Schloss Hornberg

Schloss Hornberg, originally referred to as Hornburg or Burg Hornberg, is a Staufer-era hilltop castle complex in the Hohenlohe region and was built as a shield-wall castle. Following its partial destruction in the Peasants' War, the essential buildings of the inner ward were rebuilt in the style of pre-Baroque palaces. The complex is located on a mountain projection north above the Jagst river flowing southwest here, on the edge of the village of Hornberg. The formerly independent municipality of Hornberg is today a district of the town of Kirchberg an der Jagst, which is located on the opposite...