フィールンハイムの洞窟・トップ20

Castle ruins with a great view

The restaurant has apparently been closed since October 2022 after the tenant retired and there is no successor. There is only a sign on the gate saying 'Company Holidays'. - A visit is not possible as it is privately owned. The only thing left is the view of the castle from the vineyards, you don't have to drive directly there at the moment.

Castle inn and castle closed. Status 03.23

The restaurant no longer exists. Status 03.2023

Wonderful park with great trees and bushes.

Beautiful works in the park

Instead of being in the middle of the courtyard, the new building was placed at its west entrance in order to gain more open space in the courtyard.

The castle was built in 1065 to protect the Lorsch monastery. Its original name was Burcheldon. The name Starkimberg was first mentioned in 1206. In the monastery's eventful history, the castle always offered refuge and protection for the monks. As the second strongest fortress in the Electorate of Mainz, it covered the Mainzer Bergstrasse. In 1765, the castle was abandoned and fell into disrepair. On Wednesday, October 22, 1924, the dilapidated keep of the Starkenburg was blown up at 2:45 p.m. The demolition of the building, with walls up to three meters thick in the basement, was a major operation: 1,500 cubic meters of stone had to be blown away. While the demolition of the old keep, which was originally 28 metres high, had been unavoidable due to its structural condition, the construction of the new keep at another location, which was completed by 1930 (with the exception of the tower roof, which was only added in 1957), was an avoidable violation of the interests of monument protection.