Thannstein Castle

Thannstein Castle
	Thanstein castle ruins (2013)
Alternative name (s):	Thanstein, Tannstein
Creation time :	Early 14th century
Castle type :	Höhenburg, summit location
Conservation status:	ruin
Standing position :	Ministerialenburg
Place:	Thanstein
Geographical location	49 ° 22 ′ 55 " N , 12 ° 28 ′ 20" E Coordinates: 49 ° 22 ′ 55 " N , 12 ° 28 ′ 20" E
Height:	565 m above sea level NN

The castle Thanstein , even Thanstein or Tannstein called, is the ruins of a hilltop castle on 565 m above sea level. NN in the Upper Palatinate Forest on the outskirts above the church of the community of Thanstein in the Schwandorf district in Bavaria .

history

The Thanstein family was first mentioned in a document in 1218 with an Uto von Tannstein , but their ancestral seat at that time, Altenthanstein Castle , was about 2000 meters west on the so-called Old Thanstein above Dautersdorf , it is only preserved today as a castle stable . The "new" castle in Thanstein was built in the early 14th century by the ministerial family and then served as their ancestral castle.

In 1353 the castle passed to a branch of the Zenger family and later passed to the lords of Ebleben through the marriage of Margarete Zenger to the knight Georg von Ebleben .

In 1811 the entire castle burned down except for the keep , which was restored in 1887 and is the landmark of the town today. The round keep and some of the partially built-over wall remains of the former castle complex have been preserved.

literature

Günter Moser, Bernhard Setzwein, Mathias Conrad: Upper Palatinate Castles - A journey to the witnesses of the past . Buch and Kustverlg Oberpfalz, Amberg 2004, ISBN 3-935719-25-6 , pp. 48-49.

Web links

Commons : Burg Thannstein - Collection of images, videos and audio files