Nanstein Castle

Small, but good views.

We walked up from Landstuhl below: the “road” to get up is a very steep, curvy, narrow alleyway. The walk up wasn’t too horrible; just not ideal since it’s so steep. It was a pretty walk. We walked up...

Magical.

I grew up visiting this particular castle frequently when we were stationed at Ramstein. I visited as an adult with my family & my son was absolutely fascinated with the ruins. It quickly became his f...

Damaged beyond recognition

Nanstein castle was erected around 1162 by order of emperor Frederic Barbarossa. In 1518 the stronghold was acquired and adapted to firearms by Franz von Sickingen. In 1523 the new defences were p...

Worth the hike

Beautiful hike up the mountain side. Great place to see the town overhead. Recently they had a landslide so they closed the restaurant by the castle which is depressing because they had some very good...

Impressive

My first walk up the hill to the castle wearing jeans in August was a bit warm, to put it mildly. On subsequent trips I wore shorts and had a much time. The castle grounds provides an excellent view ...