Lower Castle Grönenbach

The Lower Castle, also called Schlössle, is a castle in the Bavarian spa town of Bad Grönenbach in the Swabian district of Unterallgäu, which is privately owned.

The Lower Castle was built in 1563 by the four brothers Konrad, Wolfgang, Christoph, and Philipp von Pappenheim and was intended as a widow's residence for the von Pappenheims.

After the death of Philipp von Pappenheim in 1619, his widow Anna von Winneberg lived there. Since the Calvinist faith introduced by Philipp von Pappenheim in Bad Grönenbach was to be suppressed again, his widow continued to hold sermons and Bible studies in the Lower Castle until 1626 by the Reformed preacher Adolf Langhans.

In the 17th century, Pappenheim officials, including Georg Weidlin, lived in the Lower Castle. In 1692/95, the castle passed to the Princely Abbey of Kempten. Since then, princely abbot officials were housed there. In the course of secularization in 1803, the property was confiscated and became the property of the Bavarian state. When it came to the farmer and landowner Josef Spatz, the castle passed into private ownership. Since then, it has changed owners several times.

Above the entrance is a plaque with a coat of arms and the following inscription:

When the year 1563 was counted, this house was built for the love of "Walburg" von Pappenheim by her cousins, the four brothers, secretly Conrad, Wolf, Christof, and Philipp, whom God protect from misfortune.