Neu-Ortenburg Castle

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Neu-Ortenburg Castle
Watercolor painting of Neu-Ortenburg Castle by Friedrich Casimir around 1620

Watercolor painting of Neu-Ortenburg Castle by Friedrich Casimir around 1620

Alternative name (s): Back lock
Creation time : before 1249
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Burgstall, earthworks
Standing position : Imperial Count
Place: Back lock
Geographical location 48 ° 33 '28.7 "  N , 13 ° 14' 13.1"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 33 '28.7 "  N , 13 ° 14' 13.1"  E
Neu-Ortenburg Castle (Bavaria)
Neu-Ortenburg Castle
Engraving by Michael Wening from 1723

The castle New Ortenburg , even Hinterschloss called, is an Outbound Höhenburg (needle seat) in the town of Ortenburg . For a long time it was assumed that it was identical to the older Kamm Castle . The place name Hinterschloss is the only reminder of the current location .

history

Neu-Ortenburg Castle was first mentioned in a document in 1249, when Count Heinrich II. , Known as the donor , pledged the church's festivals and other goods. Neu-Ortenburg was one of the few estates that the Ortenburg counts were able to claim as an imperial area. The festival mostly served the later sons of the house, as well as the widows of the deceased counts.

After the death of Henry IV in 1395, the count's house split into three lines. His son Georg I received Neu-Ortenburg and was the first count of the family to name himself after the castle. Georg soon came into conflict with the dukes of Bavaria-Landshut, although he was in the service of the dukes of Bavaria-Straubing. On June 18, 1405 he even had to bequeath the castle and his other possessions to Heinrich for several months .

In his will, Imperial Count Joachim I pledged the county and the two fortresses of Alt-Ortenburg and Neu-Ortenburg to his widow . This led to a decades-long conflict between Lucia von Limpurg and her heirs and Counts Heinrich VII , Georg IV and Friedrich Casimir von Ortenburg. Countess Lucia resided in Neu-Ortenburg at the time, as she was unpopular with the county's population and avoided them. In 1628 Friedrich Casimir negotiated a contract to redeem the castles and the county with her for the sum of 25,000 guilders , but he was unable to raise the required amount. With Lucia's heir Johann Joachim von Sinzendorf the Ortenburgers received an even more influential and stronger opponent. This received the right of use for Neu-Ortenburg Castle in 1629 and was even given to Emperor Ferdinand III in 1652 . used as an authorized representative of the market, Neu- and Alt-Ortenburg.

The two brothers Georg Reinhard and Christian managed to redeem the county and the two festivals in 1662. Two years earlier, both had signed a division agreement on how the goods would be divided if the county were given back. Among other things, Christian received Neu-Ortenburg. However, since he died childless, Neu-Ortenburg fell to Georg Philipp , Georg Reinhard's son, despite Christian's attempt to disinherit . This won the process for the property of Neu-Ortenburg against the Counts of Salm , probably due to the inheritance contract of his father and uncle.

The castle was inhabited until the 17th century. Although it is said to have only been used as a widow's castle for the last few decades , before it stood empty for almost 100 years and increasingly fell into disrepair. In the years 1781 and 1790, the castle was then partly used by French troops as an artillery target, and then completely demolished in the 19th century. In 1805 the remains of the castle were exchanged together with the rest of the count's estates from Joseph Carl for the county of Ortenburg-Tambach, which had been newly created from Frankish secularization estates . The remains of the castle became Bavarian property and were then sold.

General information about the building

In the castle there was a chapel that was healed. Ulrich was consecrated. There, on October 3, 1563, Count Joachim had an evangelical sermon service held for the first time within his immediate empire county.

During her lifetime, Countess Lucia had a path laid out from Neu-Ortenburg Castle to the Marktkirche in Ortenburg so that she could attend the service there. Parts of this path can still be seen today.

At the end of the 18th century, the material from the dismantled palace complex was used for renovation work on Alt-Ortenburg Palace and buildings in the market. The last remains, a cellar and a single brickwork, were removed in 1862.

Until the 1970s, a system of underground passages is said to have existed up to the Ortenburg Castle, which is one kilometer away .

Web links

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

literature

  • Friedrich Hausmann : Archives of the Counts of Ortenburg , documents of the family and county of Ortenburg, Volume 1; 1142–1400, Neustadt ad Aisch 1984
  • Ludwig Veit : Passau. Das Hochstift , Historical Atlas of Bavaria , Altbayern Series I, Issue 35, Munich 1978.
  • Eberhard Graf zu Ortenburg-Tambach: History of the imperial, ducal and counts 'entire house of Ortenburg - Part 2: The counts' house in Bavaria. , Vilshofen 1932
  • Carl Mehrmann: History of the Evangelical Lutheran community of Ortenburg in Lower Bavaria - memorandum for the anniversary celebration of the 300th anniversary of the introduction of the Reformation there on October 17 and 18, 1863 , Landshut 1863 ( digitized version )