Cultural heritage D-2-7640-0020 in Wurmsham

The remains of Wurmsham Castle stand in the village of Wurmsham in Lower Bavaria, 120 metres north-west of St Ulrich’s church. The site is marked as an archaeological monument, showing traces of medieval and early modern buildings. Earlier wooden structures gave way to a brick castle in the 17th century, rebuilt by Albrecht Sigismund von Riemhofen and shown in Michael Wening’s engraving. The castle was a three-storey square block with a hipped roof and tall chimneys, surrounded by gardens and a hooked service wing enclosed by a wall. Its owners changed many times: the Vieregg family, Leonhard Althaimer, Anna Schieckh, Wolf von Vieregg, and finally the Riemhofen dynasty. After financial troubles it passed through several hands until it was demolished around 1860. Today the castle grounds are a meadow or built over in the south. Visitors can walk the former perimeter where the walls once stood and see the church close by. The site offers a quiet reminder of the village’s layered past, where medieval service buildings once stood beside later manor houses.