The castle was built around 1253 by the Raugrafen, mentioned in 1253 as "Novum castrum apud Sarlesheim" and in 1283 was owned by the Raugraf Heinrich II von Neuenbaumburg, the son of Raugraf Heinrich I.
Neu Baumburg Castle, also known as Neu-Bamberg, Neubamberg, is the ruin of a hilltop castle above the municipality of Neu-Bamberg in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Partenheim, a municipality with a rich historical tradition, has a remarkable and magnificent castle in the municipality of Wörrstadt next to Armsheim.