En un regard
Le château en bref
Schloss Dallau is a moated castle in Dallau, part of Elztal (Neckar-Odenwald district). A first residential tower is recorded around 1300; the Teutonic Order acquired the fortress in 1416 and greatly extended it between 1438 and 1451, turning it into an enclosure with four corner towers, a moat about twenty metres wide and a stepped-gable palas. Damaged in the Peasants' War, it was rebuilt in 1529–1530. It passed to the Electoral Palatinate in 1668, then to private owners in the early 19th century. Most buildings were demolished in the 18th century, and the site was restored from 1989 to 1995 in keeping with heritage requirements. Now municipally owned, it hosts cultural activities, and its exterior can be visited at any time.