Schwanberg

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For the town in Styria, see Schwanberg, Austria.

Schwanberg is an elevation in the rural district of Kitzingen, Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.

In ancient times the elevation, part of the Steigerwald, was used by the Celts as a castle and can safely be assumed to be regarded as a Holy Mountain since then. Later the counts of Castell build a castle which is still existing today. The southern parts are used for growing wine. The rest of the elevation is covered by forest.

Two burial grounds can be found on the Schwanberg. On the one hand the vault of the princes of Castell and on the other hand the cemetery of the members of the religious Benedictine order Communität Casteller Ring, which emerged shortly after the 2nd World War from the Bavarian Girl Guide Movement Bund Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen (BCP - there is a German Wiki article about it) and is still living actively on the mountain, especially in the Geistliches Zentrum Schwanberg (Spiritual Center Schwanberg).

A legend says, that Hadeloga a daughter of Franconian king Pippin, throw her veil from the top. Where it landed an abbey should be built. This, because a shepard named Kitz found the veil near the river Main, became the legendary origin of the abbey and the town of Kitzingen. A play written for children has this topic and is sometimes played by school children of the region.

Parts of the region belonged to the county of Castell.

One road leads from Rödelsee to the top of the elevation.

Towns and villages around the mountain are Castell, Rödelsee, Wiesenbronn, Iphofen, Birklingen and Greuth.