In the stone forest, between whale the yard and inheriting village in the northern Upper Palatinate stands on 863 m NN. the ruin white stone. The name of the stone forest castle white stone appears to 21 documentary for the first time. March 1279 as "„knowing stone "“. At that time "„a Wolff de Wisstenstein appeared "“as a document witness during a goods transmission. Further witnesses were representatives of the family Notthafft. The Wolffe probably before this time although this documentary not actual also the designers of a first small castle plant at the then important road from the Friedenfelser area over the stone forest after high hard will have been provable. The plant at that time, became as "„Blochwerk "“, which is a castle with a tower, whose upper floor in framework or log construction method implements was, designation. Around 1290 Ludwig, Dietrich and Nicklas Wolff of white stone as owners were called. 1309 had already acquired Albert Nothaft VI., descendant of an old Ministerialengeschlechts, which was richly wealthy in heretofore, a part of the white stone. 1333 were its son Albrecht Notthafft XI. Joint owner of the white stone. With the award of the imperial and herzoglichen Lehen by Ludwig Bavaria to him it was expressly emphasized that he because of its father for the Friedrich which was subject in the controversy over the throne the beautiful one of Austria damage have should. The white stone had been probably pulled with the military conflicts of the throne controversy and in the war between king Ludwig to Bavaria and Johann of badly in. But on 25 July 1339 the castle count Johann II. of Nuremberg, it already permitted was a field captain king of Ludwig, the Albrecht Notthaft XI., "„that he the Veste white stone to pauen and improve may and was, wants as he "“, however it had to be "„open house "“for the castle count.

After Albrecht Notthafft XI. in the year 1341 also still the last third of the white stone of Gerhard the Wolff of Thumsenreuth had acquired, it the generous up and development of the castle white stone into the ways will have led. It may the extent to have received, like we it today from the partially opened or still under debris buried the foundation walls to see at that time being able, nevertheless a plant very considerable for this place. 1373 were Albrecht Nothafft XII., the son Albrechts Notthafft XI., owners of the white stone. It justified "„the Weissensteiner line "“of the sex of the Notthafft. Their descendants had the white stone up to its becoming extinct 1718 in their possession. In the meantime the rule white stone for economic reasons from 1552 to 1566 had been however redeemed to by forest rock (they were with the Nothafft) sold, then. Then their relatives followed from "„the Bodensteiner line "“until 1882 as owners. The castle was already from the outset not always in the possession of only one person, it belonged to the family federation. Each member of the Notthaft of white stone had more or less large portion of the castle (Ganerbschaft). In a contractcontract contract of 1464 the owners at that time Fritz, Gilg III. and Ulrich Nothafft regulated the maintenance and the use of the castle. One male nurse as lock managers and two gate guards were called already at that time. From it it follows that the castle served white stone surely only rarely for this time as dwelling of the owners. At this time its new seats in peace rock and in Poppenreuth built themselves the emergency detention

The castle white stone might have then been given up after 1560 finally. The buildings purged and buried a part of the walls under their debris. Also the tower lost its structure and reliably a part of its original height. The many tower right parallelepipeds which can be found at the foot the rock prove this. 1882 lost the Notthafft its goods and concomitantly the white stone. They were bought by Bianca Eiserhart from a schlesischen manufacturer family. After their death 1885 Dr. Gustav Siegle from Stuttgart acquired the possessions. 1918 took over its daughter Dora with her man Fritz von Gemmingen Hornberg the possession. 1955 became their son wolf Dieter baron von Gemmingen Hornberg of the possession successors, since 1973 are its son Eberhard baron von Gemmingen Hornberg in peace rock owner of the earlier rule white stone.

1995 was hardly of the castle ruin more than the donjon established on a high rock cliff, as well as two already acutely collapse-endangered, about 4 meters high wall remainders recognizably. Further wall courses were recognizable for the interested castle visitor if necessary in the form of barrier-like elevations. The society stone whale dia. Pullenreuth registered association accomplished 1996/2000 with a substantial time and cost the restoration of the still existing building parts and provided in such a way for the receipt of the culture-historical monument. In a info. pavilion the Wanderer receives information over the history of the white stone and the reorganization to that plant today is the castle ruin white stone one point of attraction for numerous Wanderer, in addition, window blind for concerts, theatre performances and other cultural meetings.

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