Riekofen Castle

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Riekofen Castle after an engraving by Michael Wening from 1721

The lost Riekofen Castle (also called Rieghofen or Rueckoven ) was located in the municipality of the same name Riekofen in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria (Schlossweg 7).

history

The history of Riekofen goes back to the early Middle Ages . In 878, King Karlmann agrees to an exchange of goods between the Regensburg Abbot Bishop Ambricho , the Abbot Hitto of the Mondsee Monastery and the Saint Emmeram Monastery , at which the Abbot Hitto gave St. Emmeram various goods and other goods, including Rodratinchova , with whom he had previously worked was enfeoffed, received for life as own property . Around 890, the monastery exchanged fields on the edge of Rodratinchoua with the noble Hiltipero . Riekofen also appears in the oldest duke's surbar from 1230 as a court subject to tax ( curiam nostram in Rüchoven ). 1294 sold Duke Otto III. this property to the Regensburg Katharinenspital .

The lords of Riekofen can be traced here in the 14th century . A Härtwig von Ruebchoven is mentioned several times between 1317 and 1331. 1347 a Haertwag von Rüchouen is named as pastor of Hainsacker . This Riekofener are descendants of the family of Weichser (in a document of . Monastery of the Holy Cross , after Härtwig one his brother Henry the Weichsär called). A Jacob der Weychsär von Rüchofen sold a plot of land near Riekofen to the Regensburg St. Josef Hospital in 1372 . Around this time the Hiltprant family in Riekofen became decisive. A Hans der Hylprand von Rueechofen appeared several times between 1369 and 1392 as a sealer of monastery documents. Hans der Hyltprant appears in 1372 as a judge in Riekofen. A Fridrich der Hiltprant zu Rüchofen can be traced back to the early 15th century .

Sometimes Lentinchova is equated with Riekofen. A Lentinchova can still be understood as a Lenchoven up to the 14th century , only then does it rise in Riekofen. Presumably this property was near the parish church of Riekofen in the former Lenchoven . In 1199 a people priest Wernhardi plebani de Lentinchoven and in 1229 in Ecclesiam in Lentinchoven is mentioned. In the early Middle Ages, Lentkofen was of particular importance as the center of a royal estate district and was evidently the royal court ; here in Lentinchouon has King Arnulf 892 issued a certificate. This is mostly cited under the localization Riekofen, without considering this original differentiation.

Riekofen municipal coat of arms based on the coat of arms of the Limpöcks

The construction of the castle at Riekofen is believed to have taken place at the beginning of the 13th century. In 1443 the seat was burned down by Duke Albrecht and corresponding demands by Hanns Hiltprant der Riekofer were confirmed by Emperor Sigismund . From 1495 the Leiblfinger and then from 1559 the Lerchenfelder owned the Hofmark. Only one castle stable at Riekofen is documented for 1612. In 1635 the Lords of Limpöck acquired the Hofmark Riekofen and were enfeoffed with lower jurisdiction by the Regensburg Monastery. Wolfgang von Limpöck rebuilt the castle and the courtyard buildings that had been devastated by the Thirty Years War . The earlier fortifications do not seem to have been built anymore. The municipality coat of arms of Riekofen goes back to the Limpöcks. In 1836 a Baron von Reichlin-Meldegg zu Regensburg acquired Riekofen. After initial attempts to renovate the castle, it was demolished in 1870. The associated land was fragmented and sold in plots, so that soon nothing could be seen of the complex.

In 1803 Riekofen was assigned to the Stadtamthof district court and at the same time to the Stadtamhof district rent office. A second class patrimonial court , which belonged to the Baron von Limpöck, was located here. After the reorganization of the regional courts in 1857, Riekofen came to the regional court of Regensburg and from the Stadtamhof land rent office to the Regensburg land rent office.

Riekofen Castle then and now

From the former Niederungsburg and the later castle, a castle stables can still be seen in the south-eastern part of the village, which today has largely been leveled or built over with a new building. The property surrounded by a moat was still recognizable in a land map from 1817. The engraving by Michael Wening from 1721 shows a two- to three-storey building with onion domes at the corners. There is so much space on the island that a well-tended baroque garden could be created. The complex is enclosed by a moat, over which a simple bridge leads. In the south and west there is a flattened rampart. The description by Wening also mentions a castle chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas and St. Catherine was dedicated to the speech. This was housed in the castle building. Outside there are several farm buildings, which are surrounded and protected by a wall with several pointed gable passages.

literature

  • Andreas Boos : Castles in the south of the Upper Palatinate. The early and high medieval fortifications of the Regensburg area. Universitätsverlag Regensburg, Regensburg 1998, ISBN 3-930480-03-4 , pp. 329-332.
  • Diethard Schmid: Regensburg I. The district court Stadtamhof, the imperial rule Donaustauf and Wörth. (= Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Altbayern booklet 41). Commission for Bavarian History, Verlag Michael Lassleben, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-7696-9904-1 .

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Coordinates: 48 ° 54 '51.8 "  N , 12 ° 21' 0.2"  E