Thuisbrunn Castle

Thuisbrunn Castle is centrally located in the Upper Franconian district of Thuisbrunn, part of the municipality of Gräfenberg. After being destroyed and rebuilt multiple times, the castle is now privately owned.

The spur castle was first mentioned in 1348, with Knight Hiltpolt von Mayenthal zu Thuisbrunn named as its lord. In the South German Cities' War, it was destroyed by Nuremberg troops in 1388 and subsequently given as a fief to the Nuremberg burgraves. In 1420, the castle was again destroyed in the Bavarian War by troops of Duke Ludwig of Ingolstadt. When the village of Thuisbrunn was destroyed by Nuremberg troops in July 1449 and in the Princes' War in 1460, the castle was spared. In the Second Margrave War, the castle was once again destroyed by Nuremberg troops in 1553. By 1558, only the administrative building and the keep were rebuilt. During the Thirty Years' War and thereafter, Thuisbrunn and the castle were plundered seven times by imperial, Swedish, and Bavarian troops. In 1667, the Vogt's building was presumably erected in place of the old administrative building; apart from this house and the keep, the castle remained a ruin. After the acquisition of the properties by the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806, the Vogt's building served as a forester's house. Towards the end of World War II, the castle was shelled by American troops. In 1961, it passed into private ownership.