Hinteres Castle Schöckingen

The origins of the Schöckingen castle complex, designed as a lowland castle, date back to the 13th century. In the Middle Ages, it was owned by the Lords of Nippenburg. The Hinteres Schloss suffered destruction in 1431. After the Nippenburgers refused to introduce the Reformation, the complex was devastated by Protestant troops during the Thirty Years' War. In 1660, the fief passed to the Barons of Gaisberg-Schöckingen. They had the main house, damaged by a lightning strike, rebuilt in 1740 and erected the Hinteres Schloss in 1754, as evidenced by a coat of arms plaque on the portal with the initials F. A. V. G and the year 1754. Further alterations to the main house occurred in the late 18th and 19th centuries, and around 1800, the Maierhaus was added.