Moos Castle (Lower Bavaria)

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Moos Castle

Moos Castle is a moated castle in the village of Moos in the Deggendorf district .

history

The facility was first mentioned in a document in 1207. When the Niederaltaich monastery acquired Mooser property in 1270, the former castle was demolished. In 1340 the Aichberg family came into the possession of Moos as feudal people of the monastery and rebuilt the castle. They ruled there until 1511.

In the early summer of 1504, the complex was devastated by Palatinate troops during the Landshut War of Succession . It was rebuilt in 1520, with the castle having four towers.

From 1568 to 1940 the Preysing owned the castle. On May 15, 1619, half of the complex including the St. George's Chapel burned down. Johann Warmund von Preysing (1567–1648) had the castle rebuilt by 1635 and raised it by one floor. The surrounding farm buildings were also rebuilt.

The last male Preysing and heir to the property, Kaspar Graf von Preysing-Lichtenegg-Moos, a grandson of the Bavarian King  Ludwig III. , died in 1940 at the age of 21. His sister Theresia Countess von Preysing-Lichtenegg-Moos married Ludwig Graf von und zu Arco -Zinneberg in the same year . Since then, Schloss Moos has been owned by his family.

Building description

The stately four-wing Renaissance building has four towers and an arcade courtyard . An English garden, laid out around 1789, is attached to the castle . Moos Castle is not open to the public.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Moos  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′ 2.8 "  N , 12 ° 57 ′ 27.6"  E