Eberhardsreuth Castle

Eberhardsreuth Castle, copper engraving by Michael Wening

The Eberhardsreuth Castle is a castle in the village center of Eberhardsreuth , a district of the market Schoenberg in the Lower Bavarian district Freyung-Grafenau .

The Maria Himmelfahrt castle chapel dates from the 18th century. It was expanded in 1820 and consecrated on July 27, 1841 by Passau Bishop Heinrich von Hofstätter .

Building description

Two-storey four-wing building around a small inner courtyard, with hipped roofs and two corner towers with onion domes , rebuilt in 1639 on the plan of a medieval moated castle , inscribed in marble slab over the arched entrance gate, north wing still 15th century in the core, palace chapel of the Assumption in the southwest corner tower, probably 1729, 1820 expanded and increased; with equipment; Ring wall made of quarry stone masonry ; southeast in the former garden is a two-storey house with a flat hipped roof

literature

• Sixtus Lampl , Wilhelm Neu: Lower Bavaria . Ed .: Michael Petzet , Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (=  Monuments in Bavaria . Volume II ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-486-52393-7 .
• Joseph Klämpfl: The former Schweinach and Quinzingau. A historical-topographical description , 1855, reprint 1993, Neue Presse Verlags-GmbH, Passau, ISBN 3-924484-73-2
• District of Freyung Grafenau: The district of Freyung-Grafenau , 1982, ISBN 3-87553-192-2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of monuments for Schönberg (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation

Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 57.2 "  N , 13 ° 21 ′ 34.6"  E