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Michelsburg Ruins at Remigiusberg

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Haschbach am Remigiusberg

Michelsburg Ruins at Remigiusberg

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Michelsburg Ruins at Remigiusberg

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Location: Haschbach am Remigiusberg, Kusel, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Wooden Bridge Over Stream – Stork Nest loop from Kusel

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2. View of the Glan River – Stork Nest loop from Haschbach am Remigiusberg

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3. Gelbes Wasser Spring loop from Theisbergstegen

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Jonas Wind

May 12, 2017

From here you have a great view of the rolling hills and forests of the area. The castle or its remains is also quite imposing.

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Anton

May 29, 2025

The Michelsburg Castle and the neighboring former provost church of St. Remigius on the Remigiusberg near Haschbach, in the center of the Glan Valley, are the historical heart of the Remigiusland region.

The first documented mention of an illegally built hilltop castle dates back to 1127, when Benedictine monks purchased it from a knight named Adelbert.
The monks used the stones of the former castle to build the Benedictine provost church of St. Remigi, the remnant of which is the Remigius Church.

Count Henry II of Zweibrücken built a second castle out of wood in 1260 – during the inheritance disputes of the counts of Veldenz – after the first male line of counts of Veldenz had died out in 1259.
Later, this castle was expanded and furnished with stone, and a chapel (dedicated to St. Michael) was built inside.

In 1543, Count Palatine Rupert of Veldenz made the castle his secondary residence and had a princely crypt built in the provost church.

Little is known about what happened to the castle in later centuries, but it was reportedly still intact in 1708 and changed hands several times.
In 1868, it came into the possession of the St. Remigiusberg Catholic Church Foundation.

Today, the 20-meter-high shield wall, remnants of the palace, the ring wall, and the moat are preserved.

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Sonya Wuepper

April 20, 2020

The gorgeous views wort it, even not much is left from the castle. If you are hiking it from Kusel side, a very informative trail leads you up.

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Elevation 390 m

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Location: Haschbach am Remigiusberg, Kusel, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Michelsburg Ruins at Remigiusberg

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2. View of the Glan River – Stork Nest loop from Haschbach am Remigiusberg

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