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Schloss Höfling is a
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castle in
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,
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. In 1985 the castle, which is owned by the
House of Thurn and Taxis The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis (german: link=no, Fürstenhaus Thurn und Taxis ) is a family of German nobility that is part of the ''Briefadel''. It was a key player in the postal services in Europe during the 16th century, until the en ...
, was leased for one hundred years to the Walderdorff family.


History

The castle takes its name from the von Höfling family. The first mention of the name was Friedrich von Höfling, a provost of
Prüfening Abbey Prüfening Abbey (german: Kloster Prüfening) was a Benedictine monastery on the outskirts of Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany. Since the beginning of the 19th century it has also been known as Prüfening Castle (''Schloss Prüfening''). Notably, its ...
in the 1150s. The first castle, a medieval fortress, was first mentioned in 1259 in a peace agreement between Louis II, Duke of Bavaria and the City of
Regensburg Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the ...
. Louis II had occupied the castle and returned it to the citizens of the city. The Capellan family then owned it until it was sold to a monastery in 1265. The present castle was built in the 18th century by Baron Xaver Ignaz Reichlin von Meldegg, a member of the princely court of Thurn und Taxis. It was consecrated in 1755 in a Catholic ceremony. Baron Reichlin von Meldegg sold the castle in 1775 to Countess Maria Anna von Palm. The present castle is in the
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style and has a
mansard roof A mansard or mansard roof (also called a French roof or curb roof) is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides, with the lower slope, punctured by dormer windows, at a steeper angle than the upper. Th ...
. It later passed to the von Schmedel family. Count Wilhelm von
Holstein Holstein (; nds, label=Northern Low Saxon, Holsteen; da, Holsten; Latin and historical en, Holsatia, italic=yes) is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is the southern half of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of German ...
bought the castle from Max Ritter von Schmaedel in 1885. The land surrounding Schloss Höfling had been purchased in 1860 by
Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis , title = Prince of Thurn and Taxis , image = MKvTuT.jpg , caption = , reign = 15 July 1827 – 10 November 1871 , reign-type = Period , coronation = , predecessor = Karl Alexander , successor ...
. In 1892 the House of Thurn und Taxis purchased the castle. After the wedding of
Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis Karl August Joseph Maria Maximilian Lamoral Antonius Ignatius Benediktus Valentin, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (full German language, German name: ''Karl August Joseph Maria Maximilian Lamoral Antonius Ignatius Benediktus Valentin Fürst von Thu ...
and
Princess Maria Anna of Braganza , title = Princess Karl August of Thurn and Taxis , image = , caption = , reign = , coronation = , predecessor = , successor = , succession = , spouse = Prince Karl August of Thurn an ...
, the couple took up residency at the castle in 1922. It was the birthplace of their son
Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis , father = Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis , mother = Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal , birth_date = , birth_place = Schloss Höfling, Regensburg, Bavaria, Weimar Republic , death_date = , death_place = Munich, Germany , pla ...
. In 1985 the
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Walderdorff family signed a 100-year residential lease for the castle.


References

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