En un regard
Le château en bref
Petit-Geroldseck Castle, built in the 13th century close to its counterpart Grand-Geroldseck and originally named 'Neu Geroldseck', is first mentioned in 1349. Its ownership was divided in the 15th century among the Rappolstein, Lichtenberg, Oberkirch and Leiningen families, following the partition of the estate of Volmar von Geroldseck in 1390-1391. Probably destroyed in 1471 during a siege led by the Count Palatine and the Duke of Lorraine against the lord of Grand-Geroldseck, it is already mentioned as a ruin in 1507. Classified as a historic monument since 1898, the site preserves the remains of a keep and a tower in dressed stone, now overgrown with vegetation.