Burgstall Tröglersreuth

Burgstall Tröglersreuth stands in the countryside near Tirschenreuth in eastern Bavaria. It was once a small lowland castle built on flat ground, not on a hill. The site is now marked only by earthworks and a few stones, but it remains legally protected as a monument. The name Tröglersreuth appears in records from the early 14th century when it was held as a Waldsassen Abbey fief. Locals long called it the ‘Edelgut’ because noble families once lived there. By the late 14th century the place had fallen into ruin, then briefly revived around 1412 before decaying again.

The site’s story includes short-lived rebuilds and changing owners. In 1446 a family named Tröglersreuther is first recorded at the spot. A century later another local noble line bought a nearby hamlet while the main estate still belonged to the abbey. In 1522 the monastery sold the property outright, ending feudal dues and replacing them with a fixed annual payment of six gulden. During the Thirty Years War in 1647 the parish priest took refuge here while soldiers occupied his own village. The hidden location and old moat still offered some protection then.

Today the visitor finds a quiet field with low earth banks marking the vanished walls. A modern farmhouse stands two hundred metres east of the old site, rebuilt after a fire in 1872. The only visible traces are shallow ditches and scattered stones, yet the place keeps its medieval shape. A footpath crosses the field, giving a sense of the former moat and courtyard. From the edge of the site there are wide views over rolling farmland, the same landscape that once sheltered the small castle.