Ober-Falkenstein Castle (Flintsbach am Inn)

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Ober-Falkenstein
The Petersberg seen from Flintsbach, in front of it Rachelwand and Burgstall of Rachelburg.

The Petersberg seen from Flintsbach, in front of it Rachelwand and Burgstall of Rachelburg.

Alternative name (s): Rachelburg, Alt-Falkenstein
Creation time : before 1120
Castle type : Höhenburg, summit location
Conservation status: Burgstall
foundation walls preserved, but difficult to find
Standing position : clergy
Place: Flintsbach am Inn -Falkenstein
Geographical location 47 ° 42 '57.3 "  N , 12 ° 7' 29"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 42 '57.3 "  N , 12 ° 7' 29"  E
Height: 692  m above sea level NN

The castle Upper Falkenstein , including Alt-Falkenstein or Rachel Burg called, is an Outbound hilltop castle in the area of Bavarian municipality Flintsbach am Inn in Rosenheim above the preserved as a ruin Castle sub-Falkenstein (Neu-Falkenstein).

Geographical location

The Burgstall is located at 692  m above sea level. NN high ratchet rocks around 200 meters high above the Inn . The remains of the wall are now hard to find, hidden deep in the forest below the Petersberg and above the Rachelwand .

history

The castle complex, also known as the “Troy of the Inn Valley”, has a special archaeological significance. From excavations it can be concluded that there was already a Bronze Age settlement here.

Ober-Falkenstein Castle is said to have been built by Bishop Albuin von Brixen and the Aribones . The complex was first mentioned as Falkenstein Castle in 1120 and was subsequently the eponymous seat of the Counts of Falkenstein . It is mentioned in the Codex Falkensteinensis in 1166 and is also shown in a schematic drawing.

After the fall of the Falkensteiners in the middle of the 13th century, it was destroyed in 1296 during armed conflicts between Duke Rudolf of Bavaria and the descendants of Count Meinhard II of Tyrol . The foundation walls of the former castle are still preserved.

In addition, exploratory excavations in 1991 and 1994 in the Burgau below the complex revealed significant archaeozoological and rock-magnetic findings.

literature

  • Sebastian Dachauer : History of the barons and counts of Ruepp on Falkenstein, Bachhausen, Merlbach and Aschheim. Munich 1844 ( online ).
  • Sebastian Dachauer: On the history of the church at Petersberge and the castles Falkenstein, Kirnstein and Auerburg. In: Upper Bavarian Archive for Patriotic History . Volume 2. Munich 1840, pp. 356-401 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Burg Ober-Falkenstein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Noichl, Elisabeth: Codex Falkensteinensis, Munich 1978. In the manuscript fol. 6v.