Oberschönreuth Castle
The expired Oberschönreuth Castle was located in the district of the same name in the Upper Palatinate town of Kemnath in the Tirschenreuth district (today Schönreuth 6 and 7).
history
If one assumes that the Waldecker Burghut is identical to the Oberschönreuth Castle, then according to the fief book of the Leuchtenbergers before 1400 a Nykel Eyse von Waldekk resides here, who owns the third tail of the toe to Schonrewt . In 1396 it was one of the goods that were awarded to Ulrich Bärnklau . Until 1518 the Bärnklaus are mentioned in the Landsassenmatrikel . Then Georg (Jorig) sold Bärnklau the Elder. J. the new seat to Jörig Löneiß , who was already co-owner of Schloss Unterschönreuth on his marriage . Bernhard Löneiß acquires the other goods at Schönreuth from Neidhart Bärnklau and forms the Schönreuth estate from them. 1676 are Löneiß extinct and the feud is home like . It was then given to von Müller (1676), von Zedwitz (1696), von Fischbach (1716), von Mosern (1747) and in 1790 to von Cammerloh .
location
Until 1819 the castle was in the middle of the town of Schönreuth (today house numbers 6 and 7). In 1694 a fire destroyed the castle and it was then rebuilt as an economic courtyard. In 1792 it is called the old castle . After the village fire on August 2, 1819, it was never rebuilt.
literature
- Ulrich Kinder: The fortifications in the Tirschenreuth district . (= Work on the archeology of southern Germany. Volume 28), (pp. 208–210). Dr. Faustus, Büchenbach 2013, ISBN 978-3-933474-82-7 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '2.6 " N , 11 ° 55' 55.4" E