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another castle in Atzbach

The castle stands within an area enclosed by a stone wall. On the access side, a double-leaf wrought-iron gate replaces a former gatehouse. The castle is two-story, hook-shaped. It has a broken mansard roof with four corner turrets resting on consoles, each with a broken roof and a bulbous dome crowned by a finial. The ground-floor windows have wrought-iron sashes. In the castle courtyard is a triangular coat of arms of the Querrer family bearing the year 1593. The castle has been rebuilt frequently; its current appearance dates from the end of the 20th century. The former castle chapel no longer stands. The Schausberger family has been fundamentally renovating the castle since the 1970s. Today, the castle is enlivened by cultural events.

Legend of Irnharting Two damsels were riding out in 1329 and got lost in the woods west of Gunskirchen. They asked God for help and promised to build a small church. But soon they were found and saved. In gratitude, her father had a small church built and a magnificent castle next to it.

Irnharting Castle is two kilometers west of Gunskirchen. The castle consisting of two parts was built in a large square pond on two islands in it. The front chateau with the tower was connected to the rear building by a bridge. The buildings on the front island were grouped around a courtyard that was open on one side, namely the one that faced the other island with its castle building. Located on the former front island, the complex is a three-wing structure. The tower, the base of which has been converted into a gate hall, stands almost in the middle of the front wing and is still the only entrance to the palace today, since the pond in the form of a wide, water-bearing ditch has been preserved here. A brick bridge spans the moat in front of the gate tower. The second castle complex, formerly also a horseshoe-shaped complex, was closed and covered by modifications and is now the actual inhabited castle. The drained pond floor is significantly lower than the level of the former islands and the adjacent corridors, but the grassy ground is continuous wet and even swampy in places.

Beautiful well-kept small garden area. Relatively quiet location. Apartments are always being rented.

The chateau was sold to the pharmacist Ottokar Daubrava without the forest property. On August 11, 1921, the castle was purchased by Johann Kiener from Atzbach. The remaining parts of the once extensive complex (hospital building) are still privately owned today. A pond is still reminiscent of the demolished castle; the remains of the castle are buried under the meadow next to it.

The moated castle of Würting was first mentioned in documents as early as 814 as a Romanesque farm, and is therefore the first documented reference to the community of Offenhausen. The owners of the moated castle have always been the determining force for the market town of Offenhausen. After an eventful history, the area went to Jörg Perkheimer in 1455, who had today's moated castle built from 1462. It is also thanks to the people of Perkheim that Offenhausen received market rights in 1534. After a few changes of ownership in the 17th and 19th centuries, the castle was in a pitiable condition when it was sold again in 1921. The new owner Heinrich Gutman therefore had the castle completely renovated and refurbished. During the Nazi era, Würting was an SA school, and the valuable facility disappeared at that time. After the end of World War II, refugees were billeted until 1952, when the Gutman family returned the property. However, the decay was already far advanced, and so the castle changed hands several times until 1975, when it was finally bought by the paleontologist Dr. Schaffer was bought. It now houses his collection. Unfortunately, Dr. Schaffer did not manage to stop the decay, and so the castle, which is not open to the public, is still left to decay today.

Irnharting Castle is two kilometers west of Gunskirchen.