View of Neuenburg Castle and Ducal Vineyard

Museum & Exhibitions
High above the wine-growing town of Freyburg lies Neuenburg, the sister castle of Wartburg, founded around 1090 by the Thuringian Count Ludwig the Springer. The first mighty complex was built by 1150. The rise of the Landgraves of Thuringia was accompanied by further magnificent expansion. By 1230, Neuenburg was already around three times as large as Wartburg! The Romanesque double chapel built around 1170/75 is still an architectural gem today.
On behalf of Hermann I, Heinrich von Veldeke completed the Eneasroman around 1185, the first Middle High German knightly-courtly verse epic ever. Neuenburg experienced the end of its high medieval heyday under Landgrave Ludwig IV and his wife, Saint Elisabeth.

Neuchâtel Castle is a very well preserved ring castle from the beginning of the 12th century. It is a two-part castle, consisting of the Kernburg, and the older outer bailey.

An old Rinburg in good condition. Easily recognized from the bike path. Of course you can also go up there.