Allersburg Castle

The remains of Allersburg Castle , also known as Alarasbach Castle or Alarasbach Water Castle , are located in the Allersburg district of the Oberpfälzer Markt Hohenburg in the Amberg-Sulzbach district of Bavaria .

history

A ministerial family of the Counts of Hohenburg , namely the Allersbacher (or Alsbacher), is located here, while the second local noble family, the Allerburger , had their seat at the Allersburg Castle named after them ; The latter can be found here between 1126 and 1210.

Allersburg has been a Neuburg state estate in the Burglengenfeld district court since the 16th century . Hans Scharpfenberger is mentioned for the first time in 1521 in the Neuburg matriculation. Although he refused to appear in the Neuburg regional parliament in 1523 because he was an episcopal landlord, he later submitted to the Burglengenfeld regional court. The heirs of Hans Scharpfenberger, Hans Georg and Jobst, divided the estate in 1565, with Hans Georg leaning towards the episcopal side and Jobst towards the neo-castle side. Hans Georg sold his share to Hans Joachim Stieber zu Lutzmannstein , who also joined the Neuburg side. Jobst Scharpfenberger was from 1569 to 1579 episcopal caretaker in Hohenburg. Ludwig Scharpfenberger appears as his heir in 1590, who in 1596 sold his share in Allersburg to the Regensburg monastery .

The dispute over Allersburg was only resolved in 1602 with a comprehensive settlement between Duke Philipp Ludwig and Bishop Wolfgang . Since that time Allersburg was divided into two parts, one part belonging to the episcopal office of Hohenburg and the other part to Pfalz-Neuburg. Joachim Stieber von Pattenheim took over the Palatinate-Neuburg part of the Hofmark . The Stieber held this part until 1663. The other part was owned by Sabina, widow of Ludwig von Scharpfenberg. On June 22nd, 1662, wg. Debt the Siebers their share in Lutzmannstein and Allersburg to Franz von Giese auf Sinningen and Seibersdorf, at that time president of the court chamber of Neuburg and curator of Hemau . In 1660 David Stich, maintenance commissioner at Hemau, acquired half of the Hofmark from the widow of Ludwig von Scharpfenberg. In 1678 he sold his part to Franz Wolf von Giese, a keeper at Velburg ; thus the entire Hofmark Allersburg was united in one hand. The last of this family was Philipp Karl von Giese until 1816; the Hofmark then came to his stepson and was dissolved in 1849.

Construction

Alarasbach Castle was in the valley southeast of the village . According to a description from 1846, it consisted of two large buildings next to each other, which were only built around 1750, but were already ruinous at that time. These buildings were probably erected on the site of an older predecessor, although a moat can still be seen on the cadastral plans . The castle fell into disrepair in the 19th century, and the “Weiherhaus” stands in its place today, around which remains of walls and moats have been preserved.

literature

• Stefan Helml: Castles and palaces in the Amberg-Sulzbach district . Druckhaus Oberpfalz, Amberg 1991, pp. 137–140.

Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ 29.2 "  N , 11 ° 46 ′ 50.3"  E