End of October 2016: The castle ruin is again open to walk! Yippee!

An adventurous-looking wooden staircase leads to the upper castle. From there you have a really wonderful panoramic view. Today over a Palatinate Forest shining in sunlight in the most wonderful autumn colors.

If you would like to know more about the castle, we recommend this humorous video by Norbert Heugel, a Palatine veteran, who has probably set out to explore all Palatine castles and castle ruins and to document this in his videos. Have fun watching.

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Annemarie Ohmer

November 6, 2020

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Like almost all castles in the Palatinate Forest, it was built on red sandstones as a rock castle. It was built in the 11th century as a successor to Wiligartsburg and to protect the villages.
A wooden staircase leads up and then you have a nice view.

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Tzi

July 3, 2015

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very beautiful rock castle with an adventurous ascent. Unfortunately, at the time of the hike the castle was not accessible due to renovations.

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Location: Wilgartswiesen, Südwestpfalz, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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