Schloss Ering, Heritage castle in Ering, Germany.
Schloss Ering is a multi-wing complex with two inner courtyards, at Schloßring 1 and Schlossring 1A in Ering, Lower Bavaria. The long three-storey building shown has a pale yellow facade divided by white pilasters, rows of white-framed windows, a steep reddish-brown tiled roof with small dormer windows, and a central balcony with metal railing above an arched entrance. Stables called "Ökonomie" are attached to the wings.
Ering is first documented in 788, when Fricho and Ratolf gave eight farms to Niederaltaich Abbey. By 1296 the Bishops of Bamberg pledged Ering to the Counts of Hals, whose seat was Erneck Castle. In 1377 the lordship passed to the Bavarian dukes, and in 1504 Pfalzgraf Philipp's troops destroyed Ering, Erneck and Frauenstein during the Landshut War of Succession. In 1508 Duke Albrecht IV sold castle and lordship to the Paumgarten brothers; the family held it until 1845.
The name Ering is first recorded in 788, when Fricho and Ratolf gave eight farms there to Niederaltaich Abbey. From 1523 until 1845 the estate belonged to the Paumgarten family, raised to barons in 1629 and to counts in 1745. They held the blood court from 1764 and carried out executions at Ering in 1779 and 1788, all for theft.
Schloss Ering is private property shared by two owners from the Esterházy de Galántha family, so the courtyards and interiors are not open to visitors; the complex can be viewed from the public street and from outside the Schloßring entrances. The building stands at Schloßring 1 and Schlossring 1A in the village of Ering, in the Rottal-Inn district.
The castle is privately owned and split between two branches of the Esterházy de Galántha family since 2006, when Paul Daniel Count Esterházy sold the inner connecting wing, the "Venningentrakt", to his youngest brother as an unsanitised ruin with shared rights to the courtyards and grounds. The rest passed to his son Nikolaus in 2022.
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