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Gundelfingen is a small town, also known as the "Gardeners' Town." Crossed by three river branches, the town lies between the meadows and floodplain forests of the Danube Valley.

A castle on the same spot was mentioned as early as 1236, when it and its manor were given as a gift by Count Hartmann IV of Dillingen to Neresheim Monastery. The current castle was probably built in the middle of the 16th century under the lord of the castle, Phillipp von Leonrod, or his son Georg Wilhelm. The castle later owned the noble families St. Vincent zu Ballmertshofen and Thurn und Taxis. Under the Thurn and Taxis family, the castle was the seat of the princely head huntsman and then the princely revenue office. In 1865 the municipality of Ballmertshofen acquired the building and set up a school and town hall in it. For a short time in 1940 the castle was used as a prisoner of war camp and after the war as accommodation for displaced persons. In 1959 the village school was housed there until the early 1970s. The badly neglected castle was renovated and restored between 1986 and 1994. Today it houses, amongst other things, the Burgtheater and the Burgruine Museum. a rural picture gallery. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Ballmertshofen

Beautiful Old Town

Seldom seen such a cool castle. It's privately owned and you can actually walk around alone inside. It's really worth a trip.

The facility is not in operation and can only be viewed from the outside.

very well preserved castle with restaurant

An imposing old building.

Thurn and Taxis: The Castle It is originally a tower-fortified castle from the Middle Ages: "Schloss Trugenhofen" is built on Griesfelsen. The princes of Thurn and Taxis choose the "Hohe Schloss" (521 m above sea level) as their summer residence and call it "Schloss" from 1819 Taxis". The princes come here to the Härtsfeld by Danube boat and stagecoach, mainly from May to September. When the flag flies, the prince is there! A tradition at Thurn und Taxis to this day: a flag on the castle tower (1857) shows that the prince is present. From all four points of the compass, avenues lead directly to the destination - in the past there were poplars, today chestnuts. Ever since the princely house bought the castle and "Markttischingen" (Dischingen) for 150,000 guilders in 1734, there has been a lot of expansion: up to 400 people stayed here in the 18th and 19th centuries; in summer the permanent staff included: castle administrator, building inspector, Gardener, court clerk, head stable master... The latter is responsible for 90 horses.A small kingdom in itself - with extensive grounds, its own castle chapel and the English Forest.Many architectural styles - from Renaissance to Baroque, Rococo and Classicism to Neo-Gothic - can be recognized.