rebuilt from 1547 under Philipp von Egloffstein.

The last lien holder of the castle was Wilhelm von Wiesenthau from 1568 . Under him, the castle was very neglected, so that when it fell back to the bishopric in 1609 it was uninhabited and neglected.

In the Thirty Years' War there was further destruction in 1631 and 1632 by the Swedes, and in 1633 by Tilly riders and Bavarian troops.

In 1803 the castle fell to the Bavarian state, which left it empty. In 1823 it was sold to the stonemason Müller from Brunn for 50 guilders. He gave it to his son-in-law, who demolished the castle and sold it part by part.

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Location of the upper castle between the Trubach valley on the left and a dry valley. (April 2013)

Historical illustrations

  • View of the Wolfsberg castle ruins from the south, around 1809

  • Wolfsberg castle ruins, steel engraving (1858)

literature

Web links

Commons : Burgruine Wolfsberg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files