Piesing Castle

Piesing was founded as a true "-ing" place between 520 and 700 as a settlement of a Puso. Only in the 13th century are there documents in which a presumed ministerial family of Raitenhaslach Monastery named themselves after Piesing. A Konrad von Bvehsingen is mentioned in 1253 in a tradition document of the monastery as a witness to the transfer of an estate; in the Raitenhaslach Excerpta Genealogica of 1268, the brothers Heinrich and Wiching de Puhsingen (later also called Puchsinger) are mentioned. An Ulschalich von Puesing is also mentioned in 1309 in a Raitenhaslach document as a witness in a dispute between the abbot of Raitenhaslach and Ortlieb von Wald. In 1350, an entire family residing in Piesing is listed (Konrad von Piesing with wife and sons Hans Stephan and Andree). Around 1420, a Hans Püsinger is named as the farmer residing on the Piesing estate. He sold his property in 1489 to Hans Offenhaimer, rent master and regional clerk in Burghausen. A family of a Leonhart Steppuecher, verifiable since 1497 on the Piesing farm by hereditary right, then renamed themselves Piesinger. The Offenhaimer family held Piesing between 1489 and 1571. Under them, Piesing rose to become a noble seat and finally a Hofmark. Kaspar Offenhaimer, lord of Piesing since 1512, received noble freedom from Dukes Wilhelm and Ludwig on July 31, 1536, as a reward for his services as administrator of Wildshut and as treasurer of Burghausen, and on December 4, 1541, the Hofmark jurisdiction for his seat in Piesing. Caspar Offenhaimer acquired numerous other estates and also received the right to hold a market in his Hofmark. His favorite place of residence in his lordship of Seibersdorf was Seibersdorf Castle, where he also received his burial place after his death († 1550). His successor Onophrius Offenhaimer died only one year later, leaving behind three underage children, Hans Christoph, Josua, and Margaret. In 1555, a final division of inheritance took place, in which Onophrius's children, among others, were awarded Piesing. Eustachius, Onophrius's brother, received the lordship and Guteneck Castle, and the other brother Hans received the lordship of Seibersdorf. After the death of Hans Christoph and Josua, Margaret inherited Piesing in 1571. She was married to Konrad von Schwapbach, and since the marriage remained childless, Piesing passed to the Schwapbacher family from 1571 to 1695. Konrad von Schwapbach, toll collector of Obernberg am Inn, died in 1592, followed by his son Hans Sigwart in Piesing, and in 1616 by his younger brother Julius Rudolf von Schwapbach, married to Veronika, the daughter of the rent master Philipp Sickenhausen. After his death († 1671), his widow remained in Piesing and was able to expand the property by purchasing the Hofmark Rotenbergham. Piesing then passed to Julius Franz and Philipp Reichard, the last sons of Konrad von Schwapbach.