Burg Kälbertshausen

En un regard

Le château en bref

North of the village of Kälbertshausen, part of the municipality of Hüffenhardt since 1975, a height skirted by the old Grafenweg bears the site of a vanished castle. Lying at about 330 metres above sea level, this hilltop castle is today nothing more than a simple castle site, with no standing remains. Neither its founding date nor its exact form is known, and no description of its buildings has come down to us. Its history can therefore be read mainly through that of the village, mentioned as early as 976 and placed under the overlordship of the Bishopric of Worms. At the end of the Middle Ages, Engelhard of Weinsberg sold the locality in three equal shares to the lords of Helmstatt, of Gemmingen-Guttenberg and of Gemmingen-Babstadt, later known as of Hornberg. Other Kraichgau lineages, such as the Talheim and the Horneck von Hornberg, are among the lords associated with the place. The site, with no documented visitor facilities, is mainly of interest to lovers of local history and of the Kraichgau landscapes.