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Schloss Mespelbrunn today

Germany · Still standing

Schloss Mespelbrunn

Mespelbrunn Castle is a late-medieval / early-Renaissance moated castle in the Spessart forest of Bavaria, Germany. Built around a 15th-century round bergfried and remodelled in the mid-16th century, the castle stands on the eastern shore of a small lake and remains privately owned and open to visitors.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

First raised

1412

Its prime

1569

Today

Still standing

As it stood in 1569

The shape it held in its prime.

A compact, almost-square moated complex set on the eastern shore of a calm lake, dominated by a tall cylindrical bergfried with a rounded slate cap and weather vane rising directly from the waterline. Two-storied rendered wings with red-framed mullioned windows form the northern, western and southern sides of a central court; stepped gables punctuate the western facade. A smaller round turret with a curved roof and an attached stone outbuilding with a red-tiled roof sit at the water’s edge, all backed by dense forest.

Step inside

8 places to explore in 1569.

The record describes 8 distinct spots at Schloss Mespelbrunn — including 1 interior: inner court enclosed by two-storied houses. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.

Approach across the lake (eastern shore view)Base of the bergfried (main round tower)Western façade with stepped gablesMain entrance at the southern wingInner court enclosed by two-storied housesSouthwestern corner turretStone outbuilding / boathouse by the lakeArched transit to the water beneath the western range

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See Schloss Mespelbrunn with the fires lit.

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