Top 20 Castles around Sponheim

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.

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

Beautifully located hotel above the city, which was architecturally developed from the ruins of the castle.

The Kauzenburg is the ruin of a hilltop castle in Bad Kreuznach in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate. The Kauzenburg was the residence of the front county of Sponheim. The castle was first mentioned in a document in 1206, in which King Philip of Swabia forbade the construction of a castle. From 1206 to 1230 the first castle was built by Count Gottfried III. († 1218) and Johann I of Sponheim († 1266). In 1417 the castle was divided between the Counts of Sponheim and the Elector and Count Palatine Ludwig III. 1437 was followed by another division under the Heidelberg Count Palatine Ludwig IV, Friedrich III. von Veldenz and the Margrave of Baden. In 1444 Stefan von Pfalz-Simmern-Zweibrücken followed as heir to the Veldenz share. In the Palatinate War between 1450 and 1470, the Margrave lost his share. Elector Philip expanded the castle. In 1503 Baden became a co-owner again. Source: Wikipedia In 1620 the Spanish Marquis Spinola conquered Kreuznach and the castle, which he fortified until 1632. In 1632, during the Thirty Years' War, the Swedish king conquered the castle. In 1635 the imperial troops took over the town and castle. In 1639, the French under General Duc Henri II d'Orléans-Longueville (1595-1663) recaptured the castle and in 1641 the Imperials under Gil de Haes took over the fortress. After the Peace of Westphalia, the castle fell to Baden and the Palatinate. For the first time, the castle was referred to as "Veste Kauzenburg". The French under General Louis-François de Boufflers (1644-1711) conquered the castle in 1688, blew it up and burned down the building.

It's worth a visit here, an association is trying to maintain it and you can see that. Wonderful castle that I like very much

Very nice ruin. Worth visiting the castle. We have linked the system with our tour on Lemberg.

The ascent pulls a bit in the calves, but it's definitely worth it. Beautiful castle ruins to discover, especially in the evening in the light of the setting sun. There is a viewing platform and even a long table with benches for a rest.

The castle, first mentioned in 1206, was blown up by French troops in 1688 during the Palatinate War of Succession. In 1803 Andreas von Recum bought the ruins from the neighboring Bangert manor and used the vaults as a wine cellar. As a result of a change of ownership in 1969, the ruin was expanded into a castle hotel in 1970/71. The well-known Cologne architect Gottfried Böhm created the design (he had already pursued a similar concept for the Godesburg in 1959). There is currently no catering at the castle, it can only be rented for celebrations.