Castle ruins Pottenburg (Hasenburg)
freely accessible
The fortification was first mentioned in the years 990 to 1025, when the land that had been lost during the Hungarian invasion and then reconquered was being resettled. The first owner and namesake of the castle was Count Poto, a son of Count Palatine Hartwig von Regensburg.
However, in 1044 he sided with the Bavarian Duke Konrad, who allied himself with the Hungarians. Emperor Henry III put down the uprising and outlawed Poto, who lost all his possessions. The Emperor gave the castle to the Bishop of Eichstätt. In 1108 she was in possession of another poto, who came from the family of the Freie von Asparn. After his family died out, Pottenburg became a sovereign fief in 1226.
It was awarded to Heinrich von Brunn, the husband of Mathilde von Asparn. However, the castle has been in Hungarian hands several times in the course of its history. In 1343, Count Konrad von Schaunberg bought the castle from the Brunners, but had to cede it to the sovereign in 1351. In 1359 there were extensive conversions and extensions. Gamareth Fronauer, who had established himself in the castle, had to be expelled from it in 1460 by the imperial captain Ulrich von Grafenegg. When King Matthias Corvinus conquered Pottenburg in 1482, it remained in Hungarian possession for ten years and now served as a border castle against Austria.
After it was recaptured, it was again managed by the sovereign's caretakers and occasionally mortgaged. It was abandoned around 1500 and was no longer used as a fortress. In 1517 Emperor Maximilian I sold the dominion to Wilhelm von Zelking. In 1529 the castle fell into the hands of the Turks more or less without a fight. After their deduction, it is only referred to as a ruin. In 1544, the Zelkings sold their property to the Lords of Walterskirchen. They are still the landowners today.