Haidenburg Castle

Haidenburg Castle

Haidenburg Castle is a former medieval castle and today's Renaissance castle complex on the eastern slope of the Sulzbach valley. It is located in the Haidenburg district of the municipality of Aldersbach ( Passau district ). The castle was once the seat of the nobility, but has been privately owned since 1972.

history

The foundation of the castle complex is attributed to a vassal of the Regensburg bishop Patrick. Around the year 1160 Haidenburg came to the noble free von Kamm . Since 1189, they have been named after their property, which they inherited at the time, Hals bei Passau. In 1280 they were raised to the rank of imperial count .

The neighboring Aidenbach received its market rights under the Halsern . However, these could only be used to a limited extent, as the place was subordinate to Haidenburg.

In 1375, Leopold von Hals, the last of his line, died. His heirs were initially the close relatives of the Landgraves of Leuchtenberg . However, other sexes soon announced a claim to Leopold's extensive legacy, including the neighboring imperial counts of Ortenburg . Heinrich IV von Ortenburg claimed the entire inheritance due to his marriage to a countess from Hals. This resulted in a multi-year inheritance dispute, which was not settled until 1379. The Leuchtenbergers and the Ortenburgers contractually regulated how the inheritance was to be distributed. The Counts of Ortenburg received the dominions of Leonberg with Tann , Baumgarten, Haarbach bei Geisenhausen , Ganghofen and Hof as well as tithes of Mamming . The Landgraves of Leuchtenberg the county of Hals , Osterhofen , Haidenburg with Aidenbach, Göttersdorf and the goods lying on Vils and Wolfach .

In 1423 the Landgraves Johann III sold. and George III. Haidenburg Castle to knight Johann von Frauenberg . The Frauenberger family died out in the male line in 1508. Since the children from the third marriage of the last Frauenberger were still underage, his son-in-law Alban von Closen , court marshal Duke Ludwig X. , managed to get Haidenburg for himself. Together with his brother, he finally managed to secure the rule including Haidenburg Castle through purchase and contracts. The castle was then owned by the von Closen family until the second half of the 18th century. In the following generations, the family continued to expand their possessions to include the Haidenburg estate and castle.

Around 1503, Wolfgang von Closen , Prince-Bishop of Passau from 1555 to 1561, was born at Haidenburg Castle.

Haidenburg Castle after a colored engraving by Michael Wening

In 1608 Wolf Friedrich von Closen had the old medieval castle demolished, with the exception of the St. Anna castle chapel. Haidenburg was then rebuilt in the Renaissance style as a castle on the old foundation walls. The facility was further expanded around 1730 under Georg Joseph Anton von Closen, who died in 1736. The palace complex was expanded to include the three-aisled stables and the Nepomuk fountain. In the castle itself, richly decorated rooms and a large ballroom were built on the upper floors.

In 1762 the heavily indebted Haidenburg dominion was lost to the Counts of Taufkirchen through a court verdict by the von Closen. These sold Haidenburg Castle, including forest and arable land, to Baron Johann Adam von Aretin, the brother of Johann Christoph von Aretin . In the period that followed, the Barons von Aretin succeeded in establishing an important rule with numerous court brands between Vils and Rott with Haidenburg as the center by the middle of the 19th century .

Haidenburg Castle fell victim to the fire in 1871, and the roof structure and the two upper floors were completely destroyed. The subsequent reconstruction took place in the style of the neo-Gothic style .

The von Aretin family lived in the castle until 1962. Then she built a new and smaller house on a neighboring property. Haidenburg Castle was sold to Josef Stampfl by the Aretin in 1972. Since then, the Stampfl family has owned the castle complex and is constantly renovating it. She made the castle accessible for events today.

literature

• Franziska Jungmann-Stadler: Historical Atlas of Bavaria - Old Bavaria Series 1, Issue 29: District Vilshofen . Munich 1972.
• Gottfried Schäffer, Gregor Peda: Castles and palaces in the Passau region . Pannonia Verlag, Freilassing 1977, ISBN 3-7897-0060-6 , pp. 14-15.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Haidenburg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} History of the community of Haarbach with Haidenburg ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Entry about Haidenburg in Lower Bavaria: ensembles, architectural monuments, archaeological site monuments  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ Loss of the Hofmark
4. ↑ A brief outline of Haidenburg's history on the Aldersbach website
5. ↑ Article about Haidenburg and the Aretin family

Coordinates: 48 ° 34 ′ 1.7 ″  N , 13 ° 1 ′ 31.1 ″  E