Schloss Farchach

Schloss Farchach was a small noble residence in the village of Farchach, part of Berg municipality in the Starnberg district of Upper Bavaria. The site appears today only as an archaeological monument marked on maps. It once stood near the Filialkirche of St Martin and St Nicholas, separated by the Lüßbach stream. The first recorded owner was Heinrich Rudolf from a Munich patrician family, who received the estate as a fief in 1439. Later owners included Franz Ridler in 1477 and the Ligsalz family. A new building was erected in the early 17th century and shown in a copper engraving by Michael Wening around 1720. The simple two-storey house had a pitched roof, a small turret and several outbuildings surrounded by a crenellated wall. The entire complex was demolished before 1800. Today nothing remains above ground except the faint traces recorded by archaeologists. Visitors can still walk the route between the vanished castle site and the nearby church, following the course of the Lüßbach.