Cultural heritage D-2-7336-0145 in Aiglsbach

The remains of the medieval Burg Berghausen stand on a low, flat-topped mound just south of St Koloman’s church in Berghausen, a village in Aiglsbach in Lower Bavaria. The hill rises about five metres on its western side and two to three metres on the south and east, while the north side slopes gently down to the churchyard. Excavations show the former motte had a rectangular plateau twenty-five metres from east to west and twenty metres from north to south. A smaller outer ward lay to the north, and the approach came from the north-west. The castle was probably built in the 11th century by the local lords called the Herren von Miniginhofen. They appear in charters from 1080 to the late 12th century, with twenty-nine named men acting as witnesses or donors. After a gap, the name returns in the 15th century with Peter, Thomas and finally Augustin Minhauser. Later owners included the Hinzenhauser, Reisacher and Seiboldsdorfer families, before Heinrich von Großschedel rebuilt the site as the Maierhaus in the early 18th century. The Thirty Years War finished the medieval fortress, and only the later manor house and the old chapel survive. Today the Maierhaus is a two-storey building with a mansard roof and rusticated corners. Beside it stands the former castle chapel, now the Catholic church of St Koloman, first recorded in 1508. The plateau of the motte can still be seen rising above the surrounding fields. A short walk from the church leads past the manor house to the gentle mound where the medieval tower once stood, offering a quiet view over the village and its patchwork of farmland.