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The main building of
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These are decorated with stepped gables on the western side. The main entrance is on the left side of the southern building. On the western side, the court is limited by two framed transits to the water and the main tower in center, which surmounts the castle.
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to open the site to the public. Today, Mespelbrunn Castle is still owned by the family of the Counts of
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style. Today's fundamental appearance is the result of reconstruction done between 1551 and 1569 by Peter Echter of
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