Burgstall Steppach

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Burgstall Steppach
Alternative name (s): Parn, Thurm Castle, Steppach Tower, Weber am Turm
Creation time : Medieval
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Castle stable, tower hill and arched moat have been preserved
Standing position : Landlords
Place: Landshut -Sallmannsberg
Geographical location 48 ° 31 '43.3 "  N , 12 ° 9' 58.7"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '43.3 "  N , 12 ° 9' 58.7"  E
Burgstall Steppach (Bavaria)
Burgstall Steppach

The Burgstall Steppach (also Parn , Weber am Turm , Turm Steppach or Burg Thurm ) is a defunct tower castle in Sallmannsberg, a part of the Landshut district of Berg in Lower Bavaria .

location

The castle stables of the Spornburg are located east of the Heilig Blut parish church on a ledge on a row of hills above the Josaphat valley. A plateau above provides a view of the Isar valley .

history

Steppach was a noble seat and a small Hofmark . The owners were Ott and his son Seifried, who called themselves Steppecker or Steppacher . The name comes from the Steppach, a stream or small river that has now dried up. Both were citizens of Landshut as landlords. Of them is narrated that Ott in 1356 a part of the property of the Achdorfer bought and Seifried 1392 a court fee Gülte the monastery pipe left.

According to a document dated November 14, 1408, the castle and numerous farms and estates were given to Duke Heinrich XVI by Hans Stepekch and his wife Margaritha . to hand over. During this time, the duke confiscated a large number of the property of the Landshut citizens in order to restore the finances of his heavily indebted duchy.

Parn Castle on panel 14 of the Bavarian country tables by Philipp Apian (1568)

The tower castle was depicted as Parn Castle on a map by the cartographer Philipp Apian in 1568 .

In the 17th century the Steppacher tower burned down and was demolished.

The ALQUERIA the rule had been preserved after the demolition for some time. This included several goods from mercenaries , three from bricklayers , the goods of two families named Pantl, the court of the privileged Salmansbergers (after whom the current part of the community is named) and a weaver family . The weavers later came into possession of the castle stable, which is why the area is also known as Weber am Turm or zum Weber am Turm .

The area around the castle stables was a popular place to stay for Georg Alois Dietl (1752–1809), a Jesuit , writer and professor at the University of Landshut . The area was also named Dietlsruh after him .

description

Only a tower hill with an arched moat has survived from the complex . The castle site is now a ground monument .

literature

  • Alois Staudenraus: Walks in and around Landshut: In letters to a friend , Verlag Attenkofer, Landshut 1835, pp. 15–28

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Georg Spitzlberger : Far famous and distinguished ... Landshut 1204-2004 - Contributions to 800 years of city history , Arcos Verlag, Landshut 2004, p. 516, ISBN 978-3935339131
  2. ↑ a b Alois Staudenraus: Topographical-statistical description of the city of Landshut in Bavaria and its surroundings , Verlag Attenkofer, Landshut 1835, pp. 209–210
  3. ^ Anton Wiesend: Topographical history of the district capital Landshut in Lower Bavaria , Verlag der J. Thomann'schen Buchhandlung, Landshut 1858, p. 15
  4. ↑ Karin Kaltwasser: Landshut civil unrest in the Historical Lexicon of Bavaria .
  5. ↑ Dr. Isabella Denk: Bund Naturschutz Landshut