Steinsberg Castle

The Steinberg Castle is located in the same district of the market Regenstauf in the district of Regensburg of Bayern (Am Schloss 1).

history

The first documentary mention of Steinsberg can be found in the will of Count Palatine Friedrich von Wittelsbach , son of Count Palatine Otto , who, on the occasion of his second trip to Jerusalem in 1170, for the salvation of his soul , decreed that the Stainsperc estate should be transferred to the Ensdorf Monastery in the event of his death . Steinberg belonged to Viztumamt Lengenfeld .

In the Salbuch of Duke Otto II. From 1231 this estate is mentioned in the northern part of the Gau . Also in Salbuch by Duke Ludwig the rigor of 1279. At that time belonged camera Steinsperc for henchmen Office of Pettendorf in Vicedomamt Burglengenfeld . In this document, Steinsberg is already referred to as Hofmark (camera), so the landlord there also had lower jurisdiction . The Lords of Steinsberg sat on the Hofmarksgut, and these are attested here between 1240 and 1436. In the house contract of Pavia , Emperor Ludwig IV. Steinsberg added the Duchy of Upper Bavaria . After the Landshut War of Succession , the Hofmark passed to the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg in 1505 .

The owners of the Hofmark were:

Altmann von Kemnath (1488), district judge von Lengenfeld,
Siegmund der Grünbeck zu Lengenfeld and Steinsberg (1514),
Wolfgang von Grünbeck zu Lengenfeld and Steinsberg († 1565)
Wolfgang Siegmund von Grünbeck (1573) the previous son, Wulf Siegmund was slain by his subjects in 1581,
Caspar Altmann (1579),
Kaspar Altmann (1583) acquired Steinsberg through purchase,
Friedrich von Schollay zu Steinsberg and Münchshofen (1605), district judge of Sulzbach by purchase,
Clemens Münch von Münchshofen (1615), married to Brigitta von Leublfing ,
Baron Heribert von Regal (1639), bought the Steinsberg estate, ruined by the Thirty Years' War, from the Münch ,
Herbert's widow (1646)
Count Julius Viskonti (1647), butler, Councilor and carers of Pielenhofen ,
Children of Viskonti (1649), their guardian was Georg Wilhelm Steinhauser von Altendorf zu Loch , Rentmeister zu Amberg , and Siegmund Friedrich Kuchler zu Jockenstorf ,
Peter Melchior Rebecco , Oberstwachtmeister, by purchase (1649),
Großwein Silbermann (1680), also owner of Schloss Holzheim am Forst ,
Johann von Reisach , Landsasse zu Steinsberg (1694),
Johann Günter de Stahl (1706), Protestant and Wolfenbüttelscher legation secretary, receives noble freedom for Steinsberg,
Johann Grindter (1709),
Georg Friedrich von Gügl on Prand zu Leonberg (1716–1758),
Siegmund Karl Freiherr zu Großschedl (1758–1782),
Marquard von Großschedl von und zu Steinsberg , Chief Forester at Burg Burglengenfeld (1782–1801),
Egid Josef Karl Freiherr von Fahnenberg, Austrian Reichstag envoy (1801–1803)
Josef von Axthalb, from 1808 his widow Ursula (1803-1819),
Karl Wilhelm Graf von Eckart, Imperial Councilor of Bavaria (1819–1828),
Katharina Eugenie Countess von der Mühle-Eckart (also Du Moulin). Daughter of Count von Eckart (1828–1843).
On June 27, 1843, the manorial stoneware factory in Steinsberg was offered to "bourgeois purchasers" via the Count of Du Moulin's Patrimonial Court in Leonberg.

In the Thirty Years' War the Steinsberg estate was almost completely destroyed and was then sold. In 1628, the Upper Palatinate returned to the Duchy of Upper Bavaria under Emperor Ferdinand II . Steinsberg is still mentioned as Hofmark in 1788, the district judge Count Öchsle in Lengenfelden confirmed Steinsberg as Hofmark with 33 subjects. The stately property is known as the Sitzhof . In 1818 the court justice is dissolved here and Steinsberg becomes an independent municipality in the Regenstauf district court . On May 1, 1978, Steinsberg was incorporated into the large community of Regenstauf.

Recent history of Steinsberg Castle

A porcelain and earthenware factory was operated in the castle from around 1805 to around 1868 . This was founded by Freiherr Joseph von Axthalb, who bought the Hofmark in 1803. One of the main reasons for the establishment was that the import of English earthenware (so-called Wedgwoodware ) had come to a standstill due to the Napoleonic Continental Barrier of 1806 . The first production trials began in 1808. This porcelain and earthenware factory was therefore the third oldest in Old Bavaria (after the manufactory in Amberg and Laim ). After the death of Joseph von Axthalb († 1808), his widow Ursula von Axthalb leased the business to the Regensburg porcelain manufacturer Johann Heinrich Koch on February 2, 1809, who also took on the lease agreement for the exploitation of the capsule pits on the Brentenberg near Hemau . These products were well valued, according to a country description from 1827:

“ Among the domestic earthenware factories ... already at present ... that of Mr. Driver zu Steinsberg is characterized by a pleasing appearance, glazes and decorations containing gold and silver. "

- Quoted from Martin Lauterbach (1999, p. 152)

On December 28, 1819 Ursula von Axthalb sold the porcelain and earthenware factory to Karl Wilhelm Graf von Eckart, who took over the lease from Daniel Driver. After a temporary decline under the sons of the tenant driver, production tripled again in 1835/36 under the tenant Josef Fuchs. After 1868 the factory is no longer mentioned in official sources and was probably "converted" into a tavern, which is indicated by the professional title "Wirt" of the then owner Xaver Dillinger.

In 1879 a certain Stiersdorfer bought the house and wanted to set up an inn there. He only received the concession when he built a brewery across the street. He was followed by a Reithmeier in possession. In 1896 Josef Urban sen. the business that his son continued until his death in 1973. After that the owners changed several times and a dance hall and later a discotheque were set up in the house. Finally, the community acquired the building due to lawsuits from residents and used it for a wide variety of purposes (group lessons, also alternative space for church services during the church renovation in 1987). In 1988/89 the building was renovated and since then has been operated by several tenants as the Landgasthof Alte Hofmark .

Steinsberg village fountain next to the Hofmarkschloss

A village well was built next to the Hofmarkschloss in Steinsberg. The fountain was initially a simple granite column that, unlike the fountain in Regenstauf, was not decorated with any sculpture. That is why the Steinsbergers commissioned a plasterer with a frog and put the stone pillar on it during the night on a Shrove Sunday. The frog is a sign of the Steinsberger's nickname ( d'Froschhaxn or d'Frösch ). Allegedly, the nickname is related to the fact that from a bird's eye view the place looks like a frog. By Burschenverein Enzian a baked from Semmelteig frog is supported by the market and "slaughtered" the Kirtatanz and distributed since the 1960s.

literature

Viktor Prchal: Festschrift for the 800th anniversary of the Steinsberg community. Local and parish history 1170-1970. (Ed. Festival committee of the home festival 1970, Steinsberg municipal council). Karl Nussstein, Burglengenfeld 1970.
Martin Lauterbach: Looking back over 800 years of Steinsberg. In: Freiwillige Feuerwehr Steinberg (Hrsg.): Festschrift with club and local history for the 125th anniversary of the foundation of the volunteer fire department Steinsberg. (Pp. 149-170). M. Lochner, Steinsberg 1999.
Burschenverein Enzian Steinsberg (Ed.): 45-year founding party from June 3rd to 5th, 2005. Steinsberg, 2005.
Marktgemeinde Regenstauf: A Chronicle - History and Stories. Article on Steinsberg by Edmund Engl, pp. 231-253. Gietl Verlag 2014.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Burschenverein Enzian, 2005, p. 57.

49.11983 12.050918 375Coordinates: 49 ° 7 '11.4 " N , 12 ° 3' 3.3" E

[1] Burschenverein Enzian, 2005, p. 57.