Pyrbaum Castle

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The expired Pyrbaum Castle (sometimes also referred to as Wolfstein zu Pyrbaum Castle ) is located in the Pyrbaum market in the Upper Palatinate district of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate of Bavaria (Schloßhof 1).

history

The earlier castle or the later palace was the ancestral seat of the Pyrbaumers mentioned since the 12th century . In 1130 the Reichs ministeriale (T) Durinhard de (P) Birboum (from Middle High German birboum , "pear tree") appears for the first time in a document from the Weihenstephan Monastery , in which his daughter is a nun. From 1278, Pyrbaum is owned by Albert Rindsmaul de Nurnberch von Grünsberg , who then named himself Rindesmule de Grundisperc after his new possession . In 1292 he donated his patronage rights to the Willibald Chapel in Pyrbaum to Abbess Adelhaid from the Seligenporten monastery in Pyrbaum. By marrying a daughter of the von Rindsmaul family (noble family) , Pyrbaum came to Albrecht von Wolfstein from 1354 . Together with Niedersulzbürg and Obersulzbürg , Pyrbaum then belonged to the Wolfsteiner for about 400 years . In 1353 the imperial immediacy of the Wolfstein rule was recognized and in the following year the Lords of Wolfstein were exempted from the imperial district court.

In 1493 the imposing Pyrbaum Palace was built on the site of the castle by the imperial councilor Freiherr Wilhelm II von Wolfstein . In 1602 the Wolfstein rule was divided: Johann Albrecht received the imperial fief of Pyrbaum, Hans Adam Sulzbürg.

In 1740, the Wolfstein family died out with Imperial Count Christian Albrecht . Due to a fiefdom from 1562, Pyrbaum came to the Electorate of Bavaria . After the death of the Bavarian Elector Maximilian III. Josef , who had also obtained the independent imperial fief of the von Wolfstein family in 1769, Sulzbürg and Pyrbaum fell to the empire, which in 1779 placed it under the government of Bavaria. In 1806 Allode Pyrbaum was assigned to the Neumarkt Regional Court.

Pyrbaum Castle on the Bavarian country table by Philipp Apian from 1568

Pyrbaum Castle then and now

On the Bavarian country panel of Philipp Apian in 1568 next to the monastery of Seligenporten more like a manor with a mighty keep visible. The newly built three-storey main building from 1493 was covered with a high hipped roof and had four round towers. The complex was protected by a pond over which a footbridge led to the castle and the adjacent church.

Pyrbaum Castle, tower foundation

On August 17, 1853, the castle was destroyed by arson. The alleged arsonist Michael Flier and his wife, who lived in the castle, were arrested during the fire and taken to Neumarkt. The castle was then demolished and the sandstone blocks were used to build the surrounding houses. The Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church from 1886, which was built on the foundations of the Castle Church, stands today on the Castle Square. The whole moat including the lining wall is still preserved , as are the remains of the castle's foundation wall. In addition, there is a round tower foundation made of sandstone blocks, this belonged to one of the double-towered gates of the castle. A replica of a founding inscription bears witness to the castle at this point. Today the castle is registered as a monument D-3-73-156-22 by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments for Pyrbaum (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation

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Coordinates: 49 ° 17 ′ 49.8 ″  N , 11 ° 17 ′ 6 ″  E