Burg Wittelsbach

Wittelsbach Castle (German: Burg Wittelsbach) was a castle near Aichach in today's Bavarian Swabia.

The castle was first mentioned around the year 1000. In 1119, Otto IV, Count of Scheyern moved into the castle of Wittelsbach and converted his previous seat into Scheyern Abbey. The castle's name, "Witilinesbac", is however already mentioned as the place of origin of Otto IV in a document by Henry V dating from 1115. From 1120, the Counts of Scheyern were Counts Palatine of Wittelsbach. The castle thus became the ancestral seat of the House of Wittelsbach, the later Electors and Kings of Bavaria and Electors of the Palatinate.

According to local tradition, the castle was destroyed in 1209 after Count Otto of Wittelsbach murdered King Philip of Swabia, and it was not rebuilt. An archaeological excavation undertaken from 1978 to 1980 found no evidence of a sudden destruction of the castle, however. From the archaeological evidence, it appears the castle's walls were used as a quarry after the castle itself was abandoned.

Texte adapté de « Wittelsbach Castle » de la Wikipédia en anglais, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Burg Wittelsbach occupe la 2 424e place sur 5 793 au classement de renommée de cet atlas et le 161e rang des 349 que l’atlas recense en Allemagne. Fondé en 1000, il est plus ancien que 94 % des monuments datés de l’atlas — l’un des 62 monuments de l’atlas fondés au Xe siècle. Voyez comment l’Allemagne se compare dans les statistiques des châteaux.

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