Marsbach Castle
| Marsbach Castle | ||
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 Marsbach Castle today |
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| Creation time : | 1075
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| Conservation status: | well preserved, inhabited | |
| Place: | Hofkirchen in the Mühlkreis | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 27 '32 " N , 13 ° 49' 30" E | |
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The castle Marsbach is a castle in Danube valley south of Marsbach in Hofkirchen im Mühlkreis in Upper Austria . The castle is the oldest aristocratic residence in the upper Mühlviertel . From the complex, which has the character of a fortress , you can see the Danube from Niederranna to the Schlögener Schlinge . This was of great importance for the feudal knights resident there , today referred to for short as robber barons .
history
Marsbach Castle ( castrum morspah ) was owned by Passau and the Marsbach people named after the castle, a sideline of the Lords of Wesen , were episcopal ministerials . They are derived from Wernhard von Wesen (approx. 1165–1190), who first called himself after Marsbach around 1170 (the document "Raffoldus de Morspah" for 1075 is a forgery). In a Passau document from 1226, Otto von Marsbach is named as Ministeriale .
Due to a proscription by King Henry VII. Was Heinrich von Marsbach forced 1248, the "castrum marspach" the Bishop of Passau extradite to make amends. Otto von Marsbach confirmed the submission in 1255, but in 1266/67 he and his brother Ortolf II conquered his father's castle and drove his father Ortolf I away, who fled to Passau . An arbitration ruling by Duke Heinrich XIII. of Bavaria in 1268 only brought peace for a short time, soon afterwards the feud flared up again. Otto von Marsbach, together with Pilgrim von Falkenstein and Konrad von Tannberg, made the path between Passau and Eferding unsafe. It was not until 1281 that Duke Albrecht I of Austria and Duke Heinrich of Bavaria settled the dispute, the Marsbach were settled with possessions in Bavaria and Marsbach came back under the bishops of Passau. The castle was administered by carers or, if necessary, pledged. In 1303 Leopold von Marsbach was burgrave, in 1367 Chunrat Herleinsperger caretaker. The Marsbach died out in 1380. In 1486, Othmar and Mattheus Oberhaimer appear here. The outstanding location of the castle again led to breaches of the peace and robber barons. In 1520 Marsbach was conquered by Duke Ernst of Bavaria and 150 Passau citizens, knight Othmar Oberhaimer was captured, convicted and beheaded. The castle then came back to Passau keepers. The Oberhaimer died out in 1589.
In 1529 the administration of the Passau possessions in the Mühllande ( Mühlviertel ) and the district court previously in Velden (today's Neufelden ) were relocated to Marsbach. The following are to be mentioned as head nurses for the Mühlviertel: Leonprecht Haunreuter (1528), Christoph Libenauer, Wolfgang Friedrich Moll (1541), Thomas Neuhofer (1548), Veit Tattenbeck (1591–1624). During the Turkish Wars, Marsbach served as a refuge for the population in 1594.
In the years from 1561 to 1598, Bishop Urban had the dilapidated complex renovated in the Renaissance style and the old castle, with the exception of the tower, was demolished. In 1610 Marsbach was conquered by the Passau war people , in the peasant wars Marsbach was conquered by a group of peasants under the leadership of the Protestant baker David Spatt from Haibach , the 100-man Bavarian garrison was slaughtered and the castle was partially destroyed. In 1612, Bishop Leopold V of Passau pledged the castle and estate to Georg von Tattenbach for six years. In 1791 Marsbach came to the court chamber councilor Franz Xaver Josch, but remained under Passau rule.
After the secularization of the Diocese of Passau in 1803 , Marsbach came under Austrian rule. It was in 1805 Kammergut public auction and in the year 1824th Until 1848 Marsbach was the seat of the regional court.
Other owners were: Josef Stengl from Steyer (who sold valuable furnishings), Anton and Mathilde Sigmund (1860–1869). In the middle of the 19th century it was acquired by Eduard Ritter von Krenn , successors were Anna Krenn (from 1905) and Norbert Mayr (from 1939).
Marsbach Castle today
The castle lies on a steep drop on the left side of the Danube . The three-storey rectangular main building with a round tower bears the year 1586 in the courtyard. This is followed by the elongated south wing. On the north side there is a small round tower and in the far east you can see the square keep of the old castle.
In 1957 the complex was expanded into a castle hotel; However, this went bankrupt. Marsbach was then acquired by Georg von Stradiot, whose family now uses the castle privately. The castle complex has been extensively renovated since 2010.
- Marsbach Castle
Marsbach Castle (round tower)
Marsbach Castle (south wing)
Marsbach Castle (north side)
Marsbach Castle (round tower)
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
- Norbert Grabherr : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria. A guide for castle hikers and friends of home. 3. Edition. Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1976, ISBN 3-85214-157-5 .
- Georg Grüll : Castles and palaces in Upper Austria, Volume 1: Mühlviertel . Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1962.
- Oskar Hille: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria then and now . Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Sons, Horn 1975, ISBN 3-85028-023-3 .
Web links
- Marsbach Castle at www.hofkirchen.at
- www.burgenkunde.at
- Entry via Marsbach to Burgen-Austria
- The ruin empire of Oliver Popelka
- Bibliography on Marsbach in the forum OoeGeschichte.at