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Sattelpeilnstein Castle

Name: Sattelpeilnstein Castle
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Location: Traitsching, Cham, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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2. Druidenstein Sattelpeilstein – Sattelpeilnstein Castle loop from Wilting

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3. Räuber-Urban Cave – Räuber-Urban Cave loop from Sattelpeilnstein

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Sattelpeilnstein Castle

The Peilstein family, beginning with Konrad Trost, can be traced from 1135/46 as ministeriales to the Margraves of Cham. At times also belonging to the imperial ministeriality, the family, which also had its own servants, can be traced back to 1339 with Eiban von Peilstein. The castle, so favorably situated, apparently passed to the Wittelsbachs before the Peilsteins died out, as it is listed as "castrum Peilstain" in the 2nd Urbar of the Straubing Vicarage from shortly after 1311. The castle then became the seat of the newly established Peilstein-Kötzting Vicarage. The castle fell into increasing disrepair and was given as a fief to the Falkenstein Vicarage in 1503 with the task of restoring it. However, little seems to have been done in this regard in the subsequent period. The castle was finally abandoned, and the still existing palace was built below it between 1571 and 1580, with the castle serving as a quarry.
Sattelpeilnstein Castle passed to the Bavarian Duke, who then donated it to Oswald Schuß, President of the Court Chamber and Warden of Rottenburg, Satteilpeilstein, and Tragenschwand. Both estates remained with this family until 1767. The Schuß family brought great honor and wealth to the estate, despite the harsh times of the Thirty Years' War.
After several changes of ownership, the property on Gantweg was auctioned in 1830; the Sattelpeilnstein church administration acquired the estate and sold many of its lots to the villagers. The remainder of the dilapidated castle estate was purchased by Georg Stangl von Loifling in 1832. He leased the brewery and had the stables and other buildings demolished. In 1842, Otto Schauer of Passau acquired the castle estate. Thanks to him, the property soon regained its former prestige. The castle and the former brewery are still privately owned today. Few remains of Sattelpeilnstein Castle and its associated castle ruins, which were demolished in 1571, remain. Today, the castle remains a two-story, flat-gable-roof building with a mezzanine level and four corner towers of unequal height, some with crenellations. The building dates primarily from 1571 to 1580. After a fire in 1862, the castle was rebuilt in a simplified form. The ensemble includes a granite hour column from the first half of the 19th century, which indicates distances in walking times.

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Location: Traitsching, Cham, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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