Bosselstein Castle

En un regard

Le château en bref

Overlooking the rock-hewn church of Oberstein, the Bosselstein, also called the Altes Schloss, is the ruin of a 12th-century hilltop castle and the cradle of the lords of Stein (Oberstein). The family is mentioned as early as 1075, with Everhardus de Steyna; the castle itself is first mentioned in 1197, when the lords of Oberstein handed it over in fief to the Archbishop of Trier. Around 1225, the marriage of Eberhard V to the heiress Juliana of Dhaun opened the lordship to the Knights of Dhaun, from whom the line of Daun-Oberstein would descend. In 1323, a fief contract with Archbishop Baldwin refers to the "castrum oversteine". Around 1330, a "new house" appeared lower down, the present Schloss Oberstein, and the old castle was gradually abandoned until about 1600. Only a ruined tower and sections of wall remain; the site may be visited freely and at no cost at any hour.