Mespelbrunn Castle is a medieval moated castle, built in a remote tributary valley of the Elsava valley,
within the Spessart forest. One of the most visited water castles in Germany, it is frequently featured in tourist books.
The owner was Hamann Echter, vizedom of Aschaffenburg, a title which means that he was the
representant of the ruler the prince elector archbishop of Mainz Johann II of Nassau at the castle
and town of Aschaffenburg. On May 1, 1412, the prince elector bestowed the „Place to the Espelborn”
to Echter, who constructed a house without fortifications in the valley close to a pond. (Wiki.)