Haus Schönborn – Graf von Schönborn

About Haus Schönborn

Haus Schönborn is a medium-sized family enterprise of the Counts of Schönborn-Wiesentheid headquartered at Schloss Wiesentheid in Lower Franconia. Since 1998, Paul Graf von Schönborn-Wiesentheid has headed the company and administers the estates in Germany and abroad. The company includes wineries in the Rheingau (Weingut Schloss Schönborn) and in Franconia (Weingut Schloss Hallburg) as well as the Casa Cadaval winery in the Portuguese Ribatejo. Other business areas are agriculture and forestry, a sawmill, pond fish farming and gastronomy. In addition, Paul Graf von Schönborn-Wiesentheid administers the non-profit Schloss Weissenstein Foundation in Pommersfelden, home to one of Germany's largest private collections of Baroque paintings, which is open for guided tours and events. The noble family can be traced back to the 12th century and has shaped viticulture, agriculture and forestry on its estates for centuries.

Site

Pommersfelden

Processes

Gastronomy, Agriculture, Forestry, Sawmill, Pond fish farming, Viticulture (wineries in the Rheingau and Franconia), Guided tours, Events

Industries

Viticulture, Agriculture and forestry, Gastronomy/Events, Wood processing (sawmill), Pond fish farming

1. 01

   Viticulture (Rheingau, Franconia, Portugal)

2. 02

   Agriculture and forestry

3. 03

   Sawmill

4. 04

   Pond fish farming

5. 05

   Gastronomy and events

Locations

Pommersfelden

DE

Schloss Weissenstein, Schloss Weissenstein Foundation, guided tours and events, art collection

Wiesentheid

DE

Seat of the comital family

Gaibach

DE

Historic estate (since 1650), palace park

Hallburg

DE

Weingut Schloss Hallburg (Franconia), in family ownership since 1806

Ribatejo

PT

Casa Cadaval winery

Products and services

Inside the production

History

1. 12. Jahrhund

   The noble house of Schönborn can be traced back to the 12th century; its origins lie in the Rheingau-Taunus district of Hesse.

2. 1650

   Philipp Erwein acquires the village of Gaibach and expands the family's vineyard holdings.

3. 1663

   Conferral of the title of Count Palatine by Emperor Leopold I.

4. 1711–1746

   Lothar Franz von Schönborn commissions the construction of Schloss Weissenstein in Pommersfelden as a private country residence; it still belongs today to the Wiesentheid branch of the family.

5. 1806

   Acquisition of the Hallburg in the Main river bend; the Weingut Schloss Hallburg is established.

6. 1818

   Franz Erwein Graf von Schönborn plays a major role in implementing the Bavarian Constitution; Constitution Column in the Gaibach palace park.

7. 1958

   Dr. Karl Graf von Schönborn-Wiesentheid founds the Collegium Musicum.

8. 1998

   Paul Graf von Schönborn-Wiesentheid takes over the management of the company after completing his studies in the USA.