Schloss, cultural heritage monument D-5-71-174-55 (0) in Leutershausen, Bavaria

Schloss Leutershausen is a former town castle of the Burgraves of Nuremberg in the northeast corner of Leutershausen's old town. The 1624 building is a four-storey structure of rendered rubble masonry with a steep pitched roof, topped by a three-storey timber-framed gable. A round stair tower stands on the north side, and a loading oriel projects from the south gable.

Leutershausen was bought by the Burgraves of Nuremberg in 1318 and became an imperial fief in 1319; the castle itself is first documented in 1361/64. From 1398 the Seckendorff family held it until Christoph von Seckendorff sold it in 1528 to Endres Fuchs von Bimbach. His heirs sold it in 1594 to the Margrave of Ansbach, and in 1624 Margrave Joachim Ernst had the present building erected as a grain store, record office and court.

The building is called Altes Landgericht after its use as a district court from 1809 to 1880. From 1937 to 1945 it housed a camp of the female Reich Labour Service, and after the war it served until 1953 as emergency shelter for refugees and homeless people. Since 1987 it has held the Gustav Weisskopf Museum Pioniere der Lüfte, named after the Leutershausen-born aviation pioneer, and was converted for museum use from 2019 to 2023.

The building is owned by the town of Leutershausen and houses the Gustav Weisskopf Museum Pioniere der Lüfte, which reopened after renovation in 2023. It stands in the northeast corner of the old town, and the four-storey gabled block with its round stair tower can be seen from the surrounding streets.

The 1624 building was never a residence: Margrave Joachim Ernst had it built as a grain store, registry for the bailiff's files and court. From 1809 to 1880 it housed the district court, which is why it is still called the Altes Landgericht. From 1937 to 1945 it served as a camp for the female Reich Labour Service.