Cultural heritage D-2-7340-0231 in Weng (Isar)

The Burgstall Weng, also once called Moosweng, is a medieval earthwork ruin in the village of Weng in Lower Bavaria. It lies south of Schloss Weng and St Peter’s church, on a low grassy mound about fifty metres wide and one and a half metres high. A wide ditch surrounds the mound, and a second ditch cuts across it from north to south. The site shows traces of a small outer bailey to the east, measuring fifty by fifty metres and protected by a low bank and outer ditch. To the west the remains fade into two shallow ponds and a low earth dam. Today the whole place is mostly meadow with patches of woodland. First mentioned in 1364, the castle belonged to local noble families through the 17th century. By the 19th century the nearby farm, the Prinzenhof, was in the hands of the Förchtel family. Visitors see a quiet grassy hill with shallow ditches and a few old oaks.