Horneck Castle, Germany

Horneck Castle is also known as Burg Horneck, Deutschordenschloss Horneck and Schloss Horneck.

Schloss Horneck (left) viewed from Michaelsberg

A castle located in the town of Gundelsheim, district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, in southwest Germany. Its name is thought to mean "over the Neckar," as it is overlooking the Neckar River.

History

The castle was built around 1200 and was given to the Teutonic Order by Konrad von Horneck in 1438, thereby making it the seat of the "Deutschmeister" (German Master) until it was destroyed in 1525 by fire during the German Peasants' War. Despite reconstruction shortly after Horneck Castle's destruction, Mergentheim became the new headquarters for the Teutonic Order in that region in 1527.

As of 2006, the castle was occupied by an altenheim (a nursing home for the elderly) as well as the Transylvanian Museum.

49°17′12″N 9°09′22″E

Baden-Württemberg Castles, Fortresses and Palaces - Heilbronn
Adelshofen Castle Affaltrach Castle Assumstadt Palace Babstadt Palace Blankenhorn Castle Bonfeld Palace Brackenheim Palace Bürg Castle Chanowsky Manor Domeneck Castle Duttenberg Castle Ehrenberg Castle (Neckar) Ehrenberg Castle (Talheim) Erenstein Castle Escenau Palace Fürfeld Castle Gemmingen Castle Gemmingen House Grafenburg (Lauffen am Neckar) Greckenschloss Grombach Castle Harchenburg Heinsheim Castle Helfenberg Castle (Ilsfeld) Heriboldesburg Castle Heuchlingen Castle Hohenbeilstein Horkheim Castle Horneck Castle Ittlingen Castle Jagsthausen Castle Kirchhausen Castle Klingenberg Castle Kochersteinsfeld Castle Korb Castle Lautenbach Palace Lautereck Castle Lehen Castle (Kochendorf) Leinburg (Kleingartach) Lehrensteinsfeld Castle Liebenstein Castle Löwenstein Castle Magenheim Castle Maienfels Castle Massenbach Palace Michaelsberg (Cleebronn) Möckmühl Castle Neckarsulm Castle Neipperg Castle Neudenau Castle Neuenstadt Castle New Castle (Michelbach am Heuchelberg) Obergimpern Castle Oedheim Castle Old Castle (Lauffen am Neckar) Old Castle (Möckmühl) Ochsenburg Castle Ottilienberg Presteneck Castle Rappenau Castle Richen Castle Red House Schomberg Castle Schwaigern Palace Siegelsbach Castle St. André's House Stettenfels Castle Stocksberg Castle Streichenberg Castle Talhelm Castle Talheim Manor Trappenseeschlösschen Treschklingen Castle Weibertreu Castle Weiler Castle White House Widdern Castle Wildeck Castle Wimpfen Imperial Palace Zaberfeld Manor
Also see: List of castles in Baden-Württemberg

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