Top 17 Castles around Gramschatzer Wald

Veitshöchheim is very beautiful, you have to visit it

Very interesting

Nice ambience, great terrace with a really nice view. Not exactly cheap though. But if you're already there you should at least treat yourself to a coffee and a piece of cake... the great view is free 😂

The castle ruins are best seen when coming from Heßlar towards Schönarts

Veitshöchheim is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Würzburg and is located on the Main. The town is a former summer residence of the Prince-Bishops of Würzburg, later of the Kings of Bavaria. The palace complex with its Rococo garden is well-known. Veitshöchheim was first mentioned in 779. The parish of Veitshöchheim was donated to the monastery of St. Stephan in 1097 by the Würzburg bishop Emehard. Veitshöchheim Palace was built between 1680 and 1682 under Prince-Bishop Peter Philipp von Dernbach and expanded between 1749 and 1753 by Balthasar Neumann. The construction of the court garden, which belongs to the palace, began in 1702. The parish church of St. Vitus, which still exists today, was consecrated in 1691, and the Veitshöchheim synagogue was built between 1727 and 1730. In 1814, the town finally fell to the state of Bavaria, after only nine years earlier it had become part of the Grand Duchy of Würzburg. The municipality was formed in its current form in the course of the Bavarian administrative reforms in 1818. Veitshöchheim train station with the royal pavilion was built in 1853 and 1854 under Maximilian II of Bavaria. Source: Wikipedia

Very beautiful castle. The inner courtyard can be visited free of charge. Nice stopover with the opportunity to have a refreshment.

During the reign of Iring von Reinstein (1254–1265), there was probably a Hohenlohe castle on the Steinberg, which was referred to as castrum in lapide. It did not last long and was destroyed around 1356.[1] Steinburg Castle was supposedly built on its foundations at the end of the 19th century. The building, formerly used as the artists' society house of the Würzburg artists' association "Roßperger", is located above the Würzburger Stein, one of the most famous vineyards in Franconia. The three-story building was built by the Würzburg architect and building contractor Andreas Pfannes in a Gothic style in 1897/98. The wine merchant Kommerzienrat J. W. Meuschel bought the castle around 1900 and from then on referred to it as "Steinburg Castle". Forced to sell during the Third Reich, the building initially went to the Bürgerspitalstiftung. In the same year, Hans Bezold acquired the Steinburg and commissioned the architect Adolf Spiegel to simplify the structure and redesign it. Steinburg Castle has been a hotel since 1958. The Bezold family carried out numerous changes and extensions until 1986. In June 2012, the castle hotel was expanded to the east to include the modern event and conference center "Refugium". Source: Wikipedia

The noble Henneberger family began building the "Castrum Schonenhart" in 1258. The then Bishop Iring von Reinstein issued a decree to stop the construction of the castle and to demolish the existing buildings. The Bishopric of Würzburg saw this castle, which was probably in a strategically important position at the time, as a threat to Karlstadt's dominance in the region. It is assumed that the castle was rebuilt, as documents mention the "Altenburg". Unfortunately, only a few remains have survived, so this question can no longer be answered. Source: Information board at the site