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.