Falkenberg Castle (Moosach)

Falkenberg Castle after an engraving by Michael Wening from 1721

The Falkenberg (Moosach) Castle is a building in the same district of the Upper Bavarian municipality Moosach in Ebersberg (Reiter Route 9).

history

A forerunner of the castle is believed to be in a castle in Altenbruch (today the Altenburg part of the municipality of Moosach), which was built over with the pilgrimage church of St. Maria zu Altenburg. Another, at least local, forerunner is Falkenberg Castle , although there is no direct reference to this building.

An exact description of the Guet zu Valkhnberg dates from 1578 (or 1589) . Alexander Schöttl, a member of a Munich bourgeois family, is named as the builder of the palace building. He had previously acquired extensive lands in the area from the Wittelsbach dukes. In 1583 a palace chapel was built, which was consecrated to John the Baptist . On August 28, 1581 Falkenberg was raised to a court mark and Schöttl was awarded the lower jurisdiction . After his death in 1597, the Falkenberg property was sold by his six children, but bought back six years later. In 1599, Dr. Johann Wolfgang Freymann on Hohenrandeckh the castle. In 1603 Martin Schöttl, Kastner in Pfaffenhofen, and his brother Jakob, city governor of Munich, bought the property back. The last of the Schöttls was Anton Albrecht. He went to a monastery and the property was transferred to the order. After the Schöttls, the owners changed in quick succession, 20 families are named in the next four centuries.

The Augustinian Order Provincial sold the castle on December 29, 1693 to Johann Sebastian Freiherr von Wämpel, who raised the castle building to a better status (the engraving by Michael Wening shows the new state of construction). On July 20, 1716, Baron Aloysius Clemens Franziskus Pancratius acquired Imperial Count von Rechberg and Rothenlöwen Falkenberg. Rechberg was the elector's chamberlain and keeper of Erding. After his death, his daughter Maria Felicitas, Countess of Rechberg (1709–1788), inherited the property. She married Josef Clemens Heinrich Maria Reichsfreiherr von Morawitzky (1711–1786) from a Polish noble family. He sold Falkenberg to Johann Karl Joseph Reichsgraf von Preysing , who in turn sold the property on July 24, 1747 to Egidius de Courelle von Wachsenstein, Lieutenant General Field Marshal and Commandant of Munich, and his wife Florentina. In 1756, Wachsenstein's widow sold the property to Baron Johann Adam von Schroff, secret councilor and accredited minister at the court of Elector Maximilian III. Joseph . In 1760, the electoral court chamber councilor Max Friedrich Freiherr von Mayr acquired the property through marriage. In 1805, Marcus Freiherr von Mayr von Schernegg sold Hofmark Falkenberg to the electoral court chief judge Benno Ignatz von Hofstetten (1748–1811). The Hofmark then came to his son Anton von Hofstetten in 1812 (it was probably leased to Herr von Weindl in the meantime). In 1826 Hofstetten sold his property to Johann Georg Fuchs (previously a pharmacist in Mindelheim ), who was raised to the nobility on 23 August 1826 by King Ludwig I. In the following years, the Hofmark was abolished (jurisdiction was transferred to the Ebersberg district court) and von Fuchs also sold the dominicals belonging to the castle. In 1847 Baron Simon von Eichthal, court banker of King Max I , acquired the remaining castle. In 1857 the castle was sold to the retired Rittmeister Friedrich Baron von Satzenhofen , but in 1860 Dr. Karl Ritter von Grundner (1816–1898) lord of the castle. In 1873 he also sold Falkenberg and moved to Munich. The buyer was Count Clemens zu Pappenheim (1822–1904), married to Hermine Countess von Paumgarten . Large-scale renovations can be attributed to him.

Falkenberg Castle (2019) from the northeast

After that, Falkenberg came into bourgeois hands. In 1880 it was sold to Albert Seligmann (later Falkenberg), director of the Bayerische Handelsbank in Munich. In 1895 Felix Heinrich Henle, the brother of Seligmann's wife Johanna, bought the castle and estate. In 1900 the castle was given to Dr. Rudolf Stoltmann, a chemist by profession, but later active as a painter, sold. At the beginning of the First World War, the castle was made available to the Red Cross free of charge as a convalescent home. In 1943, Stoltmann's son Albrecht, a colonel in World War II , became the castle owner. In 1952 the castle was sold to the Mission Service for Christ . It has been privately owned since 2000.

Falkenberg Castle then and now

According to an engraving by Michael Wening , the palace was a three-story building with four window axes in the Baroque period . The castle was laid out in the shape of a cross. An onion dome can be seen as a roof turret on the transverse wing . A second tower appears in the extension of the front component. The castle is surrounded by a low wall and an avenue leads to the main entrance. In addition, farm buildings and a garden with loose (fruit) trees can be seen.

Falkenberg Castle, view from the south (2016)

In comparison, today's privately owned building is much smaller with only three window axes. It is a two-storey, plastered brick building with a hipped roof and tower-topped dwelling houses . The core of it dates from 1579. A renovation and an accompanying expansion took place in 1693. New baroque changes date from the second half of the 19th century. In the 20th century, the facade was considerably simplified. The building has currently been restored according to monument protection criteria. The avenue leading to the castle dates back to the 19th century.

The adjoining inn (built around 1860) which once belonged to the castle is also a listed building. In 1834 the lords of the castle submitted an application for a liquor license. In 1928 the grandparents of the current landlord bought the inn from the owner of Schloss Falkenberg.

literature

• Peter Maicher (2014): Falkenberg's past greatness - a memory. In Land around the Ebersberger Forest - Contributions to History and Culture , Volume 17, pp. 94–189.

Web links

• History. Community Moosach (Ebersberg) , accessed on 14 January 2018 . 
• Wieland Bögel: Where the Pappenheimer lived. In: sueddeutsche.de . June 18, 2015, accessed January 14, 2018 . 
• Peter Maicher: Lordship and Lordship at Falkenberg Castle - Von Schöttls, Wämpels, Hofstettens, Grundners, Pappenheimers and others Bayerischer Landesverein für Familienkunde e. V., December 1, 2016, accessed on January 14, 2018 (lecture summary). 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Falkenberg Castle - renovation taking into account the protection of historical monuments. (No longer available online.) Planning office Giglinger VDI, archived from the original on January 14, 2018 ; accessed on January 13, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Coordinates: 48 ° 2 ′ 9.8 ″  N , 11 ° 53 ′ 20.7 ″  E