Schwindegg Castle
Schwindegg Castle is a Renaissance moated castle in the centre of Schwindegg, a rural community in the Upper Bavarian district of Mühldorf am Inn. As a Hofmark castle it was the manor house of the Schwindegg Hofmark.
History
Already in the 14th century Schwindegg had a manor house. In 1389 Friederich von Tättenpeck was the first documented owner. In 1394 the Lords of Fraunhofen became owners, a Bavarian noble family with ancestral homes in Alt- and Neufraunhofen in the Landshut district. Schwindegg remained in their possession for over 100 years. In 1504 the castle was burned down in the Landshut War of Succession. Jacob I of Fraunhofen was the last male representative of his family on Schwindegg. Through his daughter Anna the estate passed to her husband Ulrich Marschall von Pappenheim († 1539), who in 1518 was enfeoffed with the Schwindegg estate by Emperor Maximilian I. [2] In 1553 Anna's son Veit zu Pappenheim became the owner of the Schwindegg Hofmark. In 1591 Veit zu Pappenheim, who was born in Schwindegg, sold the estate and castle to the knight Sebastian von Haunsperg.
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