Thurndorf Castle

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Coat of arms of the von Redwitz family in Siebmacher's coat of arms book

The renaissance-era Thurndorf Castle was in the Upper Palatinate district of Thurndorf in the Kirchenthumbach community in the Neustadt an der Waldnaab district in Bavaria .

history

The castle Thurndorf is 1577/80 after the acquisition of land aces good Thurndorf by Alexander von Redwitz , county judge in Amberg been abandoned. He and his son built a new castle on a stately meadow in the southeast of the castle district. A lot of demolition material from the old castle was used for the construction of the new castle.

The Redwitzers had no luck with this castle construction: on the one hand, they became overindebted due to poor economic management, and on the other hand, one of the sons got involved in a criminal case. This led to the fact that the estate had to be offered for sale to the sovereign. After lengthy negotiations, the government in Amberg approved the purchase after the purchase price had been negotiated from the original 30,000 guilders to 20,000 guilders. In 1599 the Landsassengut Thurndorf was converted into a maintenance office, which was administered by a judge on behalf of the Auerbach district judge . In 1684 this became an independent nursing office, to which the Hollenberg office was assigned. From here the remains of the old Palatinate property on the Pegnitz were administered. The Miller family from Altammerthal and Fronhofen acted as public officials from 1721 to 1803. Already in the 18th century the allodization of the grounds belonging to the castle began. In 1803 the local nursing office was dissolved and added to the Eschenbach office . This ended the political and administrative importance of Thurndorf. The last caretaker's son-in-law acquired the buildings and land and gradually sold them to various Thurndorf residents.

The castle, which was converted into a rectory, was demolished in the 1970s; thus the last stone memory of the important medieval administrative center Thurndorf has been wiped out. An existing coat of arms of the Redwitzers was attached to the cemetery wall.

literature

  • Stefan Benz: Thurndorf: The rise and fall of a central place in the northern Upper Palatinate. Beck, Munich 2002. Journal for Bavarian State History , 2002, 65, pp. 883–910.

Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 22.9 "  N , 11 ° 39 ′ 32.1"  E