Old Vogtei Castle Pleinfeld

The Old Bailiwick Castle is located in the center of Pleinfeld in the Central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen. It is also known as the Monastery Bailiwick, Old Castle, High House, or Monastery.

Nothing is known about the origin of the three-story, two-winged building. It was first mentioned in 1136 and was redesigned in the 17th/18th century. Its former owners were the Diocese of Eichstätt and the Lords of Pleinfeld. It served as a girls' school, doctor's house, residence of the district bailiff, apartments for railway construction engineers in the 19th century, a prayer room for Protestants before the construction of St. Peter's Church, and as a district court.