Wilflingen Castle

The owners of Wilflingen Castle have been the Schenks von Stauffenberg since 1464. Prince-Bishop Johann Franz Schenk von Stauffenberg converted it into a hunting lodge in 1710, creating the current interior of the rooms with cast-iron stoves and stucco ceilings, and the exterior appearance of the house. The Vice-President of the Reichstag, Franz August Schenk von Stauffenberg, and his son, the Reichstag member and founder of the OEW, Dr. Franz Schenk Freiherr von Stauffenberg, established a private library that today comprises approximately 30,000 volumes. During the Second World War, the castle served as a princely exile and residence for the resigned ministers of the Vichy government. Numerous literary encounters took place there.