House of Falkenstein (Bavaria)

Later acquisitions included Altenburg (in present-day Feldkirchen-Westerham), Herantstein in Upper Austria, and Antwurt (now Antwort) near Bad Endorf.

The original allodial possessions of the Falkensteins were located around the village of Geiselbach (today part of Taufkirchen) in the upper Vils valley.

The first count mentioned in records was one Reginolt de Valchensteine in 1115, although both the Falkenstein and Neuburg lineage seem to descend from one Patto of Dilching who lived in the early 11th century.

The family lost its possessions during the fierce conflict of the Hohenstaufen emperor Frederick II and Pope Innocent IV in the first half of the 13th century.

[citation needed] His death was perpetuated by the writer Julius Mayr (1855–1935) in his drama Sigbot von Falkenstein, alluding to the murders of the Nazi regime.