Maasbach Castle
Maasbach Castle was a castle in the Maasbach part of the municipality of Eggerding in Upper Austria .
Grabherr (1976) assumed that a moated castle originally stood here as the forerunner of the later Maasbach Castle (also called Marsbach or Maschbach ). The owners are said to have also been masters of Marsbach Castle on the Danube . Wernhart de morspah , mentioned in 1161, is said to have owned both castles. In the Passau Tradition Code of March 6, 1254, two Marsbach castles were distinguished ( inferior and superior ), whereby the Innviertel castle is said to have been under the administration of a burgrave . The Innviertel castle is said to have been abandoned later and converted into a pure manor; according to a presumption, this would have occurred on the occasion of a family feud (1255–1288).
According to today's findings, these interpretations are to be regarded as erroneous: the presumed moated castle could not have existed at this location due to the terrain. The Franziszeische Cadastre also contains no references to this system. From a linguistic point of view, there are also objections to this interpretation: Maasbach was called Marcelinesbach in the High Middle Ages , from which the short form Merspach developed in the late Middle Ages .
According to the current interpretation, the two structures mentioned in 1254 refer to the lower Marsbach Castle ( Inferius Castrum Morspach ), which is today's Marsbach Castle on the Danube, while the upper castle ( Superius Castrum Morspach ) refers to the still recognizable castle stables above the today still existing castle.
Since the second half of the 16th century, the Maasbach property was in the hands of a branch line of the von Hackledt family , who had their headquarters in the neighboring Hackledt Castle . From the members of the von Hackledt family residing at Maasbach Castle, the property came to the von Baumgarten zu Deutenkofen family as a marriage property in 1671 , and in 1788 the building, which was already known as the castle, was passed on to their relative Felix von Schott. From the 16th to the 19th century, the owners of Maasbach were buried in the parish church of Antiesenhofen , including many from the von Hackledt family and their successors. From 1830 the castle belonged to the Barons von Üblagger.
At the beginning of the 20th century the castle became the property of the farmers. The Dietrich family had the dilapidated building demolished in 1898 and used the building material for the construction of their farm and a (now closed) inn. Apart from a vaulted cellar, nothing remains of the castle.
literature
- Christian K. Steingruber : New findings on Norbert Grabherr's historical-topographical manual of the fortifications and mansions of Upper Austria. In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets . 65th year, issue 1/2, Linz 2011, pp. 41–44 (on Maasbach / Marsbach, Inferius Castrum Morspach / Superius Castrum Morspach), ISSN 0029-7550 , PDF on land-oberoesterreich.gv.at
- Christopher R. Seddon: Noble life paths between Bavaria and Austria. Forms of rule and rulership structures of the landed nobility on the lower Inn in the early modern period, illustrated using the example of the lords and barons of Hackledt . Vienna 2009, p. 1199–1206 (detailed ownership history of Maasbach).
- Christopher R. Seddon: burial, memoria and representation of an Innviertel noble family. The inscribed monuments of the Lords and Barons von Hackledt. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Volume 148 / I, Linz 2003, PDF on ZOBODAT
- Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home. 3rd revised edition, Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1976, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 20 ′ 31.6 ″ N , 13 ° 26 ′ 23.5 ″ E