| 1100-1150 | Construction of the first Lichtenstein Fortress on the spot where Lichtenstein Castle is standing today |
| 1150 - 1200 | Construction of the second Lichtenstein Fortress “Old Lichtenstein” presumably supervised by Gebhard of Lichtenstein |
| 1182 | Gebhard of Lichtenstein donates land around Herrenberg to Ottobeuren Monastery. Gebhard of Lichtenstein is a ministerial official of Margrave Heinrich of Ronsberg husband of Adelhild of Achalm-Gammertingen. |
| Um 1200 | Building activity with ashlar masonry |
| 1236 | Gero of Lichtenstein appears as witness in an official document by Count Berthold of Urach |
| 1243 | Abbot Peter of Bebenhausen acquires property in Geisnang from Gebhard of Lichtenstein. Reference to brothers Swaneger and Berthold |
| 1246 | Berthold of Lichtenstein becomes Minister of Grüningen near Riedlingen |
| 1251 | Reference to Heinrich of Lichtenstein and sons in an official document from Buchau Monastery |
| 1254 | Reference to Ludwig, Gebhard and Swaneger in an official document by Ulrich of Württemberg and Heinrich of Fürstenberg |
| 1300 | Swaneger of Lichtenstein is bondsman at the selling of Stöffeln and Gönningen to Württemberg |
| 1311 | First destruction of the fortress by the citizens of Reutlingen during their war against Count Eberhard of Württemberg |
| 1315 | Reconstruction of “Old Lichtenstein” after a peace agreement |
| 1319 | Swaneger is one of seven knights who sit in judgement in collaboration with Count Friedrich of Zollern in Mühlheim on the Danube |
| 1327 | Swaneger appears as judge at the conciliation of Ulrich of Württemberg and Rudolf of Hohenberg |
| 1332 | Swaneger is “Caretaker of the Jews” in Überlingen |
| 1352 | Dietrich of Lichtenstein appears as arbitrator at the dispute between the Count of Zollern and Kirchberg Monastery |
| 1377-1388 | Destruction of Lichtenstein Fortress by the free city of Reutlingen during the so-called “Wars of the Cities”. Rafe of Lichtenstein dies in the Battle of Reutlingen |
| 1389 | Derelict “Old Lichtenstein” becomes property of Württemberg |
| 1389-1394 | As part of the settlement with the free cities Lichtenstein becomes property of Count Eberhard of Württemberg. Reconstruction of the destroyed fortress. Swaneger dies, presumably because he had given the fortress to the citizens of Reutlingen |
| 1394-1407 | Otto of Baldeck is Württemberg Castellan of Lichtenstein Castle |
| 1409 | Hans Speth becomes Castellan of Lichtenstein Castle |
| 1454 | Count Ludwig of Württemberg gives Lichtenstein to Wolf of Neuhausen as a fief |
| 1493 | Withdrawal of the fiefdom. Benz of Husen becomes Castellan of Lichtenstein Castle |
| 1504 | Rafan of Talheim becomes Castellan of Lichtenstein Castle |
| 1519 | Duke Ulrich takes refuge at Lichtenstein Fortress |
| 1567 | Lichtenstein loses its title as a castle. Duke Christoph replaces the aristocratic position of castellan by the mere position of forest menial |
| 1614 | Lichtenstein becomes part of Urach forest and stays residence of the forest menial |
| 1687 | The last Master of Lichtenstein, Imperial Ensign Anton of Lichtenstein, dies fighting the Turks |
| 1802 | King Friedrich of Württemberg has the upper part of the fortress removed and replaced by a timber frame construction. Lichtenstein becomes a baronial hunting lodge and residence of the forest warden |
| 1803 | King Friedrich of Württemberg sojourns at Lichtenstein Castle on the occasion of the first illumination of “Nebelhöhle” (“Fog Cave”, a cave near Lichtenstein Castle) |
| 1826 | Wilhelm Hauff’s novel “Lichtenstein” is published |
| 1837 | Wilhelm Duke of Urach Count of Württemberg acquires Lichtenstein from his cousin King Wilhelm of Württemberg |
| 1840-1842 | Reconstruction of Lichtenstein Castle by Count Wilhelm of Württemberg with the aid of architect Carl Alexander Heideloff from Nuremberg. The reconstruction is supervised by Johann Georg Rupp from Reutlingen |
| 1857 | Completion of the barbican by master builder Strohbach |
| 1869 | Duke Wilhelm dies at Lichtenstein Castle. The castle becomes the place of residence of his son, Duke Wilhelm of Urach |
| 1901 | New construction of the so-called “Fürstenbau” (“Baronial Building”) to the left of the main gate. Extension of the outlying forester’s house |
| 1928 | Duke Wilhelm dies and Karl-Gero becomes Duke of Urach Count of Württemberg |
| 1945-1946 | Repairing of the damages inflicted during World War II and provisional securing of the tower |
| 1982-1990 | Securing of the Castle and the adjoining buildings and restoration of the mural paintings by Duke Karl Anselm of Urach Count of Württemberg with the aid of architect Rudolf Brändle |
| 1991 | Continuation of the restoration by Duke Wilhelm Albert |
| 1999 | Completion of the restoration of the tower, the third and fourth floor of the castle and the living quarters of Count Wilhelm with the aid of foundations and non-profit associations (“Wüstenrotstiftung” and “Fördergemeinschaft zur Erhaltung des Schlosses Lichtenstein e.V.”) and the State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments |
