The castle stands for a whole millennium of eventful history. The fortification remained untouched for many centuries, but from the middle of the 17th century the building fell into disrepair - until a Prussian nobleman, Friedrich Werner Graf von derschulenburg, began reconstruction in the 1930s. He wanted to spend the rest of his life here, but was murdered by the Nazis in 1944 as a co-conspirator in the Stauffenberg assassination attempt. Today a museum tells of this eventful history.
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Falkenberg Castle is located in Markt Falkenberg in the Upper Palatinate in the Tirschenreuth district in Bavaria. It is listed as a monument under file number D-3-77-117-1. “Archaeological findings from the Middle Ages and early modern times in the area of Falkenberg Castle, including traces of previous buildings or older construction phases and the abandoned outer bailey” are also listed as an archaeological monument under the file number D-3-6139-0082. The oldest remains of the wall of the hilltop castle, which was inhabited until 2009 and which towers over the narrow streets of the town on the Waldnaab, are said to date from the 11th century. The castle was first mentioned indirectly in 1154 in the name of a “Pilegrin de Valkenberch”.
Since its construction, this fortified structure has had many owners. At the beginning there were the Falkenbergs and from 1280 onwards the Leuchtenbergs. Around 1300 the castle came into the possession of the Waldsassen monastery. The abbot Udalrich II Birker chose it as a retirement home after 1486. Around 1571 it was owned by the Electoral Palatinate. Shortly before the end of the Thirty Years' War, the castle was shelled and captured by the troops of the Swedish general Königsmarck. With secularization, the castle became the property of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1803. In 1809 a third of the keep was demolished and the stones were used to build the vicarage. Decades later, the castle was placed under monument protection.
From 1936 to 1939, the owner at the time, Friedrich-Werner Graf von derschulenburg, rebuilt it and restored it to a listed building. The former German ambassador in Moscow wanted to spend his retirement there. He was involved in the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944 and was therefore executed on November 10, 1944 in Berlin-Plötzensee following a verdict by the People's Court.
In December 2008, the Falkenberg market bought the castle complex from the schools heirs.[1] After fundamental modernization, eight individual hotel rooms with a view over Falkenberg were created on the upper floor. After the official inauguration by Prime Minister Seehofer in November 2015, the castle has been available to the public for visits and events since the beginning of 2016. The castle is operated by the non-profit association Forum Falkenberg – Friends of the Castle e. v.
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