Neuenbürg Castle

First documented in 1165 as "Nuvenburg", the allod (freehold property) came into the possession of the von Maienthal family in the 14th century. In 1348, they endowed the early mass on St. Michael's Day in Kairlindach, where an "altar stone at the Newenburg" is mentioned. In 1388, Nuremberg troops captured the castle after a long siege and burned it down. In 1449, Reuß von Plauen (see Weisendorf) also destroyed Neuenbürg. In 1535, the von Maienthal family sold it to the Wetzhausen family, and in 1592, Veit von Holzschuher acquired the property. The Counter-Reformation emanating from Bamberg was successfully repelled. In 1703, Johann Ehrenreich Stettner von Grabenhof bought it, and this family in turn sold Neuenbürg to the Künsperg family in 1788. In 1818, the "village" of Neuenbürg (20 households, 25 families, 109 inhabitants) belonged to the Hannberg tax district, as well as to the court district and rent office in Erlangen. The owners changed very frequently until 1872, when Friedrich von Gagern, a son of the first German parliamentary president, Heinrich von Gagern, acquired the estate. Neuenbürg Castle is still owned by the Gagern family today.