Laubach Castle

Laubach Castle is a Renaissance-style castle built in Laubach, a district of Abtsgmünd in the Ostalbkreis.

In 1439, a castle built by Konrad von Woellwarth in Laubach, which he had received from his father Georg IV von Woellwarth-Reinroden, was mentioned. The line founded by Konrad von Woellwarth-Laubach, with its ancestral seat in Laubach Castle, died out with Hans Bartholomäus von Woellwarth-Laubach in 1572. The castle was then divided between the Lords of Notthafft and the Lords of Bernhausen. In 1586, the Notthafft sold their share for 6000 guilders to Hans Siegmund von Woellwarth-Fachsenfeld, who also bought half of the Lords of Bernhausen's share towards the end of the 16th century. In 1599, he had a new castle built, a four-winged Renaissance building with four towers with bell domes. In 1870, the Woellwarth-Laubach family died out in the male line with the death of Karl Reinhard Freiherr von Woellwarth-Laubach. After negotiations between the Württemberg feudal council and Wilhelm Freiherr von Woellwarth-Lauterburg, the castle was assigned to the Woellwarth-Lauterburg family in 1871, who carried out structural measures for renovation, as well as the creation of a terrace or earthworks in the following years. However, the castle served only as a summer residence in their possession. In 1983, the castle, which had become in need of renovation over the years, was bought by six private individuals.