History

• AD 837 - Earliest known mention in a deed of gift of Fulda Monastery ('Wichartesheim')
• Since 1156 - Seat of the Hohenlohe family
• 1323 - Town charter; construction of the town walls
• 1414 - Construction of the Gothic Parish Church
• 1595-1603 - Construction of the Renaissance tract on the old moated castle
• 1709-1724 - Baroque extensions and creation of the court garden with orangery
• 1967 - Castle sold to the county of Baden-Württemberg