Wackerstein (Pförring)
The village of Wackerstein is part of the market in Pförring in the Eichstätt district in Upper Bavaria .
location
The place is essentially located on the ridge and the lateral flanks of an elongated slope of the Jura that ends here in the south and meets the Danube valley that runs in a west-east direction . The demolition of this slope directly on the banks of the Danube is characteristic of the townscape, which reveals the high, vertically sloping limestone cliffs from which the picturesque Wackerstein Castle is located. Regensburg is about 65 km to the east and Ingolstadt 17 km to the west. Munich is about 90 km south of the town.
history
Various finds indicate that the Celts have already settled in the topographically favorable local area . The later manorial seat, which later changed hands many times, was mentioned relatively late in a document. In 1264 a "Berthold von Wackerstein" is mentioned in a document, in 1317 the "Gumpenbergers" appear and in 1339 the "Mendorfer" are mentioned as Lords of Wackerstein.
The common regents of the partial duchy of Bavaria-Munich , the dukes Ernst and Wilhelm , awarded the so-called “Wackersteiner Au” to “Wilham Lautenbeck zu Wakerstain” in 1408 for his services. During the Bavarian War , their opponent, Duke Ludwig the Bearded of Bavaria-Ingolstadt , conquered the Wackerstein fortress, expropriated Wilhelm Leutenbeck and appointed his keeper Friedrich Emmendorfer as administrator. Johann von Pfalz-Neumarkt , who was allied with Dukes Ernst and Wilhelm in the so-called Kelheim Parakeet Society , later the Konstanz League , succeeded in recapturing the fortress shortly afterwards. After the end of the war and with the support of the Dukes Ernst and Wilhelm, Wilhelm Lauterbeck was reinstated as Lord von Wackerstein. In 1442, in the register of the Vohburg country estate, the villages of Wackerstein and Dötting are shown as the possessions of Leonhard Leutenbeck.
After his death, the Hofmark Wackerstein passed to Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria-Munich, who in 1469 assigned it to his councilor "Stephan von Schmiechen". Schmiechen, whose family was also the owner of the nearby Hofmark Ettling, was responsible for the acquisition of the stately seat of Ettling and the merger of both court brands. In 1553 "Nothaft von Wernberg" acquired the united court brands, and in 1603 these went to the "Closen" . After devastation by Swedish and imperial troops in the Thirty Years' War , the "Counts of Lodron" acquired the property complex in 1643, which they were able to enlarge by acquiring the village of Mitterwöhr . In 1711 they sell their possessions of Wackerstein, Dötting, Ettling and Mitterwöhr to "Lothar Freiherr von Weickel".
In 1729, Duke and Elector Karl Albrecht of Bavaria, who in 1742 was the second Bavarian to be crowned German Emperor Karl VII after Ludwig IV , acquired the rule of Wackerstein. In 1768 the Wittelsbach family was followed by "Count von Daun" as lord of the court and in 1779 "Baron Anton von Wadenspan", who rebuilt the castle in 1781. After the death of Baron Wadenspan in 1793, his granddaughter, the "Countess von Buttler", inherited the Hofmark. The Countess sold it on November 20, 1811 to "General Major Freiherr Friedrich von Jordan", who exchanged the village of Mitterwöhr for the village of Dünzing. On July 13, 1814, Baron von Jordan sold the manorial and judicial rights of the court to the state, making him the last lord of Wackerstein. The Jordan family was buried in nearby Dötting. Their mummified corpses were recently rediscovered and have survived to this day.
In 1989 the castle was renovated and converted into 15 condominiums.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homepage of the place
- ↑ a b Lodron Info
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Hubert Freilinger, Historischer Atlas von Bayern, Issue 46, pp. 209–213, Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich, 1977
- ↑ Homepage of the Notthracht family
- ↑ The dark secret about the mummies of Pförring
Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ' N , 11 ° 40' E