Suhlburg

En un regard

Le château en bref

Above the lower Schmiedbach valley, on a spur of the left bank rising to about 322 metres, the hamlet of Suhlburg, part of Untermünkheim, preserves the site of a vanished castle. The stronghold was probably built at the end of the 14th century by a councillor from the Sulmeister, a patrician family of Schwäbisch Hall, and it is first mentioned in 1430. His descendants, who rose into the knightly nobility, took the name Senft von Sulburg. A Hohenlohe fief, the estate was held in turn by the Senft, the Roßdorf and the Hyso families. The castle burned down in the 16th century, and an attempt at reconstruction launched in 1622 came to nothing. Today only remains of foundations and ditches survive, while a dwelling house occupies the site, which bears witness to the social rise of the Hall patriciate.