Burg Neurandsberg

Burg Neurandsberg stands in ruins on a hill 588 metres above sea level near the village of Neurandsberg in Lower Bavaria. The medieval core once had walls four metres high and a surrounding zwinger with half-round towers. Below the summit, remains of the late 15th-century castle chapel lie beneath a small Baroque pilgrimage church built between 1698 and 1700. The castle was first built around 1330 by Friedrich Ramsperger, a ministerial of the Counts of Bogen and the Bishop of Passau. In 1436 it was taken by Haimeran Heuraus for Duke Albrecht III, and later held by families such as the Notthaffts. Swedish troops under Colonel Georg Christoph von Taupadel destroyed it in 1633 during the Thirty Years’ War. After 1800 the site became a Bavarian administrative office and the ruins were protected as monuments. Visitors walk among the crumbling walls and towers on the wooded hilltop. Inside the pilgrimage church, a late 17th-century seated Madonna and Child overlooks the oldest surviving votive tablet from 1682. Informative boards explain the castle’s history, and the open site offers long views over the surrounding countryside.