Top 7 Castles around Brannenburg

A beautiful ruined castle, some beautiful mountain tours start here

Unter-Falkenstein Castle, also known as Neu-Falkenstein, is the ruin of a hilltop castle at 536.2 m above sea level. NHN in the municipality of Flintsbach am Inn in the Bavarian district of Rosenheim. The castle lies at the foot of the High Madron and the Petersberg. The stables of Ober-Falkenstein Castle are above the complex.

Almost invisible during the summer due to the trees.

Easy to see from the Inn, so there .. 🏃‍♂️

The castle complex is of particular archaeological importance. From excavations it can be concluded that here - as well as on the neighboring Petersberg - there was already a Bronze Age settlement. A necklace from the Middle Bronze Age (16th century BC) found in the 1990s, which must have belonged to a noble lady, suggests that the Rachelburg already had a kind of ruling function at that time. Ober-Falkenstein Castle is said to have been built by Bishop Albuin von Brixen and the Aribones. The complex was the eponymous seat of the Counts of Falkenstein and was first mentioned indirectly in 1115, then in 1166 as "urbs", in 1188 as "castrum", and in 1287 as "burg". When 1166 is mentioned in the Codex Falkensteinensis, it is also shown in a schematic drawing. The masonry that has been preserved is dated around 1110, coins found date from around 1120; This makes Alt-Falkenstein one of the oldest preserved stone castles in Bavaria. Source and further information https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Ober-Falkenstein_(Flintsbach_am_Inn)

The Falkenstein castle ruins are probably the most impressive castle ruins in the Rosenheim district. The remains of the outer bailey, located on or above a ravine, and the keep crowning the complex are of particular picturesque charm. The ruin is part of the Petersberg monument complex, which, in addition to architectural monuments such as the Rachelburg Castle Stables and the Romanesque St. Peter's Church with its sacristan's house, also includes countless archaeological monuments. After the destruction of Alt-Falkenstein, the castle was rebuilt from 1296 both as the new seat of the important count family of the Falkensteiner (the authors of the famous Codex Falkensteinensis!) And as a ducal court. The building stock of the main castle is assigned to the core of the time around 1300, the outer castle was built in the 15th and 16th centuries. After an extensive expansion phase in the 16th and 17th centuries, the complex was destroyed by fires towards the end of the 18th century. Due to the clearing of the trees by the previous owner, the castle has regained its landscape-defining effect in the Inn Valley. Today it is owned by the environmental, cultural and social foundation of the district of Rosenheim. Source and further information http://burg-falkenstein.bayern/

... Kirnstein is first mentioned in writings around 1130 - the west wall was badly damaged by a tree break in 2002, so that an emergency backup had to be implemented. The ruin is freely accessible ...

The castle gained notoriety in 2000 through a gunman. Unfortunately, the castle cannot be visited as it is in private hands and houses boarding schools and schools. Thus, any access for unauthorized persons is prohibited and cordoned off. The place Brannenburg is first mentioned in a document between 993 and 1000. The name Brannenburg can be traced back to the fact that space was created for a settlement at this point by clearing and burning (the municipal coat of arms still indicates this today). The place belonged as a closed village to the castle and later Hofmark Brannenburg. A noble family called von Brannenburg (Prantenperch) were ministerials of the Counts of Falkenstein and died out in the 14th century. The most famous inhabitant of the castle was probably the military leader Kaspar II. Winzerer, who also received the court marque justice for the castle. In 1554, the property passed to Hans Caspar von Pienzenau, who had it converted into a renaissance castle. Major Max Reinhardt had the palace rebuilt in the English neo-Gothic style between 1872 and 1875. In the 1960s, as the Institut Schloss Brannenburg, it became a state-recognized private secondary school and private technical college with boarding school for boys and girls. Source and further information: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Brannenburg