 As the one of the seats of the House of Hohenlohe, Weikersheim's town center was until 1756 dominated by Weikersheim Castle, residence of the Hohenlohe-Weikersheim line.During the process of German mediatization from 1806 to 1809, Weikersheim was awarded to the Kingdom of Württemberg, whose government assigned the city to .In 1938, the Oberamt was reorganized as , under whose jusrisdiction Weikersheim remained.