Frauenbühl Castle

Frauenbühl Castle was part of the Hofmark Winhöring, named after a Winiher, with the place being one of the oldest settlement stages by the Bavarians. The first documented mention of Winhöring dates from February 13, 816, in the traditions of the Prince-Bishopric of Freising, when a Rihpert ad Uuiniheringum donated various properties. In May 842, Pope Leo IV confirmed to Archbishop Thietmar of Salzburg the feudal possession of the papal court of Winheringen against an annual interest payment. In November, Pope Benedict VIII exchanged Winhöring, Antiesen, and Wolinbach with Emperor Heinrich II for another estate. Heinrich II donated these estates to the cathedral chapter of the newly founded Diocese of Bamberg for the salvation of his soul. The Hofmark Winhöring remained in the possession of the cathedral chapter until 1554. However, Winhöring was not directly administered by the Bamberg cathedral chapter, but was leased for a good rent of 180 Rhenish guilders to respected knights who exercised the function of an Amann. The first known by name is Seifried von Törring in 1357, who held this office for three years. In 1362, Winhöring was pledged to Ulrich der Rabensteiner, later it was again pledged to Seifried von Törring until 1384, after which it was for some time in the hands of the widow Agnes, née Grans von Uttendorf, of this Törringer. Thereafter, due to inheritance claims of Johann von Abensberg, he was granted the pledged possession of Winhöring in 1395. After the death of Johann von Abensberg († 1397), Winhöring was administered by the Bamberg cathedral provosts Johann von Haydeck and Martin von Lichtenstein. Due to difficulties with the subjects, the office was granted to Wilhelm von Fraunhofen. He acquired two estates on the Frauenbüchl and built Frauenbühl Castle there. This was first owned by Georg Friesenheimer, customs officer in Ötting († 1467), then it came to his son Heinrich, hereditary judge in Winhöring. In 1506, it came to Wolfgang Kluegheimer by purchase or inheritance, in 1510 by marriage to the Pelkhover family, and on July 2, 1532, to Hans Rueland by purchase from Caspar Pelkhover. After Rueland's death, Frauenbühl was divided among his ten children and soon went up for auction. On December 17, 1548, Frauenbühl was sold to Baron Johann Veit von Törring (see below). Wilhelm von Fraunhofen undermined the claims of the Bamberg lordship by buying up hereditary rights of his subjects or by leasing Amann properties to the Trenbeck zu Burchfried, who usurped free ownership of these estates. In a lawsuit before the ducal court in Landshut, the cathedral chapter was ordered on December 2, 1429, to buy back these estates. In a land register from 1468, the Hofmark Winhöring included 273 rent-paying farms, the considerable income of 238 pounds and 61 pennies went to the Bamberg cathedral chapter. On November 4, 1554, the Bavarian chamberlain Georg von Gumppenberg zu Pöttmes and Eurenbach and his wife Maria, née von Seibersdorf, acquired, among other things, the office of Winhöring. The cathedral chapter initially reserved a right of repurchase, but this was also redeemed for money in 1560. The estates of the Hofmark Winhöring continued to be considered Bamberg fiefs, which had to be re-granted upon every change of lord or owner.