Niederfüllbach Castle

The first mention of Niederfüllbach, then called Vullebach, dates back to 1075 in a document by Bishop Adalbero of Würzburg. In the 12th century, the monastic estate evolved into a knight's seat, initially under the rule of the Franconian Kunstat family, who also built a castle whose exact location is now unknown. From the 14th century, the Schaumberg family, followed by the Reitzensteins in the 17th century, guided the fortunes of the place. The knight's seat, later referred to as a castle, was rebuilt and expanded after its destruction in the German Peasants' War in 1525. During the Thirty Years' War, Niederfüllbach was burned down by Croatian troops in 1634 but subsequently rebuilt. In 1695, the village received its current castle church. After the extinction of the Reitzenstein family, the estate passed to the von Portzig and von Lichtenberg families in 1773.