 In 1357 the von Lichtenbergs sold the castle, and the related rule, including the town, to Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg.A school of Latin was established in the town sometime around 1490 and continued teaching until 1925.In April 1525, Großbottwar became involved in insurgency in the German Peasants' War, when two hundred citizens of the town moved to the Wunnenstein mountain and elected as their leader in the peasants' revolt.