Top 16 Castles around Schwarzach bei Nabburg

Guteneck Castle The castle was built in the 12th century, as evidenced by its Gothic walls. Guteneck was also first documented at this time. In 1278, Guteneck Castle came into the possession of the von und zu Murach family. A Jordan von Murach is first officially recorded in 1299. Wolff Albrecht von Murach sold Guteneck Castle to the Barons von Kreith in 1576. The Barons von Kreith were elevated to the rank of Imperial Counts in the 17th century and, like their predecessors, retained control of Guteneck for 300 years. During the Thirty Years' War, Guteneck and Weidenthal were devastated by soldiers. The castle burned down completely in 1822 during a village fire. Initially, only the chapel and the adjoining castle building were rebuilt. The last Imperial Countess, Franziska von Kreith (being childless), sold Guteneck Castle and its estate to her brother, Count Franz von Spreti, in 1894. That same year, he built a residential wing on medieval foundations, incorporating remnants of Baroque walls. In 1923, Count Spreti sold the property to a real estate agent from Nuremberg, who in turn sold it to Hereditary Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1937. In 1961, Count Albrecht Beissel von Gymnich acquired Guteneck Castle from the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and gave the estate its current appearance. Count Burkhard Beissel von Gymnich inherited the property from his father, Albrecht, in 2001. The building is a three- to four-sided structure. Parts of the castle were added later, including an arcaded courtyard in the 19th century. The castle chapel of St. Catherine dates from the 14th to 15th centuries and was rebuilt with alterations at the beginning of the 19th century. It features a roof turret with an onion dome. A so-called Swiss chalet with ground-floor vaulted ceilings and a former schoolhouse also belong to the complex. The castle has been revitalized through a variety of measures. Parts of it are offered as holiday apartments, a medieval banquet is regularly held there, a traditional Christmas market has been held for several years, the castle serves as a wedding venue, and the Highland Games and other celebrations take place there annually. In addition, the castle is used as a conference and seminar center. Source: Excerpts from www.wikipedia.de / www.schloss-guteneck.de/

Beautifully preserved privately owned castle

The beautiful Christmas market at Guteneck Castle is particularly recommended. It is open on all four Advent weekends from Thursday to Sunday and recently even the weekend before as a "pre-opening" (except on Remembrance Sunday). The atmosphere is unique and the food selection is very varied. Despite the expensive entrance fee (between €8 and €10), it is really highly recommended.

Worthwhile old town with many sights. Beautiful city park for strolling and relaxing.

Good panoramic view, very nice!

Beautiful old town

Warberg Castle Warberg Castle, formerly known as Wartberg, is a ruined hilltop castle on the Warnberg near the town of Neunburg vorm Wald. The first indirect mention of the castle was around 1138, when Countess Adelheid von Warberg donated her estate near Traitsching to the Ensdorf monastery. Elisabeth von Sulzbach, the daughter of Count Gebhard III, married Count Rapoto I of Ortenburg around 1159 and received Warberg Castle as a wedding gift. In 1188, after the death of Count Gebhard III, her sons Heinrich I and Rapoto II of Ortenburg inherited Warberg Castle. The first probable destruction probably took place in the war between the Counts of Ortenburg and the Counts of Bogen, Passau, Bohemia and Austria in the years 1192 to 1199. The castle remained in the possession of the Ortenburgers until 1261, in the same year the son of Count Friedrich von Truhendingen and Anna von Ortenburg, daughter of Heinrich I von Ortenburg, sold Warberg to Duke Ludwig the Strict. The reason that led to the final destruction of Warberg Castle could be related to the military invasions of the Bohemian King Ottokar II of Bohemia in the second half of the 13th century. There is no reliable evidence for this, however, although the Schwarzhofen monastery, which is located not far from the castle, is said to have also been destroyed in the course of this war before 1285. The castle was therefore abandoned between 1261 and 1283, perhaps as early as 1278 if the Second Bohemian War and with it the death of Ottokar II in the Battle of the Marchfeld in that year are the reason for the abandonment. The Warbergers were mentioned in documents several times up until 1495 (Balthasar the Warberger of Kürnberg), presumably a ministerial family that continued to name itself after the destroyed castle. Between 1991 and 1993, an excavation was carried out by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, during which some of the walls were uncovered. Only a few remains of the walls and the well remain of the former 150 by 50 meter castle complex with its Salian-Staufian ring wall and layered water well. Finds can be found in the Schwarzachtaler Heimatmuseum in Neunburg vorm Wald. Source: Excerpts from www.wikipedia.de

Today, Schwarzenfeld Castle is a conference and recreation hotel with a beautiful park on the banks of the Naab.