Around the same time as the keep was being built, the von Hagen-Münzenberg gentlemen also built the Palas as a representative residential building around 1180. Almost 100 years later, under Mr. von Falkenstein, there was another expansion to the east and south.
In its building idea, the Palas shows similarities with the Munzenberg Castle in the Wetterau, the second eponymous castle of the Hagen-Munzenberg family. Today Romanesque and Gothic building elements can still be seen, which testify to the various phases of renovation. The entrance is next to the keep on the west side of the building. To the left behind a door are the remains of a stone stair tower, via which one reached the upper floor. A narrow corridor leads to the right into the former kitchen with the brick hearth and an adjoining pantry. Behind it, a large assembly or dining room forms the center of the Palas, in which the fireplace and column bases can still be seen.
In the years 1792/93, the walls in front of the palace were demolished so that the stones could be used again. In 1802 the first parts of the walls collapsed.
Below the Palas there are spacious vaulted cellars, which you can rent for your private events.