Burgstall Hohenburg (Soyen)

Hohenburg Castle Stables
Copper engraving from Hohenburg am Inn by Michael Wening around 1700.
Alternative name (s):	Hochenburg
Creation time :	first mentioned in 956/57, medieval castle building in the 12th century
Castle type :	Höhenburg, summit location
Conservation status:	Burgstall, small remains of the wall
Standing position :	Count
Place:	Soyen - Hohenburg
Geographical location	48 ° 5 '54 "  N , 12 ° 13' 45.4"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 5 '54 "  N , 12 ° 13' 45.4"  E
Height:	543  m above sea level NHN

The Burgstall Hohenburg , also called Hochenburg , is an abandoned hilltop castle at 543  m above sea level. NHN high summit north of Rieden 80 meters above the Inn near Hohenburg , districts of the municipality of Soyen in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria .

history

The first mention of a castle was in 956/57 as "in loco Hohinpurch".

The medieval castle was built by the Counts of Hohenburg during the 12th century. After the Hohenburgers died out, the castle came to the Counts of Frontenhausen via hereditary path in 1175 . When this count family with the Regensburg bishop Konrad IV von Frontenhausen also died out, the castle passed into the possession of the diocese of Regensburg in 1226 . The castle passed this on to Konrad von Wasserburg as a fief in 1234, and from 1247 the lords of Aschau were the fiefs. The Counts of Fraunberg zu Haag followed as fiefdoms between 1304 and 1566 . In 1566, the Duchy of Bavaria became the owner of the castle, and it was used as a caretaker's office. After that the castle was apparently ruinous, because Philipp Apian wrote in 1568: "Castrum pervetustum et ruinosum in colle ..."

In 1380 the castle chapel , consecrated to St. Nicholas, was rebuilt, and the fortifications of the castle were expanded between the 14th and 15th centuries, so an outer Zwinger was built.

In 1648 the castle was destroyed by Swedish troops during the Thirty Years' War and rebuilt in the following years.

In 1804 the castle was demolished except for a few remains of the wall.

literature

• Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria . 3rd revised and expanded edition. Published by the district of Upper Bavaria, Munich 1995, pp. 193–195.
• Werner Meyer : Castles in Upper Bavaria - A manual . Verlag Weidlich, Würzburg 1986, ISBN 3-8035-1279-4 , p. 227 .

Web links

Commons : Hohenburg am Inn Castle  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on Hohenburg in the private database "Alle Burgen".
• Hohenburg Castle at opencaching.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria , p. 193 f.