It has been home to several famous historical personages, including authors Christoph Martin Wieland and Sophie von La Roche, and painter Johann Heinrich Tischbein.
It is the subject of an article, The Gardens at Schloss Warthausen and Their Place in German Literature.
[2] In 1168, a castle was sold to Friedrich Barbarossa, and passed to the House of Habsburg in 1339.
[2] In 1529, Reichsritter Dr. Hans Schad von Mittelbiberach (1505-1571) received the building from the House of Habsburg, adding new construction to it between 1532 and 1540, enlarging it to a country palace.
[2] Since 2021, the building and its surrounding lands have been owned by Canpasoglou de Fürstenberg family.