Schloss Tapfheim on a man-made hill

Schloss Tapfheim rises from the southern landscape of Tapfheim on a hill created by hand. It was originally surrounded by a moat, and Hieronimus von Croaria owned the castle and the village starting in 1515.

In 1692, the monastery of Kaisheim purchased the Hofmark Tapfheim for 80,000 Gulden from Count Jacob de Hamilton. In 1730, Abbot Roger II. Röls built a new castle to replace the old one. This building still exists today in its original splendor. Later, Ulrich von Höchst acquired the building in the 18th century before it came into secular hands during secularization.

The architecture is a two-story structure. The north and south sides are bordered by gables with scroll volutes on two stories, with horizontal division by three heavy, profiled cornices. The west front features a round-arched central portal flanked by pilasters with molded cornices and beam sections.

An inscription stone with the initials R.A.Z.K. is located above the plinth at the southwest corner. These initials stand for Roger Abt zu Kaisheim. From 1820 to 1991, the Waiß family owned the castle. The windows of the upper story are rectangular and without frames.

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