Stubenberg Castle (Lower Bavaria)

Tower of Stubenberg Castle

Epitaph of the Paumgartner on the outside of the Stubenberg parish church

The Stubenberg Castle (Lower Bavaria), which has only survived in remains, is located in the town of the same name in Stubenberg in the Lower Bavarian district of Rottal-Inn in Bavaria (Schloßberg 2).

history

The nobles von Stubenberg built a castle and a church here, for which they obtained parish rights. In 1160 a Wulvinch Junior de Stubenperch and in the oldest church document around 1270 a Wulfingus de Stubenberg is mentioned. These Stubenbergers were ministerials of the Vornbach monastery .

Around 1500 Alban and Hans von Closen are referred to as the owners of Stubenberg. In 1505 Hans Closner zum Stubenberg is documented. In 1512 Alban and Hans von Closen sold Stubenberg to Wolfgang Baumgartner as their own . In 1513 the castle came to his brothers Martin Paumgartner zu Preitenbach and Leonhard zu Hohenstein by inheritance. In 1537 Stubenberg is referred to as Hofmark in the Wolf (P) Baumgartner's tax register . In 1560 he is said to have owned the Hofmark Prienbach in the lordship of Ering . In 1569, the castle and Hofmark Stubenberg (together with Prienbach) were bought by Helene von Stubenberg to her son Zacharias Höhenkirchner zu Iffeldorf, the keeper of Reichenberg. The blood court for Stubenberg was at the Braunau regional court. In 1650 this branch line of the Höhenkirchner died out and Stubenberg came back to the Baumgartner.

As a result of the Austrian War of Succession , the castle was set on fire on May 9, 1743 by the Austrians with wreaths of bad luck and almost completely destroyed. The Hofmark remained in the possession of the Baumgartner, who had meanwhile been raised to the rank of imperial count, until 1800. In 1800, Karl von Baumgarten zu Stubenberg had the castle half demolished and sold the remaining parts along with all the land, with the exception of the woods, to private individuals. After the death of Max von Baumgarten zu Ering († 1808) Karl Graf von Baumgarten received the Ering Castle and moved his residence there. Then the last part of the castle was also sold to private individuals. On March 20, 1853, the last male descendant of Paumgarten zu Ering-Stubenberg died and the property was inherited by Baron Lerchenfeld zu Aham.

Epitaph of the castle owner family Ering-Stubenberg at the parish church of Stubenberg

Parish Church of St. Georg and St. Urban in Stubenberg

Stubenberg Castle today

At the beginning of the 20th century, the owner of the remains of the castle was Mrs. Therese Hödl, who ran a small farm. When she died in 1958, her daughter Agnes took over the run-down property. She married Ferdinand Sieger in the 1960s and moved to Austria with him. Only one elderly couple remained in Stubenberg. Ferdinand Sieger died in December 1971 and his wife was forced to sell the castle. In 1972 Anton and Therese Mayer bought the castle ruins. In 1976 the Mayer family began restoring the right half of the castle. The 135 cm thick castle wall stood alone for a short time, until finally a roof was over the castle again in autumn 1976 and a new building stood on the right side. In 1982 the renovation was completed and a Munich family was able to move into the castle. Today some of the former castle's masonry, which probably dates from the 13th century, is still preserved. These remains can be found in the west side of the house (Schloßberg 2) and in the sloping corner tower.

In contrast , the former castle church as a parish church , which is consecrated to the holy knight patron George and the Pope Urban, is preserved in the best condition.

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