Freihung Castle

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The Castle Freihung is a abgegangenes castle in the municipality Freihung in Upper Palatinate Amberg-Sulzbach of Bavaria .

history

Freihung is first mentioned in a document in 1427; This document refers to the already existing lead mining ("Bergflecken auf der Freyhung"). The term Freihung refers to the freedoms that the miners were given by the sovereigns to stimulate lead mining. A noble seat can be proven here at the latest since the end of the 16th century . The Lords of Hirschberg are recorded here until 1606 , then the Kastner of Schnaittenbach and Fiecht. The mining entrepreneur Gabriel Kastner built "the Schlössl" in Freihung here in 1606. Freihung was also affected by the Thirty Years' War , while 75 men were counted here before the war, in 1661 there were only 30; the lead mine still existed. 1761 followed Hans Kreis von Hersbruck at the castle, then the Brandt auf Neidstein , the Podewils and the Hözendorf. The castle was sold by them in 1775 to the innkeeper Häusler, who converted it into an inn; The Kleber family was also the owner. After it had been owned by the community for a few years, it was acquired by the Georg Glaser family in 2003.

The castle owners have evidently not exercised their rights of court or rule. This may be related to the mining freedom granted on November 12, 1550 and the letter of arms for mountain spots called uf der Freiung, awarded on November 20, 1569 . When the district court Vilseck (older order) was founded in 1838, the communities Freihung and Thansüß, which had previously belonged to the district court Neustadt, came to Vilseck. Thansüß was incorporated into Freihung on January 1, 1972.

Construction

The castle was a two-story building with high stepped gables near the Holy Trinity Parish Church. A courtyard enclosed by a wall with other farm buildings belonged to it. Above the entrance was the marriage coat of arms of the Kastner von Schnaittenbach from 1606. The building had profiled door and window walls . Three windows on the north side there were sills with consoles cornice . In 1911 the castle, which had been converted into the “Alte Post” inn, was extended by an annex to which part of the castle wall fell victim. On New Year's Eve 1978 the inn burned down and was rebuilt, the old castle was completely demolished and replaced by a new building (today the Gasthaus "Alte Post", Amberger Str. 1).

literature

  • Stefan Helml: Castles and palaces in the Amberg-Sulzbach district . Druckhaus Oberpfalz, Amberg 1991, p. 124.
  • Karl Wächter, Günter Moser: In the footsteps of knights and nobles in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach. Druckhaus Oberpfalz, Amberg 1992, p. 76.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Lindner: In Freihung: Walk through 592 years of mining history . Onetz from September 12, 2019, accessed on July 21, 2020.
  2. ↑ Georg Leingärtner, 1971, p. 86.
  3. ↑ Georg Leingärtner, 1971, p. 298.
  4. ^ Georg Leingärtner : Amberg district judge . Ed .: Commission for Bavarian State History (=  Historical Atlas of Bavaria . Old Bavaria, Issue 24). Munich 1971, ISBN 3-7696-9800-2 , p. 146 , above ( Digitale-sammlungen.de [accessed July 20, 2020]).
  5. ↑ The traditional inn in Freihung reopens today at 5 p.m. - Bavarian delicacies on offer. Alte Post in new splendor , Onetz from October 2, 2009, accessed on July 21, 2020.

Coordinates: 49 ° 37 ′ 14.4 "  N , 11 ° 54 ′ 43.2"  E