Rurgrain Castle

Burgrain Castle is a stately multi-winged castle building, once the seat of the Freising lordship, and is located on a projecting spur of land in the upper Isen valley, 2.5 km south of Isen in Upper Bavaria.

From 784 to 811, a first fortress was built under Bishop Atto of Freising, which was occupied from 1140 to 1290 by the Lords of Burgrain, Freising ministerials. Around 1200, the "current" medieval castle complex was built, a four-winged complex with a free-standing keep and neck ditch, as well as other outworks. In 1227, the castle became the princely-Freising burgrave's seat of the Burgrain lordship. In the conflict with the Counts of Haag, the castle was captured in 1317. In the first half of the 15th century, extensive additions and alterations were made under Bishop Nikodemus, creating the Prince's Wing with a large hall. In 1639, there was a fire in the castle, and as a result, further alterations were made. Prince-Bishop Johann Franz Eckher von Kapfing had the large castle church of St. George built in 1723. Due to secularization, the castle was auctioned off in 1804 and subsequently had several owners, during which the keep was reduced by about 40%. A castle owner had a brewery installed in the west wing at the end of the 19th century. In 1906, the building was converted into a home for the blind. Since 1919, it has been used again as a private residence, and the west wing has since been removed down to the outer walls.