Hienhart Castle

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Hienhart Castle today

The Hienhart Castle is a former Hofmarkschloss in the district Hienhart the Lower Bavarian community Oberschneiding in the district of Straubing-Bogen (Hienhart 1).

history

Until 1547, Hienhart belonged to the Straubing Regional Court with all Vogtoberkhait . In that year, the Straubing citizen Hans Schwarz († 1551) received noble freedom at his court at Hienhart ; his descendants were granted freedom of the court marks only upon revocation. His heir was Adam Schwarz, who died in 1557. His estate administrators sold Hienhart to the keeper of Viechtach , Andreas Preu, who also got into difficulties because of the claimed freedom of noblemen. At the end of the 16th century, Andreas Georg Khirmreiter inherited the property from the Prussian and received lower jurisdiction . This Andreas Georg von Khürmreuth zum Hienhart, Unholzing, Obernaypach auf Herrmannsdorf (1601) was obviously engaged in many places, so that he sold the property to Hienhart in 1600 to Duke Maximilian of Bavaria . This gave the seat in 1602 to the Straubing Vitztum Graf von Sulz for free . Already in 1604 he sold Hienhart to the Straubing mayor Thomas Dürnitz, who had already acquired the Azlburg from Albrecht Preu . His son Christoph also acquired the Hofmark Oberschneiding . In 1687 Johann Thomas Dürnitz was given lower jurisdiction. In 1752 Johann Nepomuk Baron von Dürnitz owned the Hofmark. The barons of Dürnitz first formed a purified local court and then a patrimonial court . The last Dürnitz in the male line was Carl Freiherr von Dürnitz, who died in 1852.

Hienhart Castle (Höhnhart) after an engraving by Michael Wening from 1721
Castle chapel to the Sorrowful Mother of God

Hienhart Castle then and now

The Hofmarkschloss Hienhart already appears on Michael Wening's engraving as a two-story building covered with a hipped roof. The building has towers and plaster bands. A low wall separates the castle from its surroundings and from farm buildings. Several gardens can be seen around the castle.

The external shape has not changed much to this day, the building is still two-story, but now has a half-hip roof. The building, which dates from the 17th century, was redesigned in the second half of the 18th century. On the way to the castle is the former castle chapel for Our Lady of Sorrows from around 1730.

literature

  • Wolfgang Freundorfer: Straubing. District court, Rentkastenamt and city (= Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Old Bavaria, issue 32). Commission for Bavarian History, Michael Lassleben Verlag, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-7696-9879-7 , pp. 271-272.

Web links

  • Entry on Hienhart in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′ 30.8 ″  N , 12 ° 39 ′ 18.3 ″  E