Top 10 Castles around Wiesthal

The castle is privately owned

Old Castle Chapel (Castle) The chapel was built in 1573 in the post-Gothic style. It was consecrated in 1575 and elevated to a parish church in 1683. Today, the castle is privately owned. It was connected to the hunting lodge by a bridge. Source: Information board at the site

Rothenbuch is one of the oldest and most important towns in the Inner Spessart region. The first documented mention of "zuo den Rodenboychen" dates back to 1318, when the Archbishop of Mainz, Peter von Aspelt, and the Bishop of Würzburg, Gottfried III von Hohenlohe, concluded a security cooperation agreement here. In 1342, construction began on a castle in Rothenbuch, at the source of the Hafenlohr River. The first inhabitants were likely settled there as hunting lodgers. During the Peasants' War of 1525, the castle was severely damaged or destroyed. In 1566, the castle was rebuilt and expanded on the orders of Daniel Brendel von Homburg, Elector of Mainz. The first depiction of Rothenbuch can be found on one of the oldest existing Spessart maps, the so-called Pfinzig map from 1594. Source: Wikipedia

Wiesen Castle was built in 1597 by Wolfgang von Dalberg, Elector of Mainz. Since the castle is privately owned, it is unfortunately not open to the public.

Archbishop Daniel Brendel of Homburg (1555-1582) built a castle chapel directly next to the castle above the street, which was consecrated in 1575. With the founding of the parish of Rothenbuch in 1683, it later served as the first parish church in our town. Until then, the villagers had to make the long journey to Wiesthal to the mother parish (since 1477), as there was no church available to them locally.

Beautiful Church

Wiesen Castle At first glance, Wiesen's traffic situation seems unfavorable, but two state roads cross here. In the late Middle Ages, around 1400, Wiesen was even at the junction of two important supra-regional traffic routes, on Birkenhainer Strasse and Eselsweg. In Wiesen, on the site of the current castle, there was a castle belonging to the Counts of Rieneck, who controlled both of these high-altitude traffic routes from here. The forests and valleys around Wiesen were then dominated by glass production and the glass trade. The current building of the castle was probably built next to the church in the late 16th century. The former Mainz castle and its outbuildings, together with the church, form a slightly elevated, picturesque group of buildings on the edge of the actual village center. The importance of the castle lies in its excellent location in the townscape and its special significance for local history as a bearer of tradition from the old story of the village's founding. During excavations in the castle, Gothic stove tiles were also discovered. They are called Tannenberg type tiles after Tannenberg Castle on the Bergstrasse. Tiles of this type were manufactured in Dieburg from the middle of the 14th century and traded along the Main as far as Holland. The fragments suggest that the lord of the castle in Wiesen - formerly from Rieneck - owned a stove around 1400, the equipment of which reveals a high standard of living. However, the good piece was not only intended to serve as optimal room heating, but above all to impress guests with the proud display of wealth. Source: Information board at the site

The chapel was built in 1573 in the post-Gothic style. It was consecrated in 1575 and elevated to a parish church in 1683.