This castle's praises were sung by the young Goethe in 1774, in his poem "Geistesgruss" ("Hoch auf dem alten Turme"). It is situated where the River Lahn joins the Rhein and was the northernmost fortress of the Mainz Electorate, built in 1240. Although it had fallen into complete ruin by 1688, it was restored in the original style in 1860.
