Fronberg Castle

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Fronberg Castle
West view across the Naab

West view on the Naab away

Creation time : 1305
Castle type : Country castle
Conservation status: Inhabited
Standing position : Barons, nobility
Place: Schwandorf -Fronberg
Geographical location 49 ° 20 '37 "  N , 12 ° 7' 24"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 20 '37 "  N , 12 ° 7' 24"  E
Fronberg Castle (Bavaria)
Fronberg Castle

The Fronberg Castle is an art-historically significant area in the district Fronberg the district town Schwandorf ( Oberpfalz ) in Bavaria .

history

The complex is documented for the year 1305. At that time the lords of the castle were enfeoffed with the Vogtei Mappenberg for the reconstruction of the predecessor building destroyed by fire. During the Landshut War of Succession , the complex was also badly affected by a fire, and in 1594 almost half the village was destroyed by fire.

Hanns Krafft von Festenberg , son of Kaspar von Vestenberg and Elisabeth von Mistelbach. He was entrusted with the office of the Palatine district judge and curator of Burglengenfeld and after the state bankruptcy of the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg on February 3, 1544 as chairman of the landscape from August 20, 1544 to August 15, 1552 the highest representative of the state. He married the daughter of Wilhelm von Thannberg, Margaretha. Hanns Kraft died on August 19, 1564 and was buried in the parish church of St. Jakob zu Schwandorf .

Caroline von Holnstein , who was born in 1815 at Fronberg Castle, lived there with her lover and later husband Wilhelm Freiherr von Künsberg . Via their daughter it came to the current owners, the barons of Breidbach-Bürresheim from the Rhineland .

Hammer to Fronberg

An ironworks in Fronberg is mentioned in a document as early as 1326. Since the 15th century there were two hammers available, a erzverarbeitender here Schienhammer and Blechhammer . Lock and hammer were mostly in one hand. As a hammer master u. a. mentioned: Merkel Hammerschmied (1423), Jacob Sauerzapf from Sulzbach (1442), Heinrich Sauerzapf (1477), Siegmund Castner (1521), Baltasar Doles (1527), Hans Doles (1527), Gabriel Weinmayer (1562), Hans Crafft von Vestenberg (1563), district judge and caretaker zu Lengenfeld , Christoph Koler (1581), Hans Wilhelm von und zu Guttenberg, Hans Wilhelm von Güßenberg (1610). The Aigner family ran the hut in the 19th century.

owner

Carl Freiherr von Spiering, Königl. Bavarian chamberlain and manor owner on Fronberg-Haselbach
Carl Freiherr von Spiering, Königl. Bavarian chamberlain and manor owner on Fronberg-Haselbach
  • until the middle of the 15th century the Fronberger
  • From 1464 to the beginning of the 16th century the Pollinger family
  • 1507 Christoph von Plankenfels
  • 1514 Hans Mistelbeck
  • The Vestenbergers from 1521 to 1586
  • 1587 Christoph Heinrich von Zedtwitz
  • 1601 to 1622 Hans Wilhelm von und zu Guttenberg
  • From 1622 to 1829 the barons of Spiering
  • It follows Caroline von Spiering (1815-1859), married Countess von Holnstein (1831) and in second marriage (1837) Baroness von Künsberg . Her daughter Marie-Wilhelmine von Künsberg-Fronberg († 1889) married a baron von Breidbach-Bürresheim
  • Since 1875 in the possession of the barons of Breidbach-Bürresheim

Building description

Details in the courtyard

From the original moat , only the section leading to the economy has been preserved. The Renaissance arcades in the inner courtyard of the main building of the three-wing complex are of cultural and historical significance . In terms of architectural history, Fronberg Castle is difficult to grasp due to the numerous extensions and conversions. It has been renovated in the last few years. Colorful cultural programs such as B. Theater, open-air cinema and medieval festival take place.

The von Breidbach-Bürresheim family carried out a major renovation in 1992. So the roof was completely renewed. The last renovation to date was carried out in 2005, during which the outer facade and the inner rooms were largely repaired. The street leading to the castle was named after Randolph von Breidbach-Bürresheim , who belonged to the circle of the German resistance from July 20, 1944 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Here Geist Adrian ensures that the owner of the lock, Hubertus Freiherr von Breidbach-Bürresheim, can easily misplace his keys. October 3, 2010, accessed September 3, 2015

Web links

Commons : Fronberg Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files