Lohrbach Castle

The origins of Lohrbach Castle date back to the 10th century. Around the year 1000, it is said to have come into the possession of the Counts of Lauffen, who held it as an imperial fief. After the extinction of this line, the castle passed to the Lords of Dürn and later, in 1251, to the Lords of Limpurg. Around 1291, the castle came into the possession of the Order of St. John through the entry of Ulrich von Lorbach, a Limpurg descendant, into the order. Only a few years later, in 1299, the castle was destroyed by Eberhard I of Württemberg. The Order of St. John sold the complex to Konrad von Limpurg before 1350. In 1413, Count Palatine Otto I of Mosbach acquired the castle, whose coat of arms adorns the rectangular gate tower, presumably built or renovated under his aegis. After the extinction of the Palatinate-Mosbach line, the castle fell to the Electoral Palatinate in 1499.