Neubrunn Castle

Neubrunn once belonged to the dominion of the Teutonic Order, which established an administrative seat here with Neubrunn Castle.

Between 1305 and 1311, the widowed Countess Elisabeth von Hohenlohe, born Countess von Wertheim, donated a hospital founded by her and other possessions in Neubrunn to the Teutonic Knights. In 1319, the hospital of the Teutonic Order Commandery was moved to Stadtprozelten.

Already on December 16, 1323, King Ludwig IV, known as the Bavarian, granted Neubrunn town rights with the right to fortification. The three-story residential building of the castle with its high gabled roof was built around 1380. In 1397, the Grand Master Konrad von Egloffstein received the order from King Wenzel to surround the castle with a Zwinger (outer bailey) and to fortify the town. The case of defense occurred in 1461 when Count Johann III von Wertheim attacked Neubrunn with his knights on November 9; the castle was successfully held.

In 1484, the Teutonic Order exchanged its possessions in Neubrunn and the surrounding area with the Archdiocese of Mainz for electoral Mainz territory near Horneck Castle. Afterwards, it became the seat of the officials of Kurmainz. In 1655, the Mainz rule over the town ended, and it now came under the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg. On September 30, 1655 (deed of purchase), Johann Philipp von Schönborn sold Neubrunn and Böttigheim virtually to himself, only in a different capacity, because at that time he was Prince-Bishop in both prince-bishoprics.

After secularization, the castle came into the possession of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814 via the Grand Duchy of Würzburg, and from 1895 to 1929, it housed an outpost of the State Forest Administration; the last forest official had left the municipality in 1929. In 1930, the municipality of Neubrunn showed interest in purchasing the castle. Initially, only a rental agreement was concluded in August 1933. The castle was to be made available to the labor service, but the first "labor service men" had already been drafted. For five years, a department of the male labor service had found accommodation there. In 1938, the Reich Labor Service Leader issued an order that the department was to be relocated "for reasons of higher state interests." The building stood empty for only a short time; on October 1, 1938, a rental agreement was concluded with the female labor service, which lasted until the end of the Second World War.

On November 18, 1938, the municipality of Neubrunn bought the castle. After the Second World War, a retirement home was established here as a replacement for the destroyed Würzburg Bürgerspital. The buildings also served as a recreation home for city children. From 1963 to 1977, the castle was a mobilization base for the Bundeswehr. Since 1983, the castle has been rented out by the market town of Neubrunn for private use as a residential building. Therefore, the castle cannot be visited.