Virnsberg Castle

Virnsberg Castle
Creation time :	First mentioned in 1235
Castle type :	Hill castle and moated castle
Conservation status:	receive
Place:	Flachslanden - Virnsberg
Geographical location	49 ° 25 '33 " N , 10 ° 30' 31" E Coordinates: 49 ° 25 '33 " N , 10 ° 30' 31" E
Height:	460 m above sea level NN

Virnsberg Castle is a castle complex that unusually consists of a hilltop castle and a moated castle . The castle stands immediately northwest above the village of Virnsberg , Flachslanden municipality , Ansbach district in Middle Franconia, Bavaria , and is a sight in the Frankenhöhe Nature Park .

history

Virnsberg Castle, first mentioned in 1235, was originally owned by the Reichsministeriale von Uffenheim. In 1259 the second half was bought by the burgrave Konrad I and remained in the possession of the burgrave of Nuremberg until 1294 . In 1294 it was assigned to the Teutonic Order and its affiliations. The Coming Virnsberg belonged to the Deutschordensballei Franken . From 1806 the castle changed hands frequently; They were mostly private individuals, but also institutions (e.g. the Evangelical Welfare). In 1977 the Nuremberg lawyer Friedrich von Herford acquired the castle and in 2001 transferred it to the non-profit Schlossverein Virnsberg e. V.

In 2017, Virnsberg Castle was sold to a Munich investment company. The entire property is now managed by Schloß Virnsberg GmbH & Co. KG.

Building description

The castle complex consists of a medieval hilltop castle with a polygonal castle ring , which was expanded around 1700 by a baroque horseshoe-shaped farm yard and is surrounded by a castle pond.

literature

Günther P. Fehring : City and district of Ansbach (= Bavarian art monuments . Volume 2 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1958, DNB 451224701 , p. 146-149 .

Web links

Commons : Schloss Virnsberg - collection of images, videos and audio files

Site of the castle
Virnsberg Castle on the website of the House of Bavarian History (plans, history, building history, existing buildings)