Schloss Moos, Schloss in der Oberpfalz
Schloss Moos is a three-story castle near Kümmersbruck with characteristic late Gothic features: thick main walls, a rectangular ring wall with firing ports, and four corner towers. The building was fundamentally renewed around 1738 and today displays architecture influenced by baroque style, with red pitched roofs on the towers.
The castle was built in its present form around 1738, after it had originated in the late Middle Ages as a fortified structure belonging to the Moos family. In the 1980s, major restoration work was carried out that stabilized the structure and renewed the pitched roofs of the towers.
Schloss Moos takes its name from the original local family that built it, and it shapes the character of the village of Moos near Kümmersbruck. Visitors can see in its simple brick design and thick walls a reflection of regional medieval culture, which still echoes in the nearby historic buildings.
The castle can be viewed from the outside and is easily reached on foot from the center of Kümmersbruck. The quiet rural surroundings make for a relaxed walk, where you can circle the ring wall and corner towers.
Historical sources report a water moat that once surrounded the castle and was fed by the Krumbach stream, traces of which are still visible on the south and east sides today. This old defensive system shows how builders centuries ago used water to secure their structures.
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