The name Henfenfeld probably originally derives from Hamfenfeld, a field where hemp used to be grown.
Prehistoric grave finds indicate that the district of Henfenfeld was already established in the late Bronze Age around 1200 BC. was populated. The Freiling settlement was established in the 7th century AD.
On April 13, 1059, Henfenfeld was first mentioned in connection with the Vogt of the Bishop of Bamberg. This had its castle east of the Hammerbach. The nobles of the 11th century were followed by ministerials who lived here as vassals of the Bamberg bishop until the end of the 14th century. In the 15th century Hartung von Egloffstein acquired the castle and in 1530 the rule came to the Nuremberg patrician family Pfinzing, who from then on called themselves "Pfinzing von Henfenfeld" and adopted the old Henfenfeld coat of arms as their heart shield.
On May 4, 1553, the castle was set on fire and burned out completely. In the years after 1557 it was repaired for the Pfinzing family - presumably by the Nuremberg master builder Paulus Beheim.
After the male line (Johann Sigmund Pfinzing) died out in 1764, the Haller von Hallerstein inherited the manor. In 1817, the Nuremberg merchant Benedikt von Schwarz acquired the castle, who also owned the goods from Artelshofen and Hirschbach
Source: Wikipedia