Can you visit the Burgstall Muschenheim?

Only the vaulted cellar survives, it is privately owned and must be visited by prior arrangement.

What remains of the castle today?

Just a vaulted cellar buried under a grassy mound, everything else of the structure has disappeared.

Where is the Burgstall Muschenheim located?

In Muschenheim, a district of Lich, in the Landkreis Gießen in Hesse, along the Hessengasse.

Who built this castle?

Its origin is uncertain, it was linked to the von Muschenheim and later von Bellersheim families, who held it from the 14th century until 1818.

Why is this site protected?

The vaulted cellar is listed as a Kulturdenkmal in Hesse for historical reasons, as the last surviving remnant of the vanished castle.

Hessengasse 33

Lich

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Burgstall Muschenheim stands in Lich (Landkreis Gießen), in Hesse, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

The Burgstall Muschenheim marks the site of a former moated castle, long since vanished, on the edge of Muschenheim, a district of Lich. All that survives is a vaulted cellar, the only visible remnant of the stronghold that once stood in this meadow near the Wetter river. The cellar is privately owned and sits along the Hessengasse, in front of an outbuilding of the neighbouring house. Visitors should expect no standing walls or tower, only this stone chamber, preserved for its historical value.

What to know

Only a vaulted cellar remains of the castle, no walls or standing structures have survived above ground.
The cellar, roughly six by ten metres, is located on the Hessengasse in the Muschenheim district of Lich.
The site is privately owned, so visiting the cellar must be arranged in advance.
There is no visitor infrastructure and no electricity connection at the site.
The former moat that once linked the castle to the Wetter river has been completely filled in and is no longer visible.

Where this château is

Lich · Landkreis Gießen · Hessen

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35423 Lich

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Heritage status: Kulturdenkmal in Hessen

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Can you visit the Burgstall Muschenheim?: Only the vaulted cellar survives, it is privately owned and must be visited by prior arrangement.
What remains of the castle today?: Just a vaulted cellar buried under a grassy mound, everything else of the structure has disappeared.
Where is the Burgstall Muschenheim located?: In Muschenheim, a district of Lich, in the Landkreis Gießen in Hesse, along the Hessengasse.
Who built this castle?: Its origin is uncertain, it was linked to the von Muschenheim and later von Bellersheim families, who held it from the 14th century until 1818.
Why is this site protected?: The vaulted cellar is listed as a Kulturdenkmal in Hesse for historical reasons, as the last surviving remnant of the vanished castle.