Burg Gutenburg Ruins – View of Gutenberg Castle Ruins loop from Hargesheim

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Hargesheim

Burg Gutenburg Ruins – View of Gutenberg Castle Ruins loop from Hargesheim

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Burg Gutenburg Ruins – View of Gutenberg Castle Ruins loop from Hargesheim

00:53

14.0km

140m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 1, 2026

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833 m

Ice Cream Stop at Gräfenbach

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Beautiful bypass of the town center

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The castle was first mentioned in 1213 as "castro Weitersheim". In 1334 the Counts of Sponheim (Vordere Grafschaft) bought the castle, which has meanwhile been renamed Gutenburg. After this purchase, a fundamental conversion took place.

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View of Gutenberg Castle Ruins

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The castle was first mentioned in 1213 as "castro Weitersheim". In 1334, the Counts of Sponheim (Front County) bought the castle, which has since been renamed Gutenburg. After this purchase, a fundamental reconstruction took place. After the extinction of the Sponheimers (Kreuzenacher line † 1414, Starkenburg line † 1437), the castle reached the front-native locals (mainly Margraviate Baden and Electoral Palatinate). The castle has lost its importance over time, was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War and fell into ruin. In the view in the thesaurus philopoliticus by Daniel Meisner, it is already depicted as a ruin. The ruin is now privately owned.

The castle complex had a core castle that was completely surrounded by a ring kennel, protected by a ring wall with towers and a neck trench. The ruin still shows clear wall remnants today.

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View of the castle ruins

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Beautiful castle complex 👍

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Castle of the Chamberlains of Worms (Dalberg Castle)

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The castle of the eunuchs of Worms, imperial barons from and to Dalberg dates from 1565 and today belongs to the family of the prince zu Salm-Salm.

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Catholic Parish House

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late classicist plastered building, 1860

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St. Laurentius Catholic Parish Church (Wallhausen)

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From 1731 to 1736 the Franciscans in Spabrücken built the local pilgrimage church largely with their own resources. In 1789 the people of Sommerloch succeeded in forcing the Mannheim court chamber to make a decisive financial contribution to the construction of their church by means of a court order.

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