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The Diemerstein castle ruins are easy to see from the outside and offer a charming view – but unfortunately the interior is not accessible.

The Diemerstein castle ruins are easy to see from the outside and offer a charming view – but unfortunately the interior is not accessible.

The romantic castle ruins are located in a side valley near Frankenstein. The exact date and name of the builder are unknown. The castle is now owned by the Technical University of Kaiserslautern Foundation and is not freely accessible. Still impressive and the climb to the castle is worth it.

Small castle ruins tower above Neidenfels, with a view of Neidenfels

Diemerstein Castle is the ruin of a spur castle at 280 m above sea level. NN in the Glasbach valley at the end of a long mountain ridge on a steep rocky plateau in the district of Diemerstein in the municipality of Frankenstein in der Pfalz in Rhineland-Palatinate. The castle hill was laid out as a landscape garden in the 18th century. Wikipedia

Alt-Erfenstein was abandoned in 1380 and was then uninhabited. Today there are only a few remains of the wall and the associated boulders, which are slightly above the (successor) Erfenstein Castle; in front of it is a single rest bench on the hiking trail

Rest area with a great view of the valley and Spangenberg Castle

From the rest bench you have a beautiful view of the valley, which is even kept free. With a little luck or good timing, you might catch the cuckoo horse at the entrance to the village.