A first documentary mention of the castle took place in 1156 (possibly a few years earlier). Frederick I (Barbarossa) hereby confirms to a bishop Albert I von Verdun the possession of the castle together with the surrounding lands.
Since the 12th century, the Counts of Veldenz were feudal lords of the lands and the castle, which formed the center of the county Veldenz. In 1286 the town Veldenz gained town and market rights.
In 1444 the castle came after the extinction of the Veldenzer line by inheritance to the line Pfalz-Zweibrücken. Successors were from 1543 the Counts of Palatinate-Veldenz, which remained until their extinction in 1694 in the possession of castle and county, even if the castle was occupied during the Thirty Years War and the Palatinate War of Succession by Swedish, Spanish and French troops. Probably at the end of 1681 the castle was reduced to rubble by the French and two years later called a fortress.
After the withdrawal of the French troops, Elector John William of the Palatinate of the Principality seized. Although there were lengthy clashes with the line Palatinate Zweibrücken, which also claimed hereditary claims, but in 1733 fell the two upper offices Lauterecken and Veldenz and with it the remnants of the castle finally to Electoral Palatinate.
After the re-entry of French troops, the ruin was sold in 1807 as part of the French national auction to private individuals and initially served as a quarry.
In later times, however, the owners sought to preserve the castle and rebuilt some parts. Today, the castle is owned by the Haufs-Brusberg family.