The castle was first mentioned in two documents in 1127. At that time it was owned by Meginhard von Sponheim, who first called himself Count of Sponheim. It became the ancestral seat of the Counts of Sponheim when it passed to his descendants.

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Location: Burgsponheim, Bad Kreuznach, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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