House of Schlüsselberg

The House of Schlüsselberg was a Franconian aristocratic family which was a member of the high nobility.

Until it died out in 1347, the family was able to establish itself firmly in the region of Franconian Switzerland and turned out to be unwelcome competition for the bishops of Bamberg.

The Schlüsselbergs founded inter alia the town of a number of Schlüsselfeld in 1336 as well as Schlüsselau Abbey.

and Hohenzollern-Schalksburg in Swabia

Coat of arms of the "counts of Schlüsselberg" by David Wolleber [ 1 ]
The burgstall of the castle that gave the family their name: Schlüsselberg near Waischenfeld
Schlüsselau Abbey : founded by Eberhard IV of Schlüsselberg and his sons, Conrad I and Godfrey
Castle ruins and town of Waischenfeld (Domenico Quaglio c. 1830)
Neideck Castle where Conrad II, the last representative of the house, was killed