Zigeunerfels

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Le château en bref

The Zigeunerfels is a small semi-troglodytic castle of which only ruins survive, built on an isolated sandstone spur in the forest, south of the hamlet of Wengelsbach and east of Wasigenstein Castle, in the commune of Niedersteinbach. The Inventaire général describes it as a site of indeterminate date: a staircase cut into the rock and a few remnants of walls on the platform are the only surviving features. Its name, ‘Rock of the Bohemians’, is said to derive from the use of the site as a hideout for travelling bands in the early modern period, according to a tradition recorded in the inventory entries.