Neufahrn Castle

Neufahrn Castle today

The Castle Neufahrn is located in the municipality Neufahrn in Lower Bavaria in the district of Landshut . The address is Schloßweg 2.

history

A Neufahrn estate is mentioned in 1123 when Ernst von Kirchberg u. a. gives his predium Newfar situm to the Mallersdorf monastery . The lords and later counts of Kirchberg were then again enfeoffed with Neufahrn and owned this until 1229 as a fief given to them . After that, the goods of the Kirchdorfer seem to have come to the Bavarian Duke. In 1294 a dominus Eberhard from Ohleihmair von Neufahrn appears in a Kelheim court document. In 1318 Hans Götlinger had the ducal fiefdom on site. In 1328 a Hirmannus de Nevwar is mentioned who donated his estate to Niederhaselbach to the Oblei of the Mallersdorf monastery. A Peter der Holzer (1339) is also mentioned, a Rugerus Gotlinger has the Hofmühle zu Neufahrn as a fief that year, in 1345 Jaewt the Griezmaierinn from Nevuar and their heirs sell their property to the Mallersdorf monastery, in 1357 the Chelerhof comes to Neufahrn through Konrad den Rohrer to this monastery. From 1363 to 1386 the Neuburger zu Neufahrn are shown. Apparently the property then passed to a Gebhard Inkofer . In 1396 he sold the Neufahrn castle and its accessories to Hans the Schreiber , landlord of Neufahrn. In 1413 a Friedrich Ripelsbeck is attested in Neufahrn. In 1427 Wilhelm the Leuchinger is the local landlord. In 1434 Ulrich der Haselbeck seals a Mallersdorfer monastery document in Neufahrn. He was succeeded by Jörg Haselbeck , who in 1448 sold the seat with all its accessories to Duke Heinrich the Rich of Upper and Lower Bavaria.

In 1457, Jörg Garseis was sealed here as the caretaker . In 1463, Duke Ludwig sold the castle and the on-site festivals to the brothers Christoph and Jörg Ebersbeck. Christoph Ebersbeck appears this year as the winner of a certificate from the Seligenthal monastery . 1470 (also 1494 and 1500) are in the Landtafel Christoph Ebersbeck and Christoff Hueber together as Hofmarksbesitzer specified. On April 29, 1510, Balthasar and Wolfgang Hueber sell the Hofmark to Sigmund Kraus zu Münchsdorf, Kastner in Landshut and Hofmeister von Seligenthal. During the time of the Kraus family (1510–1558), the new castle was built as a Renaissance castle . On September 28, 1536, the widow of Sigmund Kraus, Margaret, pledged Schloss and Hofmark Neufahrn to Anton Sänftlein and Hans Fendt. On September 26, 1558, the heirs of Sigmund Kraus d. J., these are Degenhart Auerberg zu Sattelberg and Hans von Münichau zu Laberweinting, the husbands of the daughters Anna and Regina from the marriage of Sigmund Kraus senior. with Barbara Schöller, the Hofmark zu Neufahrn to Wolf von Haunsperg zu Vachenburg, Princely Salzburg Council. The Haunsperger resided in Neufahrn until 1698: Sigismund von Haunsberg in Neufahrn and Neuburg (1599), Sebastian von Haunsberg (1607), Hans Jacob von Haunsberg (1638), Franz Graf von Haunsberg (1678 and 1689) are mentioned. In 1633, Neufahrn Castle was looted and partially destroyed by Swedish troops during the Thirty Years' War , but was rebuilt by the von Haunsperg family in the middle of the 17th century.

The Counts of Haunsberg died out in 1698. Count Emmanuel von Arco , who married into the Haunsberg family, succeeds them by inheritance and contract . In 1709 Neufahrn is a Kommungut that the Arcos share with the Königsfeld on Zaitzkofen, who also married into the Haunsberg family. Maria Katerina Countess von Königsfeld, b. Countess von Haunsperg, died in Zaitzkofen on January 9, 1724, the last of her family. In 1752 Neufahrn is owned by Johann Theodor von Heyl, Landgrave von Leuchtenberg and Bishop of Freising, Regensburg and Liège. Shortly thereafter, Neufahrn was given to the Counts of Törring , and in 1780 Count Anton von Törring was the owner of the court. Other owners of Neufahrn were Count Clemens von Holnstein in 1793, Count Montgelas in 1820 and, from 1834, Prince Maximilian Karl von Thurn und Taxis . At that time the castle and the brewery as well as extensive arable and forest grounds belonged to Neufahrn. The Thurn and Taxis only sold Neufahrn to the Beer family in 1988.

Neufahrn Castle after an engraving by Michael Wening from 1721

Neufahrn Castle then and now

According to the engraving by Michael Wening from 1721, the walled Neufahrn palace complex was located within a moat. It consisted of two-storey residential buildings, two square towers with pointed roofs and another tower that was covered with an onion dome. A simple wooden bridge led to one of the square towers that acted as a gate tower . A shield wall with battlements can be seen between the two square towers .

This ensemble has largely been preserved. Today there are still an onion tower and a square tower, with the residential building in between. This two-storey four-wing complex around an inner courtyard dates from the 16th century and was built over a medieval floor plan. The inner courtyard is equipped with two-story arcades to the north, a five-story tower stump is located on the south-west corner and a round tower with a domed dome on the south-east corner, which houses the former palace chapel. In 1988, the palace was transformed into a hotel through extensive restoration work, which also hosts a wide range of cultural events. The Neufahrn Castle Festival should be mentioned in particular, a medieval festival that always takes place on the first weekend in July.

literature

Günther Pölsterl: Mallersdorf. The Kirchberg regional court, the Eggmühl and Abbach nursing courts. (= Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Altbayern issue 53). Commission for Bavarian History, Verlag Michael Lassleben, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-7696-9923-8 , pp. 225-229.

Web links

Commons : Neufahrn Castle in Lower Bavaria - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

48.73734 12.19036Coordinates: 48 ° 44 ′ 14.4 " N , 12 ° 11 ′ 25.3" E

[1] Homepage of Schlosshotel Neufahrn

[2] Information on Neufahrn Castle Festival