Burgstall Sachsenkam

Burgstall Sachsenkam
Creation time :	first mention of the local nobility at the beginning of the 11th century
Castle type :	Niederungsburg
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Standing position :	Nobility, counts
Place:	Sachsenkam
Geographical location	47 ° 48 '14.8 "  N , 11 ° 38' 21.5"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 48 '14.8 "  N , 11 ° 38' 21.5"  E
Height:	715  m above sea level NN

The Burgstall Sachsenkam is a lost moated castle on the Egelsee west of the municipality of Sachsenkam in the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district in Bavaria .

history

Sachsenkam Castle was probably built during the 11th century by the Lords of Sachsenkam on a little hill, or artificially piled up moth . During the first half of this century an "Adalpero de Sachsinheim" was mentioned for the first time . The hill of the castle was surrounded by a moat , which was connected to the Egelsee, which is now largely swampy, and which was filled with water. The castle was probably built partly from wood, which Michael Wening writes that the castle was "built from wood " . However, this may only refer to the upper floors of the castle. He also wrote that it was "burned down in enemy times," by which he probably meant the destruction in the Thirty Years' War .

The Sachsenheimers sat in the castle until the 15th century, and around 1490 it passed to the lords of Winzer. They were followed by the Lords of Pienzenau in 1561 , the Barons of Guidoboni in 1589 and, from 1627, the Counts of Preysing .

During the Thirty Years' War the castle was burned down by the Swedes and never rebuilt. During the 19th century, the castle site was overbuilt by agricultural properties, the name of the house "near the castle digger" still reminds of its former existence and the still existing castle well .

legend

The legend reports: In ancient times, evil gentlemen ruled the castle in Sachsenkam. The legend goes on to say that the three young women from the count's family were said to have had a castle, a temple and houses there in the heathen times, which they bequeathed to the villagers after their death. It was a real rabble, and in general the people there lived very viciously. That is why the entire place in the Kirchsee has sunk. Sometimes, it is said, someone in the lake has already seen the ruins of the wall and the top of the “church tower”. Regarding Tölz and Sachsenkam there is also the legend that Tölz Castle was connected to that of Sachsenkam by an underground passage .

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. 362–363.

Web links

• Entry on Wasserburg Sachsenkam in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source up to this point: Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of Castles Upper Bavaria , p. 362 f.
2. ^ History. In: sachsenkam.de. Retrieved January 22, 2020 .