Free spirit is a tradition at Schloss Neubeuern.
Our castle has an impressive history that began with the old keep dating back to 800 AD. In 2025, we will be celebrating 100 years of Schloss Neubeuern – a country school and foundation for rural education – definitely a special place with a lot of tradition and rich in art and culture. For more than a hundred years, Schloss Neubeuern has been a meeting place for cultural and intellectual exchange. Our founding history includes artists and pioneers such as Rudolf Alexander Schröder, Henry van de Velde, Georg Kerschensteiner and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, who met and were inspired here time and again.
Strong personalities
Knowing what to do.
Since 1925.
100 years have passed since the school was founded by Julie von Wendelstadt and headmaster Josef Rieder. However, the founding spirit of our intellectual forefathers and the values that were dear to the Freifrau are still alive in our castle community today:
- Gaining faith in ourselves through knowledge and personal experience – and thus also being strong for others
- Achieving successful strength through cohesion and promoting community
- Develop an inner moral strength in our personality and ask ourselves: how do we treat our neighbour? How do we respect, value and care for them?
Strong character personalities
In his writings, Hugo von Hofmannsthal proclaims his idea of a school of the future: “To form seventeen-year-olds who have a sense of self, a sense of responsibility and courage, a love of nature and art, respect for what exists and tolerance for what is becoming, and who can become just as good civil servants and officers as colonisers and politicians. We send out people who know what they have to do.”
Responsibility and community - "Noblesse oblige"
Julie von Wendelstadt came from Württemberg, where she became lady-in-waiting to Queen Charlotte of Württemberg at the age of 20. She was a staunch supporter of cosmopolitan “Swabian Protestantism”. Julie wanted to teach what she herself lived by: living responsibly for the common good – for family and all fellow human beings – and all help and support should be placed at her service. Julie’s motto “Noblesse Oblige” is to be understood as a moral obligation to love one’s neighbour.
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An inspiring place with tradition and many success stories.
