Das Rote Schloss ist ein Schloss in Jagsthausen im Landkreis Heilbronn. Es wurde ungefähr im Zeitraum von 1572 bis 1590 von einer Nebenlinie der Herren von Berlichingen errichtet.

Das Schloss befindet sich auf dem Gelände des früheren Römerkastells Jagsthausen und in unmittelbarer Nähe des Sitzes der Herren von Berlichingen, der „Götzenburg“. Es wurde zwischen 1572 und 1590 von Hans Reinhard von Berlichingen erbaut. Im Inneren des Schlosses finden sich heute noch Wandmalereien aus der Zeit des Baubeginns, während das Schloss im 18. Jahrhundert um eine Fassade und ein Mansarddach Richtung Dorf ergänzt wurde. Im ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert befand sich der Sitz des Berlichingen’schen Rentamts und die Wohnung des Rentamtmanns im Schloss. Heute befindet sich dort ein Restaurant.

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Waldenburg Castle (German: Schloss Waldenburg) is a 13th Century castle lying on a mountain on the outskirts of Waldenburg, Germany. During the Second World War, the castle and town were destroyed. While the town has been rebuilt, the castle was only partially rebuilt.

Schloss Waldenburg

Hornberg Castle (German: Burg Hornberg) is a partially ruined castle located on a steep outcrop above the Neckar valley above the village Neckarzimmern, between Bad Wimpfen and Mosbach. It is the largest and oldest of the castles in the valley.

The original castle was built in the 11th century. It is notable as the stronghold of Götz von Berlichingen, who bought it in 1517 and died there in 1562. The castle was bought by Reinhard of Gemmingen in 1612 and remains in possession of the Gemmingen-Hornberg family today. It was uninhabited from 1738 and left to decay until 1825, when it was partially restored. It has housed a museum since 1968.

It also housed students from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources for an annual summer exchange program.

Hornberg Castle (Neckarzimmern)

Guttenberg Castle is considered one of the last undamaged Staufer castles in Germany. It was founded around 1180, is today over 800 years old and has a correspondingly eventful history. It has always been inhabited and has been completely preserved to this day. It has been owned by the Barons of Gemmingen for over 560 years.

The first documentary mention of Guttenberg Castle dates from the late 13th century – the Chapel of St Nicholas below Guttenberg Castle is mentioned in 1296. At that time the Lords of Weinsberg owned the castle. They remained until the middle of the 15th century. Most recently, the royal hereditary treasurer Conrad von Weinsberg was the lord of the castle. Since Conrad von Weinsberg lent considerable sums of money to the king, which he did not get back, however, and thus he himself came into financial distress, he felt compelled to sell the castle.

On St. Andrew’s Day in 1449, Hans “the Rich” of Gemmingen bought Guttenberg Castle from the heirs of Conrad von Weinsberg, who had died almost two years earlier, for 6,000 Rhenish guilders. Hans von Gemmingen was also set by the wedding with the wealthy Katharina Landschädin von Steinach in the position not only to buy the castle, but also to expand it extensively. An important milestone in the history of the castle.

At the end of 1521 the Lords of Gemmingen joined the Reformation. In later Baden the family thus belonged to the first followers of the teachings > Martin Luther. Guttenberg was spared the destruction during the Peasant War and the Thirty Years’ War by fortunate circumstances, for already in 1622 a great battle raged at Wimpfen, which resulted in numerous lootings and destruction. In 1689 Guttenberg also escaped the French troops who cremated Heidelberg and many of the Neckar castles.

With the proclamation of the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1806, the Lords of Gemmingen lost their ruling function. But they remained owners of the castle and its lands. In the early 19th century, the history of the castle was connected above all with the stay of the poet Wilhelm Hauff, who was the tutor of a family member.

Today the castle is the centre of the family estate and one of the most popular excursion destinations in the region, as it has been opened to the interested public.


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