Rain Castle (Lower Bavaria)

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Rain Castle today

The Rain Castle is located in the municipality of Rain in the Lower Bavarian district of Straubing-Bogen (Schlossplatz 1).

history

At the end of the 9th century, the Sankt Emmeram monastery exchanged a nemusculum ad Reina (= little wood ) from the femina Otni for a girl named Ermanhilt . The monastery also had other property around Rain. The nobility residing in Rain was probably in the service of the Lords of Bogen and several churches (in addition to St. Emmeram, alsoChecking , Mallersdorf and the Hochstift Regensburg ). A Pertholdus de Rain appeared in the first half of the 13th century, presumably he is identical to the Berthold von Rain , from whom the Rohr monastery acquired the bailiwick rights over several estates in Alburg , Kay and Bernloh . This monastery had already acquired goods from Rupert von Rain and Gottschalk von Rain earlier (around 1138–1146) . The Niedermünster monastery had also acquired rights (chamber office) here. A Maingotus advocatus de Reine and a Hartwich officialis de Rain appeared among the archers in Rain . After the death of Albrecht V von Bogen († 1242) Rain came to the Wittelsbach family . Duke Heinrich pledged the curia zu Rain to Karl, son of the Vitztum Otto von Straubing; He also gave the castle to him, but emphasized that it was not a pledge. The family, then called Rainer zu Rain , stayed here until the middle of the 16th century.

The last Rainer, Ursula von Rain , married Paul von Leiblfing in 1573 . The Rainer property was the largest lower court in the Straubing Regional Court. By a treaty of 1579 this was combined into a Fideikommiss and remained in the hands of Leiblfinger until the beginning of the 19th century. The last Count von Leiblfing died in 1812. His widow married the Freiherr von Perglas. In 1820 a first class patrimonial court was established at Rain . In 1824, Count Karl Ernst von Gravenreuth acquired the Rainer property. He was followed in 1825 by his son Maximilian Graf von Grafenreuth.

In 1835 the princes of Thurn and Taxis acquired Rain. The Rain Court was nationalized in 1848 and incorporated into the Straubing Regional Court. The castle property was sold in the 19th century and the castle was partially demolished. The west wing of the castle was sold by the Thurn und Taxis family to the Guckes family and the east wing to the Metzner family. In 1976 the whole castle was passed on to Messrs Pongratz and Bajer.

Rain Castle after an engraving by Michael Wening from 1721

Construction

The construction of the castle was probably started in the 12th century under the Lords of Bogen. In 1542 the castle was expanded in the Renaissance style and converted into a palace. The main tower was completed in 1561. In 1713 the building was again extensively changed. The castle chapel dates from 1712.

After the engraving by Michael Wening from 1721, Rain was a remarkable four-wing Renaissance palace . To the south of it there was also a four-winged farm yard, in the surrounding wall of which the St. Michael Palace Chapel was built. The castle had round towers covered with onion roofs at three corners. With a moat, a castle wall and other towers, the complex makes a defensive impression. Outside the castle was an extensive baroque park.

Parts of the four-wing complex are still preserved in the north wing and half in the east and west wings. The outer bailey still shows the position of the demolished corner towers. The castle chapel was still in use as a local church for a long time. After the end of the Second World War, displaced persons lived in the castle's rooms until 1971 , and an emergency school was set up here from 1947 to 1950. The castle was renovated in 1976. Today the municipal administration of Rain is housed in the castle; The building is accessible to the public through other commercial uses (bank and restaurant).

literature

  • Wolfgang Freundorfer: Straubing. District court, Rentkastenamt and city. (= Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Altbayern issue 32). Commission for Bavarian History, Verlag Michael Lassleben, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-7696-9879-7 , pp. 224–226.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Rain (Niederbayern)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 54 ′ 15.2 "  N , 12 ° 28 ′ 11.2"  E