Wiesenfelden Castle

Wilhelmine Countess von Otting and Fünfstetten (1852–1904): Schloss Wiesenfelden, watercolor, 1870

The Castle Wiesenfelden is Wiesenfelden (Straubinger Straße 5) in the Lower Bavarian district of Straubing-Bogen . As Hofmarkschloss it was the manor of the Hofmark Wiesenfelden.

Wiesenfelden Castle after an engraving by Michael Wening from 1721

Wiesenfelden Castle in 2017

history

The first indirect documentary mention of the castle Wiesenfelden dates back to 1105, then a was Pabo de Wisintfeld witness a donation. He was probably Ministeriale of the Regensburg bishop. Over time, the castle was the seat of several noble families and formed a closed Hofmark . From 1335 to 1488 the owners were the Bogen Ministeriales Haybeck von Haybach, from 1488 to 1548 the lords of Paulsdorf sat there. Subsequently, the Schwarzenbergs, the Nothphia family, the Brugglach and, between 1705 and 1865, the Barons von Mägerl were the owners of the castle. In the 19th century, the Counts of Otting-Fünfstätten acquired the castle and extensive structural changes were carried out under them. In 1934 Schloss Wiesenfelden was handed over to Dr. Josef Schmid and Martin Schmid sold, from 1969 it was leased.

The castle was probably burned down by the Swedes during the Thirty Years War , probably in 1648. The present castle building was then erected there , partly on the older foundation walls. In the 19th century the three-storey building was changed again.

Today the site is a monument D-2-78-197-4 "Castle, built over an older core with an irregular ground plan after 1648; with equipment ”and as a ground monument D-2-6941-0045“ Underground medieval and early modern findings in the area of ​​Wiesenfelden Castle, including traces of previous buildings and the farm yard ” recorded by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .

Todays use

Today the castle is owned by Hubert Weinzierl , the President of the German Nature Conservation Ring, former chairman of the Bund Naturschutz in Bayern eV and today's Honorary President of the Association for Landscape Conservation and Species Protection in Bavaria eV The property houses an environmental information center and a natural history museum. After disputes between Weinzierl and his successor as chairman of the Bund Naturschutz Hubert Weiger , Weinzierl operates it privately and no longer through the educational organization of the Bund Naturschutz.

literature

• Ursula Pfistermeister : Castles and palaces in the Bavarian Forest . Friedrich Pustet Verlag, Regensburg 1997, ISBN 3-7917-1547-X , p. 41.
• Günther T. Werner: Castles, palaces and ruins in the Bavarian Forest . Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1979, ISBN 3-7917-0603-9 , pp. 24-26.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Wiesenfelden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Current website of the environmental center

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Location of the castle in the Bavaria Atlas
2. ↑ Ursula Pfistermeister: Castles and Palaces in the Bavarian Forest , p. 41
3. ↑ Günther T. Werner: Castles, palaces and ruins in the Bavarian Forest , p. 24 f.
4. ↑ Ursula Pfistermeister: Castles and Palaces in the Bavarian Forest , p. 41
5. ↑ List of monuments for Wiesenfelden (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 132 kB)
6. ^ Conflict over Bildungswerk Wiesenfelden 2007

Coordinates: 49 ° 2 ′ 26.2 ″  N , 12 ° 32 ′ 32.9 ″  E