 In 1681, the von Bibra family received Brennhausen instead of Burgwallbach as part of an out of court settlement of a lawsuit dating from 1602 when the Prince Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn refused to transfer family fiefs between cousins.This type of transfer was routine but during the Counter Reformation, the bishop refused a transfer to the Protestant cousins.Initially a fief to the Bibra family, it was converted to personal ownership after the end of feudalism and in 2002 transferred to the "Stiftung Brennhausen" (Foundation) by the family.