Burgstall Hornstein (Egling)

Hornstein Castle Stable
	Former Maierhof, two-story hipped roof building, end of the 18th century on the site of a medieval castle stable
Alternative name (s):	Hornstein Castle
Creation time :	Mentioned in 1285
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Castle stable, remains of walls and moats, cistern
Place:	Egling - chert
Geographical location	47 ° 57 '16 " N , 11 ° 28' 40.5" E Coordinates: 47 ° 57 '16 " N , 11 ° 28' 40.5" E

The Postal Hornstein is an Outbound hilltop castle and later Castle Hornstein on the extreme north end of a terrain spur of the Isartal -Hochufers instead of the Chapel of St. George in Hornstein , in the municipality of Egling in the district of Bad Tolz-Wolfratshausen in Bavaria .

The castle was first mentioned in 1285. From 1460 to 1510 the Torers of Eurasburg are named as owners. In the period from 1524 to 1578 the castle was demolished and a castle built, which from 1637 to 1803 was owned by the Schäftlarn monastery . In 1810 the castle with the castle chapel mentioned in 1325 was demolished and in 1868 the chapel of St. George was built.

description

The castle possessed at the top of the eastern Isar terrace overlooking a square 70 by 100 meters large core material ( core castle ) with section digging for bailey with the castle chapel .

The facility was protected by short, very steep slopes to the west, east and north and to the south to the hinterland by a deep moat with a rampart.

Wall and moat remains and a cistern are still preserved from the former castle complex . The Burgstall is partly built over with a Meierhof .

literature

Werner Meyer : Castles in Upper Bavaria - A manual . Verlag Weidlich, Würzburg 1986, ISBN 3-8035-1279-4 , p. 44-45 .

Web links

Commons : Hornstein 38 (Egling) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry on Hornstein Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".