Altenstadt Castle (Erbendorf)

The listed Altenstadt Castle is located in the Upper Palatinate town of Erbendorf in the Tirschenreuth district (Schloßstraße 10-12).

history

Altenstadt, today a district of Erbendorf, is the predecessor settlement of Erbendorf. In 1109, in a document from Pope Paschal II, a "Herbendorf" and in 1205 "Herbindorf" were named for the first time. There is Altenstadt Castle, which was called Erbendorf Castle until the high Middle Ages; It was not until the 13th century that the place was moved to the hill of Erbendorf and the former castle was named Altenstadt. In 1173, Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa held a court day there; from this one can infer the existence of a castle and a church.

With "Wolfardus de Erpendorff" in 1277 a local nobleman was mentioned for the first time in documents of the Landgraves of Leuchtenberg . It is believed that he was originally a white-collar worker . In a sage book by Duke Ludwig the Strict , the Bailiwick of “Aerbendorf” is mentioned. From 1332 was the Egerer patrician family of Häckel owned the castle, first a "Konrad hackle of Aerndorf" was named the 1339 again "Heckel to Ermdarf Chunrad" was mentioned as. In 1348 his sons "Ulrich" and "Fritsch" were also named. The property passed to Hans II. Heckel, the son of Konrad. After his death († 1408) the castle came to Jobst Redwitzer, in 1410 there was a Friedrich Redwitzer, who in 1416 was once again called "Friederich Rewitzer von Erndorff". In the same year the castle passed to Hartung the Younger von Egloffstein . In the land register Aces of 1518 a "Veit from Egloffstain to Altenstat" is registered. In 1530 "Hans von Egloffstein" was named as the last of his family. In the subsequent inheritance disputes, the castle came to Wolf Bärnklau and Michael Uttinger. From 1544 to 1540 it belonged to Wolf Pencloe alone. Jakob Grünhofer (before 1557) and Hans Steffan Pockh followed.

After the fire of 1559, the castle was rebuilt as a palace. In 1573 the market in Erbendorf bought the castle, but could not hold it. The reconstruction was carried out by the new owner Georg Fabricius, who lived there from 1575 to 1605. He was followed by his son Hans Georg Fabricius until 1639, then his son-in-law Hans Paul Schreyer († 1647). In 1662 the castle passed to Georg Sebastian Ott von Ottengrün by marriage. In 1691 it was bought by Paulus Lechner auf Lechfeld, in 1702 by Maria Christine von Bibra, in 1713 by von Waldenfels, in 1730 by Freiherr von Wenkheim, in 1743 by von Würsching, 1763 by Gemmingen, 1764 by von Massenbach and from 1781 to those of Lindenfels . These incorporated Altenstadt with all its rural properties into their Thumsenreuth Castle Estate . With the Bavarian community edict at the beginning of the 19th century, Altenstadt became an independent rural community in 1808. It was incorporated into Erbendorf in 1938.

Altenstadt Castle today

The castle was rebuilt after the fire of 1559. A corner cuboid in the cellar shows the year "1578", probably a construction date. Further extensions were made around 1743. In 1832 another fire destroyed the castle, but it was rebuilt. Next to the castle is the St. Vitus Church, probably the former castle church; this was converted into a residential building in 1950.

The Altenstadt Castle, used as a residential building, is a two-storey, gable-free, plastered solid building with a pitched roof , the core of which dates back to 1578 and was renewed after the fire of 1832. The building has a sandstone portal from the last quarter of the 18th century with Renaissance and New Baroque forms. The palace ensemble includes an outbuilding, also a two-story, plastered solid building with a pitched roof, which also dates from 1578; a door frame bears the year "1784". To the west of the palace is an avenue of lime trees.

literature

• Ulrich Kinder: The fortifications in the Tirschenreuth district . (= Work on the archeology of southern Germany. Volume 28), pp. 104-107, Dr. Faustus, Büchenbach 2013, ISBN 978-3-933474-82-7 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of listed objects in Erbendorf

Web links

• Districts of Erbendorf

Coordinates: 49 ° 50 ′ 25.5 ″  N , 12 ° 2 ′ 33.1 ″  E