Top 8 Castles around Gau-Bickelheim

Short steep ramp to the ruin and the chapel over cobblestones

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.

The owners were the Barons von Wallbrunn and von Wambold, who were able to continue their originally rich, knightly rule together until the end of the 18th century, when the French occupied the left bank of the Rhine. The seat of power of the von Wallbrunns was Wallbrunn Castle, which was located below the fortified church. It was built in 1459 AD and is said to have been connected to the church by underground passages. The church was built in 1190 AD and burned down in 1435 AD. After its reconstruction, it became a place of pilgrimage for many believers, because the fire had spared the monstrance with the hosts - after such great destruction, this was nothing short of a miracle! The original, old stained glass windows and the altar of the church can be viewed in the museum in Darmstadt. From 1467 to 1790 AD, the von Wallbrunns were uninterrupted rulers of Partenheim. However, during the French Revolution, the German nobility was expelled from the left bank of the Rhine, and Partenheim also fell victim to the French occupation. The widow of the last Baron von Wallbrunn, however, put up with the French rule and was able to save the property and the castle. She died in 1832 at the age of 82, and her son also died a few years later. With his death in 1838, the family died out, and the property passed to three Partenheim citizens. Source: Schlossgut Deutschmann

Wallbrunn was probably built in the 14th century and has been rebuilt and expanded several times since then. Kuno von Wallbrunn zu Partenheim is said to have taken over major ownership rights in the village as early as 1493. In the 16th century, Hans Reinhard I von Wallbrunn lived permanently in Partenheim and is said to have played a major role in the reconstruction of the castle. This gave the building a Renaissance and Baroque influence. In 1834, the merchant Georg Dael took over the castle and sold it on just one year later to three families who still own the property today. (Source: https://www.partenheim.de/index.php/tourismus/ortsrundgang/ehemaliges-schloss-der-herren-von-wallbrunn ) The castle is not open to the public.

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.

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