Laurenburg Castle was first mentioned in a document in 1093. Its builder was probably Count Dudo (* around 1060, † around 1123), who is listed in the deed of foundation of Laach Abbey as Comes de Lurenburch in fifth place and was the progenitor of the Counts of Nassau. With his wife Anastasia von Arnstein, Dudo had sons Arnold and Ruprecht. Dudo received the area around Nassau as a fief from the diocese of Worms, where he and his sons built a new castle from 1124, after which their descendants named themselves Counts of Nassau from 1159. The castle was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War and has been a ruin ever since.
Nassau Burgmannen, who continued to call themselves “von Laurenburg”, then officiated at the Laurenburg. Among them, the "Loener von Laurenburg" and the "Bucher von Laurenburg" are known. Laurenburg Castle was built below the castle in 1800. Temporarily occupied by the French in 1795, Laurenburg was part of the Duchy of Nassau from 1806, which was annexed by Prussia in 1866. The town has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946.
Worth seeing castle complex!