 It was probably already crumbling when he received it, certainly by 1500 it was described as "uninhabitable".The reason for its poor condition seemed to be that Grafendahn had been designed from the outset as a "Ganerbenburg" which had always had joint owners with no one person taking the responsibility for its maintenance.Hans became well known as a result of his subsequent feud with Henry, Abbot of the Order of Benedictine monks at Weissenburg Abbey.