Neutrauchburg Castle

Nice to stay overnight and as a starting point for a round through the great Allgäu landscape

Further information about the castle: schloss-neutrauchburg.de

Count Franz Anton von Waldburg-Zeil inherited the county of Trauchburg in 1772.Since then the family has carried the name "Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg". Count Anton designated Mechensee as the new administrative center of the county. In 1785/86 the official building, today's Neutrauchburg Castle, marked the end of his extensive building work. It housed the chief office and the archives of the rulers. It was also Count Franz Anton who renamed Mechensee “Neutrauchburg”.Neutrauchburg Castle has only been used privately by the princely house of Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg since the 19th century, partly as a residence for the hereditary family and partly as a widow's residence for the princesses. From 1848 to 1856, the castle served as a private boarding school for Prince Constantin von Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg. The grandmother of today's Prince Erich von Waldburg-Zeil, Countess Monika, lived in Neutrauchburg Castle until her death in 1953.In 2008, the castle was extensively restored, converted into a hotel with great attention to detail and opened as a hotel and restaurant in the summer.