Schloss, baroque palace in Ahorntal, Bavaria, Germany

Schloss Adlitz is a two-storey baroque building with a hipped roof and a two-storey gatehouse, standing in the centre of Adlitz in the municipality of Ahorntal. Christian Friedrich von Rabenstein had it built between 1696 and 1718 on the remains of the old motte-and-bailey castle of Adlitz. Its ground floor still comes from that predecessor building.

Christian Friedrich von Rabenstein built Schloss Adlitz between 1696 and 1718 on the remains of the old motte-and-bailey castle of Adlitz. In 1783 the Freiherren von Seefried held it as a Bamberg fief, and in 1788 it was recorded as a Palatine fief. By 1851 it had become free allodial property of the von Seefried family, who still own it today.

The name Adlitz also belongs to a second castle in Adlitz near Marloffstein, so the two are often confused. The family von Seefried has owned the building since 1851 and still holds it today, first as a Bamberg fief and from 1851 as free allodial property.

Schloss Adlitz stands in the middle of the village of Adlitz, part of the Ahorntal municipality in the Bayreuth district. The building is privately owned by the von Seefried family, so visitors view the two-storey baroque building and its gatehouse from the public village street. Do not confuse it with the other Schloss Adlitz in Marloffstein.

The ground floor of Schloss Adlitz survives from the earlier Turmhügelburg, the motte-and-bailey castle replaced between 1696 and 1718 by Christian Friedrich von Rabenstein. A second Schloss Adlitz exists in Adlitz near Marloffstein, so visitors should not confuse the two. The von Seefried family has owned the building since 1851.