The castle is considered a typical Adelburg castle of the Staufer period. The castle is situated on a steep rocky plateau sloping to all sides. The castle was surrounded by …
Klein-Geroldseck Castle is a freely accessible castle ruin. The fortress was built to secure the execution of an inheritance contract with the last Geroldseck von Groß-Geroldseck. There is a restaurant at the nearby Hohbarr Castle.
The ruin Ochsenstein is distributed in several parts of the Schlossberg. The iron ladder and the short tunnel through the rock are spectacular. The view from the broken keep of the main complex of the ruin too.
From a tower, a wooden staircase leads up to a lookout point with a beautiful view of the castles Hohbarr and Groß Geroldseck.
The complex consists of two castles, each …