We had an overnight stay at Castle Colmberg. It was fantastic!



Human settlement in this area goes as far back as the late Stone Age, and discoveries indicate Roman activities here as well. In 1318 the castle was sold by the owner Earl Friedrich von Truhendingen to his uncle Friedrich IV von Hohenzollern along with the adjacent town of Leutershausen,. The castle was never conquered, nor apparently had it ever suffered serious damage. Because of this good fortune in its early history and the good luck to have been acquired by Hans Unbehauen, the master mason that saw to its preservation in 1964, the castle is in remarkable condition.

Inside, we browsed at our leisure. There are historical displays reflecting the castles past and an interesting display of East Asian objects of art collected by one of the former owners of the castle. Our room (#11) had a historical Franconian canopy bed with a private toilet. Including breakfast, it was 111 EUR. The best evening meal that we had in all of Germany, we ate here.