Hohenburg Castle

The castle was built by the Lords of Homburg (also von Hohenburg) as ministerials of the Würzburg diocese. The first documented lord of the castle was Dietrich von Hohenberg in 1170. According to tradition, the castle was founded between 1028 and 1031 by Reinhard von Hohenberg from Burg Adolphsbühl, a son of Arnold von Hohenstein, who is said to have emigrated from the Lahn to Franconia in 1008. However, this cannot be substantiated and was probably invented later. The castle was located in the border area of the Würzburg diocese, the Counts of Rieneck, the Counts of Henneberg and the Imperial Abbey of Fulda. With Dietrich von Homburg, the family provided a bishop of Würzburg between 1223 and 1225. Dietrich von Hohenberg died in 1381 as the last of his line without a male heir. This ended the Reinhard line.