Schloss, Castle in Winklarn, Germany

Schloss Winklarn is a three-winged complex around a small inner courtyard, built after the 1822 town fire that burned the earlier castle. Its north and south parts are three-storey hipped-roof blocks with three corner towers: two on the south side and one on the northwest corner. A two-storey gabled building links them on the east, and a sandstone round-arched column portal stands in the west courtyard gate.

First mentioned in the 14th century, the castle shaped the area for centuries. A fire in 1822 destroyed the building, but it was rebuilt and still stands in its reconstructed form today.

The name Winklarn appears as Winchlorn in the ducal register of around 1301. The family name changed from the French Du Moulin to the German "von der Mühle" under King Ludwig I; the full name became Von der Mühle-Eckart, or Du Moulin-Eckart in noble law. The family still owns the castle today.

Schloss Winklarn stands just northeast of the parish church of St. Andreas and north of Johann-Metzler-Straße in Winklarn, Schwandorf district. The building is privately owned by the Du Moulin-Eckart family, so visits are limited to viewing the exterior and the surrounding park with its stone figures and fountain.

The coach house beside the castle was originally the 16th-century court building, built of plastered rubble masonry. A 1589 map of the Murach district shows the castle with four corner towers; only three remain today.