Tannenfels Castle

Tannenfels Castle was first documented in 1330 when Count Philipp and his wife Lisa von Katzenelnbogen endowed a chapel on the castle grounds. Originally part of the Kirchheim dominion, it belonged to the Lords of Bolanden. By the end of the 13th century, the majority of the complex passed to the Counts of Sponheim through inheritance. In 1364, Bechtholf von Beckingen was appointed as a castellan. For a time, Tannenfels Castle served as the seat of the Bolanden-Dannenfels branch of the Sponheims.