Top 9 Castles around Rottenburg am d. Laaber

Schloß Eggmühl The former lowland castle and medieval pond complex was built in the 12th century. At that time, it was owned by the Truchsesse zu Heilsberg or the lords of Eggmühl. Around 1333, it was owned by Truchsess Ulrich von Leublfing. In 1341, Emperor Louis IV the Bavarian granted him market rights in Eggmühl. Around 1432, an architectural expansion took place with the construction of a zwinger (curtain wall) by the Nothaft brothers, to whom the lordship of Eggmühl had been mortgaged in 1403 by King Ruprecht of the Palatinate. From 1475, it housed the district court of the Dukes of Bavaria. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the castle was architecturally altered. In the 17th century, the granary with a half-hip roof was built. A copperplate engraving by Michael Wening from 1701 designates Eggmühl as an Electoral Castle and Lordship. The Catholic filial church of St. Lawrence, formerly the castle or fortress chapel, was built in its present form in 1720. During the Battle of Eggmühl on April 22, 1809, the castle was also fiercely contested and finally captured by the French Marshal Lannes. In 1812, the castle came into the possession of Count Maximilian von Montgelas, in 1834 to the princes of Thurn and Taxis, and was the seat of the princely Thurn and Taxis' lordship court Zaitzkofen in Eggmühl until the revolution of 1848. In 1919, the castle was acquired by retired headmaster Oskar Hirsch. Later, it was converted into a retirement home and the north wing was extended. Today, the castle is used as a BRK senior citizens' home. The castle is a structured, irregular four-wing complex around a rectangular courtyard open to the northeast, dating from the 15th century. The west wing, a former gatehouse, is a two-story building with a vaulted ground floor and a hipped roof with dormers and a swept gable. The south wing is a two-story building with a hipped roof over an irregular floor plan. The north wing is a three-story building with a hipped roof with remnants of the zwinger wall with four round rubble stone towers from 1432. Source: Excerpts from www.wikipedia.de

Weihenstephan Palace was first documented in 1229. For a long time, it formed a royal estate. The current Baroque complex was built in the 17th century on the site of a previous structure. The residential building was added in the 18th century. The palace is now owned by the Counts Deroy von Fürstenberg. Across the street, north of the palace, is the Baroque palace chapel, dedicated to Saint Sebastian. It was built in the mid-17th century.

In addition to the hotel, there is also a restaurant with a garden. Events are held regularly (e.g., garden days, medieval festivals). The castle is also popular for weddings and family celebrations.

Nice place, would love to come back.

This little idyll can be found in the small town of Train. More information about the moated castle: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Train

Weihenstephan Castle Weihenstephan Castle was first mentioned in documents in 1229. For a long time it was a manor. The current complex was built in the 17th century by Georg Carl Freiherr von Etzdorf on Weihenstephan and Stamsried on the site of a previous building. The residential building was built in the 18th century. In 1837 Count Philipp Aloys Erasmus von Deroy bought Weihenstephan Castle with Deutenkofen and two breweries from the Barons of Etzdorf. When the heiress Odette Countess Deroy married Friedrich Freiherr von Fürstenberg, her son, Joseph Erwein (1908–1977), was elevated to Count von Deroy, Freiherr von Fürstenberg, in 1914 and inherited Weihenstephan. In August 2006, the castle's outbuildings burned down and some of them had to be demolished as a result. The damage was probably caused by a defect in an electrical system and amounted to around one million euros. Weihenstephan Castle is a baroque complex with a moat running all around it from the 17th century, which was changed in the 18th century and possibly later. The residential building is a two-story mansard hipped roof building with elaborately designed shutters. The surrounding farm buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries are essentially divided into a north and east wing. In the north wing there is a passageway that is in line with the portal of the residential building. A little to the east of the castle, on the old road towards Landshut, there are two massive gate pavilions, also with mansard hipped roofs, which were built in 1950. On the opposite side of the street, north of the castle, is the baroque castle chapel, which is dedicated to Saint Sebastian. It was built in the middle of the 17th century. The small, north-facing hall church with a rectangular floor plan is divided on the outside by pilasters. The portal on the south side is distinguished by flanking pilasters. In the middle of the hipped roof is a ridge turret with an onion dome. The interior is spanned by a flat ceiling and also divided by pilasters. The chapel now serves exclusively as a mortuary; the associated cemetery extends around the nearby branch church of St. Stephan. Source: www.wikipedia.de

Kirchberg-Hohenthann Castle In a document from Mallersdorf Monastery, a Count Arterius I is mentioned in Kirchberg as early as 812. However, the castle is said to have been founded as a Roman fortress as early as 292 - at a time from which there are no documents or other written evidence. After the Counts of Kirchberg died out in 1234, the county became a district court of the Duchy of Bavaria-Landshut. The ducal guardian resided in Kirchberg Castle and was responsible for administration and justice in his district. The most important places of the Kirchberg district court, which belonged to the Landshut Revenue Office, were the markets of Pfaffenberg and Geiselhöring. The three-winged complex from the second half of the 15th century was expanded in 1520 and 1569. The castle was destroyed in the Landshut War of Succession in 1504 and the Thirty Years' War in 1632 and then rebuilt in the Baroque style. In 1803, the Kirchberg district court was moved to Pfaffenberg. The castle was purchased in 1807 by a family who used it for agricultural purposes. The castle, now a palace, was purchased and restored by two Munich families in 1978. The owners received the Monument Prize from the Hypo Cultural Foundation Munich for the restoration of the castle in the 1990s. The current complex was built in the 14th century by the Lords of Kirchberg and has a circular brick moat wall. The keep has a base area of 10 by 10.5 meters and a wall thickness of three meters. The castle chapel of St. Leonhard is located in the keep's basement. Source: www.wikipedia.de

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