Lißberg Castle (Ruin)

The castle's origins date back to the 12th century when it was built by the “Lords of Liebesberg,” first documented in 1222. With the death of Friedrich von Lißberg in 1396, this lineage died out. Johann von Rodenstein, Friedrich's brother-in-law, took possession of the castle and from then on called himself Johann von Rodenstein and Lißberg. In 1415, Counts Johann II and Gottfried IX of Ziegenhain forcibly captured the complex and, three years later, sold half of it to Landgrave Ludwig of Hesse. After the death of the last Count of Ziegenhain, Johann II, in 1450, the castle and office of Lißberg fell entirely to the Landgraviate of Hesse. In the course of the Hessian division of inheritance in 1604, they finally passed to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt.