グラッタースドルフの洞窟・トップ4

This castle ruin belongs to the market town of Winzer, over which it also towers. Winzer belongs to the Deggendorf district and has little to do with the market town of Hofkirchen in the northern Passau district. Hofkirchen has Hilgartsberg Castle within its municipal area, which was largely destroyed in the War of Succession but is certainly worth a visit (despite the ugly empty wooden huts in the castle courtyard).

Great well-preserved castle

Good eye-catcher on the mountain there.

Very well maintained castle. The detour is worth it and if you come over the back, you should plan on having a bit of strength to carry your bike over the stairs.😉💪

If you look up from below, you think it's just standing on the castle wall

Castle story Ranfels 1144: First documented mention. 1207: The owners were the bishops of Passau, who enfeoffed the nobles von Hals with it in 1243. These conferred the rule on. 1259-1262: The brothers Albertus and Fridericus de Ranvels lived here. 1375: After the Halser family died out, the Landgraves zu Leuchtenberg took over Ranfels. 1417: When it was sold to Etzel I, it came into the possession of the imperial counts of Ortenburg. 1438: Etzel sold it to Duke Heinrich von Niederbayern. The castle was destroyed in the Landshut War of Succession. 1517: Rebuilt by the knight Johann von Dachsberg zu Asbach. In 1518 he established the castle chaplaincy with the associated castle chapel. A fundamental renovation followed in 1520. 1784: The castle was bought by the St. Anna women's monastery in Munich. 1833: The Bavarian state bought it. As a result, components and furnishings were sold, and the remaining parts of the building were used as a parsonage. 1845: Due to the long distance to the parish of Schöllnach, the castle benefice was converted into a curate benefice and its own cemetery was built. The former castle chapel had fundamentally changed its appearance in the meantime through enlargements and additions. 1923: Ranfels was raised to a parish. The former castle chapel still serves as a parish church today. The gate building and the adjoining residential buildings are still preserved from the castle complex. The idyllic castle garden in the inner courtyard is accessible; on special occasions it is used as a festival area.

The castle ruin Winzer, also called Burg Oberwinzer, is the freely accessible ruin of a hilltop castle at 347.6 m above sea level. N

From up there you have a great view over the Danube plain.