Schloss Neuenstein
Neuenstein Castle (german: Schloss Neuenstein) is a schloss, castle in the middle of the town of Neuenstein, Baden-Württemberg, Neuenstein. Built as the seat of the Hohenlohe-Neuenstein noble family, it now houses a castle museum and, with the Neuenstein Hohenlohe Central Archives, the shared house archive of the House of Hohenlohe, which is looked after by the State of Baden-Württemberg. History The origins of the present castle can be found in a Hohenstaufen moated castle from the early 13th century. It stood on a sandbank in a swampy area near an old long-distance trade route that led from the Rhine via Bad Wimpfen, Wimpfen east to the Danube. Around 1230, the complex was owned by the Lords of Stein, whose descendants later called themselves "von Neuenstein". Around 1300, the Neuenstein estate came to the House of Hohenlohe, which still owns the castle today. Gottfried von Hohenlohe, who lived at Weikersheim Castle, was a follower of Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor Frederick II, ...
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