Tirschenreuth Castle

Island town Tirschenreuth with castle, Josef Zwerenz (around 1730)

The Tirschenreuth Castle began as a castle town of Tirschenreuth , 1633 in the Thirty Years' War a city fire fell victim.

The castle goes back to a building erected around 1330 by the Waldsassen abbot Johannes IV. Grübel . As a city castle, the complex was part of the city's defense system, which also included the city ​​wall and the surrounding water. It not only protected the direct access to the city, but was also part of the defense system of the Stiftland . Over time, it was expanded into a palace complex. The castle included a tower more than 20 meters high as well as various official buildings and buildings for the abbots and officials of the monastery. In 1633 the facility burned down and was not rebuilt. The exhibition on the history of the city of Tirschenreuth in the Tirschenreuth Museum Quarter provides information .

literature

• Rudolf Langhammer : Waldsassen - monastery and town . Waldsassen 1936, pp. 189–196.
• Heribert Sturm : Historical Atlas of Bavaria . Part of old Bavaria. Tirschenreuth . Munich 1970.

Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ′ 45.2 "  N , 12 ° 20 ′ 18.4"  E