Courtier Castle

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Courtier Castle

The courtier castle located in the district Burgweinting the independent Upper Palatinate town of Regensburg by Bavaria (courtier 1).

history

Höfling appears for the first time around 1150–1160 in the name of the Provost Friedrich von Höfling ( Fridericus prepositus de Houelin ), who is mentioned in a tradition of the convent . A Megingoz de Hovelin occurs in 1177 in a tradition of the St. Emmeram monastery .

In the place of today's castle there used to be a very medieval castle. This is mentioned for the first time in 1259 on the occasion of the peace treaty between Duke Ludwig and the city of Regensburg. In the course of this dispute he had also occupied the castrum courtiers , which he now had to return to the citizens of Regensburg. Presumably, the castle was entrusted to the bourgeois family of Capell afterwards, after which the city must have bought back this property from the brothers Läutwein and Rudger de Capella . As early as 1265, the mayor and the municipality of Regensburg sold their property there ( predium nostrum in Höfling ) to the Holy Cross Monastery of Regensburg. The current palace was built by Johann Franz Reichlin von Meldegg , Thurn und Taxis'scher court marshal . After various owners, Höfling came to the Princely House of Thurn und Taxis in 1892 . Johannes von Thurn und Taxis was born here on June 5, 1926 . In 1985, the castle was leased for 100 years to the Count family Walderdorff , who live there.

Höfling Castle today

The current palace construction dates from the late 18th century. At that time the main wing, an auxiliary building and a courtyard wall were built. The courtier castle was built as a two-storey late Baroque Mansarddachbau with a semi- hipped roof , a three-storey central buttress and plaster subdivisions to 1750th

The courtyard walling is built from rubble stones with rusticated portals and attachments. It dates from the end of the 18th century and was partially modernized. In the park there are mythological figures made of limestone, probably from the 18th century.

literature

  • Andreas Boos : Castles in the south of the Upper Palatinate. The early and high medieval fortifications of the Regensburg area (= Regensburg Studies and Sources on Cultural History , Volume 5). Universitätsverlag Regensburg, Regensburg 1998, pp. 132-133, ISBN 3-930480-03-4 (Dissertation University of Regensburg 1993, under the title: The early and high medieval castles in the south of the Upper Palatinate , 471 pages).
  • Diethard Schmid: Regensburg I. The district court Stadtamhof, the imperial rule Donaustauf and Wörth (p. 173-174). (= Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Altbayern booklet 41). Commission for Bavarian History, Michael Lassleben Verlag, Munich 1976. ISBN 3-7696-9904-1 .
  • Hermann von Reichlin-Meldegg: History of the family Reichlin von Meldegg ( p. 119-120 ). Regensburg 1881.

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Coordinates: 48 ° 58 '23.7 "  N , 12 ° 7' 40.9"  E