En un regard
Le château en bref
Burg Balduinstein is a ruined medieval fortress perched on a rocky spur above the Lahn in the Rhein-Lahn district. Archbishop Baldwin of Trier had it built in 1319 below Schaumburg Castle as a stronghold meant to counter neighbouring lords (a Trutzburg). In 1335 he pledged the lordship and castle to the knight Dietrich von Staffel. A chapel was founded there in 1430, which gave rise to the village parish. When the Niederburg was built in 1443 within the settlement, the castle gradually lost importance. Today it is owned by the Freies Bildungswerk Balduinstein, which runs a youth hostel there, and its ruined silhouette overlooks the village and the Lahn valley.