Spielberg Castle

Spielberg Castle is a Middle Franconian castle complex in the Franconian Jura in the Bavarian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen. It is located about eight kilometers south of Gunzenhausen, above the Gnotzheim district of Spielberg on the partly wooded slopes of the Hagbuck (598 m above sea level), the northwest end of the Hahnenkamm.

In the 12th and 13th centuries, the former Spielberg Castle belonged to the castle system of the Counts of Truhendingen. After their extinction, it came to the Counts of Oettingen in 1363 and later became the ancestral seat of the Oettingen-Spielberg line, which was elevated to princely status in 1734. In 1796, the complex became Prussian, and in 1806 it came to Bavaria. In 1827, Prince Carl Philipp von Wrede bought the castle at auction and transferred it to his daughter, Princess Amalie zu Oettingen-Spielberg, whose descendants owned it until Prince Albrecht zu Oettingen-Spielberg entrusted the ruined castle complex to the artist family Steinacker in 1983.

The entire complex from around 1400 has been rebuilt several times internally, most recently by the Steinacker family, who have established a museum for contemporary art in Spielberg since 1983. The exhibition shows sculptures, paintings, and a figure meadow.