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Ehrenfels Castle Ruins

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Ehrenfels Castle Ruins

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Location: Beratzhausen, Landkreis Regensburg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Schwarze Laber River – Ehrenfels Castle Ruins loop from Beratzhausen

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2. Goldene Haube Rock Formation – Ehrenfels Castle Ruins loop from Beratzhausen

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3. Ehrenfels Castle Ruins – Chillo Millo Bench loop from Haderlsdorf

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Andrea_Hofbeck

April 23, 2021

On the Schlossberg you can still see ramparts and moats, the remains of the created mountain ring and the gate, the ruins of two round towers and a semicircular tower, as well as the remains of walls and foundations of the residential wing of the castle.

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December 29, 2021

After a slight ascent, the ruins of Ehrenfels Castle stand on the Schloßberg.

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JR56

July 17, 2023

The castle was first mentioned indirectly in 1256 with Chunradus de Ernvels.

In 1335, Ehrenfels came to Dietrich von Stauf with part of the dominion over King Ludwig the Bavarian.

In 1373, Hans von Ehrenfels pledged his half at Ehrenfels to Count Palatine Ruprecht I. Shortly afterwards, in 1380, Dietrich von Stauf zu Ehrenfels, vice-dom zu Sulzbach, bestowed the eternal mass in his chapel at Ehrenfels Castle.

In 1416 the Regensburgers conquered the castle because of robber barons, but had to repair it again. For this purpose, the Regensburg cathedral master builder Wenzla was commissioned with the refortification of the castle, which, however, was reintroduced in 1492 by Duke Albrecht IV in the course of fighting the Lion League, since Bernhardin von Stauf zu Ehrenfels belonged to the same.

In 1567, Duke Wolfgang von Pfalz-Neuburg acquired Ehrenfels, which was described at the end of the 16th century as a "Wolgelegen Bergkhaus" with seven towers, but by then it was already dilapidated.

In 1635 the Swedes destroyed the castle, which came into private ownership in the mid-19th century and was partially renovated in the early 1990s.

On the occasion of the 750th anniversary of Ehrenfels Castle, a 208-page volume was published by Verlag Lassleben, Kallmünz, in 2012: 750 years of Ehrenfels Castle in Beratzhausen.

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Location: Beratzhausen, Landkreis Regensburg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Ehrenfels Castle Ruins

1. Schwarze Laber River – Ehrenfels Castle Ruins loop from Beratzhausen

2. Goldene Haube Rock Formation – Ehrenfels Castle Ruins loop from Beratzhausen

3. Ehrenfels Castle Ruins – Chillo Millo Bench loop from Haderlsdorf

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