Unterleiterbach Castle

Unterleiterbach Castle

The Unterleiterbach Castle is a striking building in Unterleiterbach , in the municipality of Zapfendorf in Upper Franconia .

Susanne Elisabeth Countess von Brockdorff had the castle built between 1737 and 1739 as a dowry for her daughter. This, Susanna Sophia Amalia, married von Hanxleden zu Delicke, shared the property with her brother, Count Lorenz Ernst Friedrich Brockdorff (1710–1753), who also owned Schney Castle . After the sale of Hanxleben's half in 1792, there were disputes with the buyer Freiherr von Schaumberg , until his half was finally taken over by the Brockdorff. There was an intra-family sale and finally in 1846 it was sold to Henry Sturz, who came from Zweibrücken and was ennobled soon afterwards. His widow sold the castle in 1852 to a consortium of twelve Unterleiterbachers.

It is a plastered building with sandstone structures, which the Bamberg court builder Justus Heinrich Dientzenhofer planned. The castle has been owned by the Heiss family since 1956. In 1976 an antique shop was set up in the building . There are also hotel rooms there.

Web links

• Entry for Unterleiterbach in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ruth Bach-Damaskinos, Peter Borowitz: Schlösser und Burgen in Oberfranken - A complete representation of all palaces, manors, castles and ruins in the Upper Franconian independent towns and districts , p. 124.
2. ↑ History of the rulership of Unterleiterbach ( memento of the original from December 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Coordinates: 50 ° 2  '14.3 " N , 10 ° 56' 39.3"  E