Menterschwaige Manor

The origins of Menterschwaige date back to 1012, when a dairy farm called Harthausen was first mentioned in a document. In 1189, an associated church was built south of the farm. In the 15th century, the farm came into the possession of the Bavarian dukes; Duke Johann IV died here of the plague in 1463. After a fire in 1504 and destruction by the Swedes in the Thirty Years' War (1632), the estate was gifted by Elector Ferdinand Maria to Maximilian Graf von Kurz in 1660, who rebuilt it. The Wittelsbach family later reacquired the farm and owned it until 1793. In the early 19th century, the banking family Nockher opened an inn here. Peter Johann Gaibl, who also operated the Menter brewery, acquired the farm in 1807, leading to the name Menterschwaige.