[2][3] The spur castle is on the eastern edge of the Creglingen urban area in the small town of Seldeneck, and is located about 392 meters above sea level NHN.

[2][3] Since the name of the Ministerialis, Heinrich I (Henricus) von Rothenburg, was not associated with Seldeneck until the middle of the 13th century, it is unlikely that the origin of the castle can be traced prior to that point.

The castle was likely originally founded by the father of Götz (Gottfried) von Hohenlohe, a fief of the Bohemian King John the Blind.

They are not to be equated with the Barons of Seldeneck , which was newly created in 1777 from the children of the morganatic marriage with Margrave Wilhelm Ludwig von Baden-Durlach and Wilhelmine Christine Schortmann (1740–1804).

[9] In 1379, Frederick V, who inherited shares of ownership from his father John II, pledged his castle and the billages of Bernheim (probably refers to Burgbernheim) and Bergel.

[9] In the summer of 1404, recorded on July 29, the ownership was transferred from Frederick I, the Burgrave of Nuremberg to the Imperial City of Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

[2] In 1407, Rothenburg ob der Tauber joined the League of Marbach in a revolt against King Rupert, in an attempt to support the deposed predecessor Wenceslaus of Luxembourg.

As a result, the city was placed under imperial ban by Rupert, while the Burgraves of Nuremberg and the bishop of Würzburg Johann I von Egloffstein were appointed executors.