 The Schnebergs were followed by the houses of Lamberg, Eggenberg, Lichtenberg, and Schönburg-Waldenburg.The date of the castle's construction is unclear; its existence is first implied in 1269, by way of mention of its owner Meinhard von Schneberg (, ).The castle itself was first mentioned in 1461, as the manor of "Sneberk"; at the time it was a possession of the Patriarchate of Aquileia, with the Schnebergs as their ministeriales.