What is the origin of Schloss Horneck?

It was founded around 1200 by the lords of Horneck before passing to the Teutonic Order in the 13th century.

What remains of the original medieval castle?

Only the keep survives from the founding around 1200, the rest having been rebuilt and later remodelled in baroque style.

Horneck Castle

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Schloss Horneck stands in Gundelsheim (Landkreis Heilbronn), in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Schloss Horneck overlooks the Neckar valley at Gundelsheim, in the Landkreis Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg. Founded around 1200 by the lords of Horneck, it passed to the Teutonic Order in the 13th century and became one of the order's three principal seats, alongside Marienburg and Riga. Destroyed by rebelling peasants in 1525 and later rebuilt, it was remodelled in the 18th century into a plainer baroque schloss around the surviving medieval keep. It now houses the Heimathaus Siebenbürgen, a cultural centre for the Transylvanian Saxons, with a library and museum.

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What to know

The medieval keep is the only part of the structure remaining from the original construction around 1200.
The site today houses the museum and library of the Transylvanian Saxons rather than a conventional castle tour.
The gate facing the town, decorated with funerary monuments of Teutonic Knights, dates from 1730.
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Where this château is

Gundelsheim · Landkreis Heilbronn · Baden-Württemberg

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Schloss Horneck 1, 74831 Gundelsheim

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Can Schloss Horneck be visited as a castle?: Not in the traditional sense, the building now houses the Heimathaus Siebenbürgen, a cultural centre and museum for the Transylvanian Saxons.
What is the origin of Schloss Horneck?: It was founded around 1200 by the lords of Horneck before passing to the Teutonic Order in the 13th century.
Why was Schloss Horneck important to the Teutonic Order?: It became one of the order's three principal seats, alongside Marienburg and Riga, until its destruction in 1525.
What remains of the original medieval castle?: Only the keep survives from the founding around 1200, the rest having been rebuilt and later remodelled in baroque style.