Schloss Burgfried, Manor house and archaeological site in Winhöring, Germany
Schloss Burgfried is a small castle in the Burg district of Winhöring, Bavaria, built from 1721 on the site of an older castle demolished that year. The present building, with a core from the early 18th century, is a listed monument (D-1-71-137-24). Its chapel of St. Bartholomew now stands separate from the main house, though it was originally connected to it.
Schloss Burgfried was a fief of the Bamberg Cathedral Chapter; Hans Perger is named as the first leaseholder. Through his daughter Elisabeth, who married Hans I. Trenbeck in 1391, the estate passed to the Trenbeck family, with whom it remained for about two hundred years alongside Schloss Waldberg and Hofmark Arbing. A 1598 register records "Schlos ze Burckhfird" in Trenbeck hands. After the last Trenbeck died in 1637 the castle stood empty, and in 1721 Max Joseph Freiherr von Richel had it demolished and replaced with the present small castle and church.
The chapel of St. Bartholomew now stands separate from the castle, though it was originally built attached to it. It is dedicated to St. Bartholomew, and its presence reflects the estate's long role as a Hofmark seat. The Trenbeck family, who held Burgfried for about two hundred years, left their mark on the estate's religious life.
The castle stands in the Burg hamlet of Winhöring, with the Schlosskapelle St. Bartholomäus now separate from the main building. The structure is a listed monument and parts of the complex are privately used, so visitors should view it from the outside.
Beneath the castle lie medieval and early modern structures that are registered as archaeological monuments. These hidden layers reveal earlier occupation phases that predate the current building.
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