They have lost their importance as residences, but there are still a lot of disputes about castles in Bavaria. In Leipheim they are now starting to add their own chapter to this history.
Should anyone die Annales ducum Boiariae – the “Bavarian Chronicle” from the 16th century – a separate chapter on castle disputes would be worth mentioning. Castles have lost their importance as residences. But thanks to newspaper reports, a long list could be filled in where they continue to be the focus in Bavaria. In 2019 there was a quarrel as to who owned the gatehouse of Otting Castle, which was in danger of collapsing. In Pappenheim in 2020, the castle residents and the city were at loggerheads, among other things because of a four square meter small street area. And in 2021 there was a dispute about the Fuggerschloss Biberbach when different ideas about building on the castle hill collided between the town hall and the locals.
In any case, in Leipheim they are already beginning to add a paragraph to this chapter. As a stumbling block there is evidence of the documentation by the Günzburg newspaper a retractable bollard. The city installed it at the entrance to the castle courtyard: because of various events in the castle and because parking is not allowed there for fire safety reasons. What annoyed the lord of the castle: parking had not been a problem for 15 years, and he also had access rights to his property. It was pointed out to him that by purchasing the castle he had not acquired any “participation in the public use of the area”, so the city’s actions were legal. Whereupon the lord of the castle announced in a newspaper that he would sell the castle if necessary: a successor should “fight around for access rights”.
What are you doing there now? than the original ones Annales ducum Boiariae arisen, in such cases one would have appealed to the sovereign or even to the emperor. But so far Markus Söder has not shown any signs of mediation. So the only option is to go to court or find a compromise yourself. According to the chronicle of the Leipheim Castle dispute, the mayor would at least be willing to give the lord of the castle the remote control for the bollard – but not to lower it for parking, but only if he had to drive up to unload heavy things.