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very well signposted the history and restoration of the castle ruins

Information board about the history of Liebenstein Castle

Hardeck Castle rises atop a 15-meter-high phyllite cliff that drops steeply into the Muglbach valley. This gives it the character of a fortress rather than a palace. The castle was probably built in the 11th or 12th century, and was first mentioned in 1238. In 1316, Landgrave Ulrich von Leuchtenberg sold it to Waldsassen Monastery, and Abbot Johann III made it his residence. Due to extensive debts, Johann's successor was forced to sell Hardeck, along with other abbey property. After the Thirty Years' War, the badly damaged building returned to Waldsassen Monastery. In 1708, it was restored to its current form as the summer residence of the monastery's lords. Hardeck remained with the monastery until secularization in 1802, when it was nationalized, and the land was sold, along with the farm buildings, the mill, the sawmill, the forester's lodge, and the courthouse. In 1848, Johann Ruderer purchased it and established a dyeworks there, which operated until 1905. In 1873, Ruderer's son-in-law, Johann Söllner, obtained the license to sell alcohol and established an inn, which was still run by his descendants. The castle remains in the possession of Johann Ruderer's descendants to this day.

The Fischhof Bridge is a ten-yoke granite arch bridge that rises towards the middle and is approximately 92 meters long. It is reminiscent of the “Stone Bridge” in Regensburg and was built in 1748/50 by the Waldsassen lay brother Philipp Muttone. The two statues (Ceres, Roman goddess of fertility and Justicia, Roman goddess of justice) were created in the early 20th century. In 1807 the Upper City Pond was drained. As part of the “Nature in Tirschenreuth 2013” garden show, a 6-hectare city pond has flowed around the baroque Fischhof Bridge and part of the Fischhof Island since 2012.

The Fischhof was built around 1219. It lay on an island in the Upper City Pond until the pond was drained in 1808. The large building was an economic farm for the Waldsassen monastery. In 1548 the monastery lost its independent status and was ruled by the Palatinate Wittelsbachers. From then on, the Fischhof was used as the Duke's residence. During this time, the Fischhof Bridge was built as a wooden bridge with a drawbridge. The fish farm later served as the abbots' summer residence. There is still a baroque chapel in the building. After secularization, the fish farm fell to the state. In 1804 the Tirschenreuth regional court moved here. In 1879 it was renamed the Tirschenreuth District Court.

The ancestral home of the Lords of Liebenstein, who emerged from the middle of the 12th century. The building was built around 1100 on a rock spur made of "ice granite" above the Waldnaab. In 1430 the Hussites camped under the castle, and the castle has fallen into disrepair since the middle of the 17th century. After the city fire of 1814, the citizens of Tirschenreuth took many stones from the ruins. It is a relatively large complex; the few visible remains of the wall were recently excavated and renovated.

Great old bridge in front of the old castle, great view of the Fischhof and the city!

The bridge was built between 1748 and 1750 with a length of approximately 92 meters by the master builder and construction director of the Waldsassen monastery, Philipp Muttone in the time of Abbot Alexander Vogel. In the middle of the bridge are the statues of the Roman goddess of agriculture, the Marriage and death, Ceres, and the Roman goddess of justice and justice, Iustitia.