Wartenberg Castle (Ruin) (Angersbach)

Archaeological investigations between 1938 and 1940 revealed earlier settlement traces beneath the castle's remains, including storage pits from the Roman Imperial period (around 200 AD) and Carolingian fortified farmsteads (around 700 AD). Around 1220, Friedrich von Angersbach, later known as Friedrich von Wartenberg, had the castle built. It initially consisted of a keep, followed later by the inner ring wall and other buildings. In 1265, Wartenberg Castle was destroyed during a feud between Abbot Bertho II von Leibolz of Fulda and the monastic bailiff Gottfried V von Ziegenhain. The Wartenberg family, originally servants of the Fulda Abbey, subsequently lost their claim to sovereignty, and they were forbidden to rebuild the castle.