The moated castle in the heart of Großsachsenheim looks back on an eventful history! A fortified castle can be traced to this site as early as 1200. However, it wasn't …
Instead of a previous castle from the 11th century occupied by the State Monuments Office, a castle with a verifiable keep on the south wing was built here in the 13th century as the ancestral seat of the Lords of Sachsenheim. Converted to a castle, the complex now forms an almost regular dodecagon with a square inner courtyard and a former moat on the outside
The "Klopferle" can be found to the left of the main entrance to the moated castle. A wild man who, according to legend, was responsible for the fire in the first castle in 1542.