Lordship of Waldeck (Upper Palatinate)

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The rule Waldeck was a small area in the Kemnath area in the Tirschenreuth district in Bavaria , with its seat at Castle Waldeck , one of the oldest castles in the Upper Palatinate .

It is believed that the Counts of Sulzbach in Nordgau (Bavaria) administered the Waldeck-Kemnath area, which Emperor Heinrich II had allocated to the Bamberg diocese when it was founded and financially supported, from 1108 to around 1150 as bailiffs of the Bishop of Bamberg. Around 1050 it came into the possession of the noble lords of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld-Hopfenohe , probably a sideline of the noble lords of Kastl (in Lauterachtal), through a gift or purchase . The last of this house, Friedrich III., Died without a male heir between 1112 and 1119. A daughter, Heilika von Lengenfeld , was married to Count Palatine Otto von Wittelsbach . The other, Heilwig, was married to Count Gerhard I von Leuchtenberg († 1146), who inherited the manor of Waldeck through this marriage . As Gebhard von Waldekken , he is the first documented owner of Waldeck Castle, which was first mentioned in 1124. Friedrich II. Von Leuchtenberg (1244–1284) sold the castle and parts of the Waldeck estate in 1283 to Duke Ludwig of Bavaria , the rest (including Weissenstein Castle ) to Burgrave Friedrich III. from Nuremberg.

Until 1698 the castle was the seat of the Waldeck-Kemnath district judge's office. It has been in ruins since a fire in 1794.

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