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Kauzenburg Castle was built around 1200 for the Counts of Sponheim. The small town of Bad Kreuznach, with its ring of walls, grew up around the castle. Over the centuries, the castle expanded into a veritable fortress with a palace. It reached its greatest extent around 1650. Powerful outworks were built around the palace. The great era of Kauzenburg came to an abrupt end when French troops, during the War of Conquest, blew it up in 1689 and burned it to the ground, leaving only the cellar standing. It wasn't until the 19th century that a kind of "manor house"—a grand bourgeois country estate—was built on the site of the ruins. This had to make way in the early 1970s when the architect Gottfried Böhm combined the remaining ruins with a new architectural design reminiscent of castle battlements—a style also used elsewhere. For a long time, the surviving vaulted cellar served as the venue for popular medieval banquets. The restaurant closed a few years ago; today, a catering service leases the premises and offers it for events. Anyone walking around the grounds and the castle can still get a sense of its former grandeur.

Part of the former city fortifications

This hilltop castle was built around 1250 and destroyed in 1668

Cool little place near Kreunach

1589–1595 Emich von Daun Graf von Falkenstein, The residential building of the original castle complex is now a ruin. An administrative building built on the site in 1595 is now referred to as the castle. It is privately owned.

A beautiful hike with a steady uphill and downhill section in the first half. Consistently beautiful views of the Selz Valley. Not recommended in warm weather and sunshine, as there's no shade anywhere and you'll mostly be walking through the vineyards.

This castle is located above Bad Kreuznach. Restaurant with vaulted cellar available