Remseck Castle

Emperor Henry IV built his fortress Waiblingen after his return from Canossa (winter 1077). To strategically secure this fortress, Rems Castle was built, which was about 80 x 80 m in size. Count Ulrich II of Württemberg held court at the castle, partly together with his brother, Count Eberhard the Illustrious (1268, 1277 and 1279).

The later owner, Count Eberhard the Illustrious, had amassed a large part of the Staufer's estates after their decline, which King Rudolf I of Habsburg had already demanded back in 1273. The greedy Count Eberhard refused, which resulted in him having to cede his castles Hohenwittlingen and Rems in 1286 as a pledge that he would desist from his territorial policy.

On November 19, 1298, Count Eberhard received Remseck Castle back, in gratitude for supporting Albrecht of Austria in the dispute with Adolf of Nassau. Together with the castle, he received the small town "Niuwe Waiblingen", built by King Adolf of Nassau, which is today's Neustadt.

Count Eberhard stayed at Remseck Castle in April 1302 and January 1303. In 1310, at the time of Eberhard's outlawing by Emperor Henry VII, Rems Castle was destroyed. In 1436, it was repaired by Hans Nothaft. In 1576, everything except one tower was torn down again. This then completely collapsed in 1792. Remains can still be seen today.

In 1842, the then Major and later Colonel Franz von Grimm (commander of the Ludwigsburg artillery regiment) had a neo-Gothic castle built on the site of the old castle. Von Grimm was sentenced to a long prison term in 1861 for seduction to immorality, although he repeatedly protested his innocence. All requests for clemency were rejected and the castle had to be sold.

The castle passed into the possession of Count Edzard Wilhelm Alko zu Inn- und Knyphausen from Celle, who moved into the castle in 1863 with his young wife Countess Fanny, née Baroness von Gemmingen-Guttenberg-Bonfeld. After the early death of Count Edzard, the Countess lived in the castle alone until her death in 1924. Count Franz Tido Folef Unico zu Inn- und Knyphausen inherited the castle and moved there with his wife Ida. After the death of Count Franz, Count Anton zu Inn- und Knyphausen lived with his family in Remseck Castle until 2003.