Apart of old settlement and Pfarrmittelpunkten the Ehrenfelser, which stood at first in the service of the Regensburger of bishops, had established its rule center on the highest mountain cone northwest from Beratzhausen at the border of the high pin Regensburg. At the time at that time this place for the location of a castle must have been almost ideal, because possible enemies could be constituted due to the exposed situation already early. The special ditch system of the castle is to be recognized today still and points on the fact that in the south an expanded fore-castle must have been original. Unusual is likewise the division in two parts of the core castle, which is unmistakable also despite the progressive purge this very day and which is attributed to an extension of the original castle plant in the late Middle Ages. 1567 were already sold the rule honour rock and thus also the castle at Pfalz Neuburg, lost their function as center and in the course of the years ever more purged. Partially it was used even as quarry for the close convenient Beratzhausen.

Deed of donation of 1256

In a deed of donation of the Chunrad of Ernfels we mentions the castle for the first time documentary. It gave away his property Dettenhofen and its nut/mother having TIG its property Anzenhofer to reconciliation for the annual Zehent to the monastery Pielenhofen. In this document, which is in public records in Augsburg, the Ehrenfelser, which had come out from the Hohenfelsern, is mentioned for the first time documentary. Still in 16. Century the Ehrenfelser was called sponsors and founders 1237 of the created secondaryoldest Cistercian interior monastery in the diocese Regensburg.

Order for Furthmeyr Bibles

1335 changed the castle into the possession of the Stauffer, 1416 it by the free realm city Regensburg were taken and destroyed, after the peace however returned and afterwards by master of building of cathedrals Wenzel Roritzer repaired, at the same time to the new Feuerwaffen adapted. 1465 Hans of Stauff to rock and its brother Ulrich of Stauff to by emperor Friedrich III. in the condition raise, thus the rule rock reichsfreies area. Few the brothers precious Bibles in German language in order gave time later. In this connection the famous book painter manufactured Berthold Furthmeyr miniatures, scenes from the old will and fantasievolle climbing, which frame and illustrate the text. This Bible was kept in the castle honour rock. 1478 died Hans's von Stauff. Its valuable, grave plate manufactured by master of building of cathedrals Rorotzer, which shows the Stauffer in gothical disk equipment, allegedly originally was in the castle chapel pc. Michael and is now attached at the west wall of the Beratzhauser parish church.

Elimination of the coats of arms

Destroyed due to the participation in the the "“castle with sampt the Capellen and in the same way the and Thor"” 1492 of the troops duke Albrecht IV. Together with other objects of value and documents also the valuable mentioned above Furtmeyr Bible was brought into the Wittelsbach residence to Munich. The coats of arms of the client Hans von Stauff and its wife Margarte give from Geyern by the Pergamentseiten were scraped and by the coats of arms Albrechts IV. and its wife Kunigunde of Austria replaced. When Kunigunde occurred after the death of its man 1508 the monastery, she carried both Bible volumes forward, where they were kept up to the secularization. Prince Ludwig to Oettingen Wallerstein acquired 1813 the splendor volumes, 1980 it by the Free State of Bavaria for the university library Augsburg was purchased.

Argula of Stauff

Closely connected with the castle honour rock is also the Reformatorin Argula of Stauff, married Grumbach. It was born probably in the year 1492 and buildup on the castle honour rock. Argula of Grumbach referred position for the reformation starting from 1523 with its handbills as the first Publizistin. In its 1995 book appeared "“Argula of Grumbach - A womans Voice into the reformation"” follows the theologian of New Zealand Professor Peter Matheson of the question, how Argula could dare it at the time at that time to provoke the powerful institutions church and university. And it finds the answer on the lock mountain in Beratzhausen: "“Also today the ruins in their majestic proportions still reflect pride and the self-confident its Stauffer, which ranked among the most outstanding families of the Bavarian high aristocracy, again"”.

But even in later years, before all in 19. Century had the castle ruin a strong fascination for interesting personalities. Thus wrote 1827 the historian and archivist max of Prokop of Freyberg its work "“the Stauffer of honour rock, theils to history, theils novel"”, wrote by their exchange of letters with the former Reformminisster Montglas well-known the Julie of Zerzog a contribution for the historical association Regensburg and the Upper Palatinate with the title "“Beratzhausen and the ruin honour rock in north gau"”.

Constant purge

Already 1914 feared the former mayor Beratzhausens Alois vest apparently the purge of the castle, because in its "“chronicle of the market Beratzhausen"” he writes: "“the bemoosten remainders of this old-venerable ruin,"… and so the leftovers of the castle honour rock protected by protecting hand to still later generations than raised monument would like nevertheless to announce that here for many centuries powerful sexes lived"”. But 20 was at the beginning. Century still traces of the horse oversupply, of the vestry of the castle chapel pc. Michael and a flat gate elbow available, disappeared in the course of the years ever more stones. 1982 began the local and homeland male nurse at that time with the repair and safety device of the strongly endangered walls. Despite the many spent working hours the work could not be locked however for financial reasons. Who goes today on the lock mountain, only still barrier and ditch, remainders irregularly of the mountain ring polygonally put on and the gate, finds the ruins of two round towers and a semicircular tower as well as wall and foundation remainders of the Wohntraktes. It makes the appearance, as if fetch yourself nature back the area piece by piece again.

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