En un regard
Le château en bref
In the village of Neunstetten, a district of the town of Krautheim in northern Hohenlohe, stands a half-timbered Renaissance castle associated with a farming estate. It was built by Hans Jakob von Berlichingen, son of the famous knight Götz von Berlichingen of the iron hand; the date 1568, carved three times on the left-hand part of the façade, marks the completion of the work. The castle and its manorial farm remained in the possession of the Berlichingen family for more than three and a half centuries, until they were sold to the municipality of Neunstetten in 1926. Acquired in 1979 by a private individual, the building underwent a thorough restoration, which was honoured in 1994 with the heritage prize of the state of Baden-Württemberg. A protected monument, it illustrates the half-timbered architecture of small Franconian noble residences. Hans Jakob von Berlichingen is buried in the cloister of nearby Schöntal Abbey.