Schlosskirche, Medieval castle with church in Guttenberg, Germany

Schloss Guttenberg, also called Neuguttenberg, is a castle complex in the municipality of Guttenberg in Upper Franconia, Bavaria. It stands at about 437 metres on a hill spur, with the main castle and the smaller Altguttenberg site nearby. The castle was rebuilt after 1523 and fully renewed after a fire in 1908, so few medieval elements remain.

The name derives from Cotto, an official of the Counts of Andechs; Gundeloh von Plassenberg, documented in 1148, is considered the first of the line that took the name von Guttenberg in 1315. Altguttenberg was besieged in the Guttenberg Fehde and passed to Margrave Friedrich V of Brandenburg. In 1523 the Swabian League's troops burned both castles as robber-knight nests; only Neuguttenberg was rebuilt, and a fire in 1908 led to its full renewal.

The name Guttenberg probably derives from Cotto, an official of the Counts of Andechs, Dukes of Merania. In 1315 the family took possession of the castle and changed its name from Plassenberg to von Guttenberg; since 1700 its members have held the title of Freiherr. The castle church belongs to the complex that was rebuilt after the Schwäbische Städtebund burned it on 8 July 1523.

The castle stands at 437 metres on a spur about 10 km north-east of Kulmbach. The medieval fabric is largely gone: after the fire of 1908 the complex was completely renewed, so look for the few surviving medieval traces. The site belongs to the Freiherrlich von und zu Guttenberg'sche Privatstiftung, founded by Philipp Franz zu Guttenberg.

The name Guttenberg probably derives from Cotto, an official of the Counts of Andechs. In 1523 the Swabian League sent 1,672 horsemen and 10,535 foot soldiers against 23 robber barons' nests; the Guttenberg castles were 18th and 19th on the list, taken on 5 July and burned on 8 July. Hans Wandereisen's 1523 woodcut shows the scene.