In 1804 the castle was nationalized by the French state, then sold off to the Cetto brothers from Sankt Wendel.
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The hill castle is first mentioned in 1285, in a document stipulating that its builder, Count William Bossel II of Stein from Oberstein an der Nahe had to allow his liege lord, the Count of Veldenz to use the castle in case of war or a feud.
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