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CastleOberschweinbach
Spielberg Castle
Spielberg Abbey is a former Franciscan nunnery in the municipality of Oberschweinbach in Upper Bavaria. Spielberg Abbey stands on the remains of a former castle, whose origins date back to 1150.
The present castle complex, which was the seat of a Hofmark, was built in 1624 and rebuilt around 1750 in the Rococo style. In 1899, Franciscan nuns from Reutberg Abbey acquired the castle and established a chapel and a nursing home. In 1998, the municipality of Oberschweinbach bought the abbey grounds, and the remaining sisters returned to Reutberg.
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