Reichenberg Castle

Reichenberg Castle is a castle located east of Reichenberg in the Würzburg district in Lower Franconia. It is privately owned by Christoph von Seydlitz-Wolffskeel and is listed as an individual monument.

The complex was probably built as early as the beginning of the 13th century by the Lords of Reichenberg on fortified ground. The castle was first mentioned in 1271. After it was owned by the Franconian noble families Seinsheim and Hohenlohe, Knight Eberhard von Wolfskeel acquired it in 1376 as a feudal seat. Since then, the family has called itself "Wolfskeel von Reichenberg" after its ancestral seat. The castle is still owned by descendants today: The current owner Christoph von Seydlitz-Wolffskeel is a grandson of Luitpold Graf Wolffskeel von Reichenberg and son of Friedrich von Seydlitz-Kurzbach and Emma-Sophie Gräfin Wolffskeel von Reichenberg. During the Peasants' War, the castle was partially destroyed in 1525. Of the original fortifications, only rudimentary remains of the wall and the base of a round tower are preserved today.