Wasserlos Castle

Wasserlos Castle was built in 1790 on the remains of the former castle by Prince Ludwig Eugen, son of Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg. The owner around 1800 was Johann Gabriel Marquis von Chasteler de Courcelles; under him, the garden complex and the farm buildings were expanded, and a pavilion was erected as a tea house. Among the other castle owners from 1845 to 1868 was Ludovica des Bordes, née Brentano, known as Lulu, who restored the castle chapel in 1851, as well as her adopted daughter Meline, wife of Count Moritz Casimir IV zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg.

In 1866, the castle served as a military hospital during the German War. In 1901, Baron von Mumm acquired the Wasserlos estate. He was a progressive farmer, and the wines and brandies produced here were of good repute. He also ran a well-known cattle and horse breeding operation. He was succeeded in 1916 by Wilhelm Weigang, who rebuilt the castle after the First World War. In 1942, the Weigang family sold the castle estate, which again served as a military hospital during the Second World War, to the Reichsjugendverwaltung of the NSDAP. At the end of the war, the castle and park were confiscated by the military government and then passed into the possession of the State Office for Asset Management. In 1945, the military government approved the transfer of the castle to the then district of Alzenau.

On April 1, 1949, the property was transferred to the State of Bavaria, which handed over the entire area with the 3.3-hectare English Garden to the district of Aschaffenburg in 1951. Since then, the Wasserlos District Hospital has been located in the castle and its annexes.