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Loch Castle ((ドイツ語:Burg Loch)) is a protected ruin in the municipality of Loch in the Bavarian market borough of Nittendorf. It is also the symbol of Eichhofen, a village within the borough. Loch is a rare example of a cave castle in Bavaria; only in Stein an der Traun in Upper Bavaria is there another surviving example of this type of fortification. == History == The foundation date of the little hill castle is not precisely known. Historians believe it was built either in the 12th or the 14th century. Its founders were the Rammelsteins, lords of a nearby estate and ''ministeriales'' of the burgraves of Regensburg. They erected the castle to guard a hammer mill. In 1556, when the last male Rammelstein, Sebastian, died there was an inheritance dispute over the castle and its associated estates. In his will, Sebastian had left the site to his wife, Margareta, but his nephew, Wolf Heinrich Sauerzapf, who had married Sebastian’s sister, Magdalena, protested. The ensuing dispute was not resolved until 1573, when a ruling gave Loch Castle to the Sauerzapfs. No later than 1625, their descendant, Veit Philipp Sauerzapf, moved his residence to neighbouring Schönhofen, because he felt the castle was too uncomfortable to live in. Since then, the building has stood empty and was no longer used. It gradually fell into ruins. After his death in 1714, Christoph von Sauerzapf granted Loch Castle to the Carthusian abbey of Prüll in Regensburg. In the wake of secularisation it was seized by the Bavarian state and ended up in the hands of the landlords of Eichhofen. Its last owners were Günther and Dietlinde von Braunbehrens, née Freiin von Werthern, and their descendant, Ingeborg Schönharting, née Braunbehrens. This family devoted themselves for some time to the preservation of the castle, but had to sell it for financial reasons and had themselves taken off the land registry. Since then the castle has been ownerless. Responsibility for it belongs to the Free State of Bavaria, within whose borders the castle ruins are located. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Loch Castle (Eichhofen)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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