Can Schloss Rechenberg be visited today?

No verified visiting information is available; the building stopped operating as a youth hostel in 2018 and has since been privately owned.

What is the origin of Schloss Rechenberg?

It derives from a Staufer-era castle probably completed around 1227, converted into a schloss from 1538 onward by Heinrich Steinhäuser.

Who owned Schloss Rechenberg?

After the knights of Rechenberg and the Wollmershausen, Adelmann and Steinhäuser families, the estate passed to the von Berlichingen family, whose coats of arms decorate the nearby church.

What remains of the original fortress?

The palas, the 1571 south building and the ring wall with its defensive towers are well preserved, along with the moat still visible on the village side.

Schloss Rechenberg

Rechenberg Castle

Stimpfach

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Stimpfach

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Open within 20 km

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Schloss Rechenberg stands in Stimpfach (Landkreis Schwäbisch Hall), in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. No visits are on record for this building.

Schloss Rechenberg stands on a spur above the Rechenberger Rot at Stimpfach, built on the foundations of a Staufer-era castle completed around 1227. The complex has kept the layout of a moated castle, with its palas, the south wing added in 1571 and a well-preserved ring wall with defensive towers. A stone bridge now leads across the former moat, replacing what was once a wooden drawbridge, and a nearby castle church holds gravestones and coats of arms of the von Berlichingen family, longtime owners of the estate.

What to know

The building served as a youth hostel from 1953 until summer 2018, before being sold to a private owner.
No verified information on opening hours, admission or visiting arrangements is available for this listing.
The nearby castle church is today the Protestant parish church of the village of Rechenberg.
Access is via a stone bridge crossing the former moat, visible from outside the enclosure wall.
The site is located in Stimpfach, in the Landkreis Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg.

Where this château is

Stimpfach · Landkreis Schwäbisch Hall · Baden-Württemberg

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Zum Schloß 7, 74597 Stimpfach

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Can Schloss Rechenberg be visited today?: No verified visiting information is available; the building stopped operating as a youth hostel in 2018 and has since been privately owned.
What is the origin of Schloss Rechenberg?: It derives from a Staufer-era castle probably completed around 1227, converted into a schloss from 1538 onward by Heinrich Steinhäuser.
Who owned Schloss Rechenberg?: After the knights of Rechenberg and the Wollmershausen, Adelmann and Steinhäuser families, the estate passed to the von Berlichingen family, whose coats of arms decorate the nearby church.
What remains of the original fortress?: The palas, the 1571 south building and the ring wall with its defensive towers are well preserved, along with the moat still visible on the village side.