Poppenreuth Castle

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Poppenreuth Castle

The Castle Poppenreuth in Poppenreuth , a district of Waldershof , was founded by Hans (v) family Notthafft of white stone . In 1541 he and his brother Friedrich III. in the case of an inheritance, the seat of Thumsenreuth and one third of the Weißenstein, which was still habitable at the time, received In 1547 he acquired the farm of Lorenz Würstl in Poppenreuth and transformed it into a manor because he “couldn't stay to the Weißenstein because of the boredom”. On October 13, 1766, Poppenreuth Palace and its outbuildings were cremated by a damaging fire. While the actual castle building, which had probably stood in the middle of the spacious castle courtyard, was not rebuilt, the rebuilding of the farm buildings caused costs of 2,616 guilders by August 1767. In January 1882, the castle buildings in Poppenreuth passed into the hands of Bianca Eiserhard from Waldenburg in Silesia by means of a foreclosure auction, and from this, via the secret councilor Gustav von Siegle , the property of Fritz von Gemmingen-Hornberg , who married Siegles daughter Dora was. Siegle also acquired the neighboring Notthaft- Schloss Friedenfels .

literature

  • Felix Mader (arrangement): The art monuments of Upper Palatinate and Regensburg. Volume X. Bezirksamt Kemnath , p. 65. Oldenbourg Verlag , Munich 1982 (unchanged reprint of the 1907 edition). ISBN 3-486-50440-1 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 56 ′ 49.9 ″  N , 12 ° 5 ′ 27 ″  E