Can you visit Hohlenfels Castle all year round?

No, it is only open to the public on certain dates during the summer half-year, since it is permanently inhabited.

How old is Hohlenfels Castle?

Construction began before 1353, in the 14th century, commissioned by Count John I of Nassau-Weilburg-Saarbrücken.

Why is it called Hohlenfels?

The castle takes its name from the fissured, hollow limestone rock on which it stands.

Was Hohlenfels Castle ever destroyed?

It was partly abandoned and damaged during the Thirty Years' War, and parts of the shield wall and a tower later collapsed in 1979.

Hohlenfels Castle

Mudershausen

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Mudershausen

To make a day of it

Open within 20 km

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Burg Hohlenfels stands in Mudershausen (Rhein-Lahn-Kreis), in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Recorded dating: 14th century. No visits are on record for this building.

Hohlenfels Castle stands on a limestone crag in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, overlooking the Hohlenfelsbach valley, its fissured and hollow rock having given the castle its name. Built in the 14th century to watch over old trade routes, it passed through centuries of divided inheritance, partial ruin and rebuilding, visible today in its inhabited 18th-century main house. Visitors can see a pentagonal keep, remains of the medieval shield wall and a structure still shaped by the repair work carried out since partial collapses at the end of the 1970s.

What to know

The castle is privately inhabited and only opens to the public on certain dates during the summer half-year.
Access involves a path and a bridge crossing a twelve-metre-deep ditch, over uneven ground.
The medieval parts, the keep and shield wall, remain under restoration and are not fully open to visitors.
No opening hours, admission fees or accessibility details are confirmed for this listing.
The site is listed as a Kulturdenkmal in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Where this château is

Mudershausen · Rhein-Lahn-Kreis · Rheinland-Pfalz

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Address

65623 Hahnstätten

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Heritage status: Kulturdenkmal in Rheinland-Pfalz
Period of construction: 14th century

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Frequently asked

Can you visit Hohlenfels Castle all year round?: No, it is only open to the public on certain dates during the summer half-year, since it is permanently inhabited.
How old is Hohlenfels Castle?: Construction began before 1353, in the 14th century, commissioned by Count John I of Nassau-Weilburg-Saarbrücken.
Why is it called Hohlenfels?: The castle takes its name from the fissured, hollow limestone rock on which it stands.
Was Hohlenfels Castle ever destroyed?: It was partly abandoned and damaged during the Thirty Years' War, and parts of the shield wall and a tower later collapsed in 1979.