Burgstall Altneuhaus

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Burgstall Altneuhaus
Burgstall Altneuhaus - The rock that supported the main castle

Burgstall Altneuhaus - The rock that supported the main castle

Creation time : 13th Century
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall, remains of a moat
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Falkenberg - "Falkenberg Forest"
Geographical location 49 ° 49 '57.1 "  N , 12 ° 11' 38.9"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 49 '57.1 "  N , 12 ° 11' 38.9"  E
Height: 471  m above sea level NN
Burgstall Altneuhaus (Bavaria)
Burgstall Altneuhaus

The Postal Altneuhaus is an Outbound Spur castle on a rocky plateau at 471  m above sea level. NN in the Falkenberg forest above the Waldnaab valley at the market Falkenberg in the Upper Palatinate district of Tirschenreuth in Bavaria .

The castle, with Schwarzenschwall Castle, is a side castle of Falkenberg Castle , was built in the 13th century by the Lords of Falkenberg. In 1274 she came to the Lords of Leuchtenberg by marriage . Twenty years later in 1294 the castle was sold to the Waldsassen monastery . It was abandoned around 1400 and then fell into disrepair.

Remnants of moats from the outer and main castle can still be seen from the former castle complex. Excavation finds are in the local history museum in Neuhaus . The Burgstall is registered as a ground monument D-3-6139-0026 "Medieval Burgstall" Altneuhaus "" by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .

literature

  • Ulrich Kinder: The fortifications in the Tirschenreuth district . From the series: Works on the Archeology of Southern Germany, Volume 28 . Publishing house Dr. Faustus, Büchenbach 2013, ISBN 978-3-933474-82-7 , pp. 113-115.
  • Sixtus Lampl: Monuments in Bavaria, Volume III: Upper Palatinate . Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-486-52394-5 .
  • Armin Stroh : The prehistoric and early historical monuments of the Upper Palatinate . (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 3). Verlag Michael Laßleben , Kallmünz 1975, ISBN 3-7847-5030-3 , p. 295.
  • Rudolf Langhammer : Waldsassen - monastery and town . Waldsassen 1936, p. 191 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Location of the Burgstall in the Bavaria Atlas
  2. List of monuments for Falkenberg (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 131 kB)