Wildberghof Castle

In 1050, the local nobility of Wildberg from Ulsenheim built a hilltop castle. In 1242, Manegoldus de Wildberg transferred his property to the St. Marx Monastery in Würzburg. In 1326, Bishop Wolfram pledged the Wyelberk fortress to Knight Heinrich von Seinsheim as a hereditary castle fief. In 1394, the imperial city of Rothenburg stormed the Wielberg fortress and destroyed large parts. The resident Wilhelm von Seinsheim was absent. A Rothenburg citizen, who had found refuge with Wilhelm von Seinsheim (called Wielberg), was captured and beheaded. His wife was buried alive. In 1840, as part of the secularization, the prince-bishopric Würzburg possession of Wildberg fell to Bavaria. It was auctioned off to 23 Ulsenheim farmers. Johann David Schlötzer (master dyer and mayor from Uffenheim) acquired the mountain and built a residential house with a barn and stables on it. In 1912, Heinrich Wencker (architect from Würzburg) converted the property into a country castle. He used building materials from the old Würzburg train station (Ludwigsbahnhof, built in 1852). In 1984, the Endreß family from Ulsenheim bought the property.