Friedenfels Castle

Friedenfels Castle is situated on a south and west sloping hill in the village of Friedenfels (municipality of Friedenfels) in the district of Tirschenreuth. To the north of the castle lies the large, four-sided enclosed farmyard, which in its current form probably dates back to around 1800, with the administrator's residence. In the southwestern corner of the farmyard, part of the former stables has been converted into an Evangelical castle chapel, consecrated in 1986. Immediately west of the farmyard, separated only by a path, stands the Catholic church. West of the church, amidst a larger lawn, stands the so-called "Small Castle," built in 1778 (chronogram on the portal frame), which was extended to the north in the second half of the 19th century. The castle building is located in the middle of a well-maintained park, whose oldest feature, an elongated avenue in the southeast of the park, probably dates back to the 18th century. The castle itself was built by Friedrich Sittich Notthafft von Weißenstein around 1590.