Schloss Pürkelgut, Regensburg

Today's Pürkelgut Palace is a moated castle in the southeast of Regensburg. The castle was built in 1728 for the merchant Johann Jakob Pürkel and is considered one of the most important Baroque secular buildings in the city. The castle had some manors as predecessors since the late Middle Ages. The castle is listed as an architectural monument under the file number D-3-62-000-341. It is also listed as a ground monument under file number D-3-6938-0851 with the description "archaeological findings of the Middle Ages and early modern times in the area of the former Pürkelgut moated castle and the associated farmstead, including traces of predecessor buildings, older construction phases, and departed buildings and components."