Sarching Castle

On the former manor Sarching, the construction of a chapel, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, by the Bavarian dukes of the Agilolfing dynasty is documented for the period between 520 and 780. The name Sarching is said to derive from a founder named Saricho or Saro.

The well-known Gamerit (Gamered) family of Särching (Sarching) lived here. For instance, a Ulrich von Sarching was a canon in 1312 and dean of the cathedral in Regensburg in 1317. Berthold Gamerit von Sarching in 1331 and Leutwin Gamerit a few years later were also canons in Regensburg. The latter particularly revered the blessed Princess Aurelia, daughter of Hugo Capet, who spent 52 years in a hermitage in Regensburg with prayer and fasting and died in 1372. Leutwin erected a beautiful high tomb for her in St. Emmeram. In 1377, a Gamerit was a caretaker in Stauf, and the last Gamerit von Sarching, with whom the family died out in 1395, had the magnificent west portal of Regensburg Cathedral built at his own expense, thereby creating an enduring monument for himself.

His daughter married Konrad Dürrnstetter, a brother of the cathedral master builder Heinrich Dürrnstetter.