Laufenthal Castle

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Laufenthal Castle

The small Laufenthal Castle is a listed building on Schlossberg 2 in the Laufenthal district of the town of Hemau in the Regensburg district ( Bavaria ).

history

The former Hofmark was built by the lords of Laufenthal at the beginning of the 12th century. It was first mentioned in the 12th century as the ministerial seat of the Bamberg Abbey . In the 12th century a Otnant de Lofental testifies here . A junior Otnant de Cochertal also appears under Bishop Otto , probably a son of Otnant von Laufenthal . In 1223 a Gotfridus and a Rudigerus de Luffental are named in a document from the St. Emmeram monastery as relatives of Heinrich von Schönhofen . In the 13th century, the ministerials at Laufenthal seem to have been dependent on the von Laber men . In 1252, a Gotfried von Laufenthal testifies to Hadamar I von Laber in a document when he transferred goods to Münchsreut to the Pielenhofen monastery . Then it was not until 1381 that Heinrich der Hausner zu Laufenthal was listed as the guarantor of the monastery . In 1416 Hans the Schönhofer appears as the owner of the seat. After his death, Laufenthal was given to his son-in-law Hans Leitgeb zu Hemau . 1487 Jörg Leitgeb zu Laufenthal is mentioned in the land table of the Duchy of Bavaria-Munich . In the same year, Hofmark changes to Jörg Frankengrüner . In 1545 the brothers Sebastian and Haug Frankengrüner are mentioned here . These are likely to have sold Hofmark to Gabriel Hechner in the same year .

Other previous owners were: Hans Birckner, called Guetenecker (1557–1562), Baltahsar Schmidter (1574), Hans Brauch (1574–1586), Paulus Meusinger (1588), Georg Meusinger (1598), Bartlme Häritsch (1606–1613), Simon von Labrique (1622), Marquart Prim von Labrique (1658), Peter Wilhelm von Dalem (1680), Balthasar von Geyer (1712), von Geyer (1742), Johann Nepomuk von Geyer (1775) and von Geyer (1801).

Building description

In 1698 the castle was rebuilt. After 1960 the castle was modernized. Today it is privately owned.

The castle is a three-storey baroque hipped roof building with a four-storey tower with a tent roof and extension with arbor from the 18th century. The current Catholic branch church, a late Romanesque hall building rebuilt in the 17th century with an east tower and onion dome with high altar from 1692, represents the former castle chapel of St. Ottilia.

literature

  • Andreas Boos : Castles in the south of the Upper Palatinate - the early and high medieval fortifications of the Regensburg area . Universitätsverlag Regensburg, Regensburg 1998, ISBN 3-930480-03-4 , pp. 265-267.
  • Georg Dehio: Bavaria V: Regensburg and the Upper Palatinate - Handbook of German art monuments . Jolanda Drexler, Achim Hubel (arrangement), Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1991.
  • Manfred Jehle: Parsberg. Nursing offices Hemau, Laaber, Beratzhausen (Ehrenfels), Lupburg, Velburg, Mannritterlehengut Lutzmannstein, offices of Hohenfels, Helfenberg, imperial lords of Breitenegg, Parsberg, office of Hohenburg (p. 433–435). (= Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Altbayern issue 51). Commission for Bavarian History, Verlag Michael Lassleben, Munich 1981. ISBN 3-7696-9916-5 .

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Coordinates: 49 ° 3 '52.9 "  N , 11 ° 48' 55.2"  E