Grubhof Castle

The first documented mention of the Grubhof estate in Louer was around 1300 as an archiepiscopal fief, with Gebhard von Velben named as owner. From 1325, the Grueber family resided here, followed by various generations, including Heinrich, Jakob, Ulrich, and Nicolas Grueber. After 1490, Adelgern Hunt acquired a part of the estate, while Conrad Gruber sold his share to Wolfgang Pichler in 1518. In 1537, the estate passed to Ludwig Ritz, who had it expanded into a manor in 1541. Although his request for noble freedom was initially rejected in 1546, the privilege seems to have been granted by 1593. After Ritz's death, the property went to his children and later to Hermann Ritz, who reunited the inheritance. In 1624, Hermann's sons sold the property to a collateral line of the Ritz family. The last Ritz owner was Emeran Raimund Ritz, whose widow Maria Barbara Goldin married Franz Dietrich von Motzl, who acquired all shares in 1712. The von Motzl family carried out extensive renovations until 1785. Through the widow's niece, Waldburga Auer von Winkl, the property came to Baron Anselm Karl von Imhof.