Egg Castle

The first documented mention of Schloss Egg occurred in 1103, when it was named as the seat of Thiemo de Ekke. Dendrochronological examinations of timbers from the castle tower in 2003 confirmed an age of 850 to 900 years. The Ecker family initially served the Counts of Bogen and, after their extinction in 1242, the Bavarian dukes. In 1403, the complex passed to the Fraunbergers, who ruled over the County of Haag. They sold the castle in 1427 for 8000 Hungarian gold ducats to Duke Henry the Rich, who in turn pledged it to wealthy followers. In 1752, Schloss Egg came into the possession of Baron Josef von Armannsberg. Count Joseph Ludwig von Armansperg had the castle romantically redesigned around 1840 for 84,000 guilders and spent his retirement there. His heirs sold the castle to Baron Karl von Eichthal.