Neuweier Castle

The beginnings of the manor house, which presumably stands on Roman foundations, date back to the 12th century. At that time, the Knights of Bach ruled Neuweier Castle for 330 years. They built it as a Gothic moated and defensible lowland castle. In 1525, the castle was significantly damaged in the German Peasants' War. Philipp IV von Dalberg rebuilt the castle in 1548 in the Renaissance style, after the last Knight of Bach bequeathed the castle to the Cronberg-Dalberg family. With the extinction of the Dahlbergs in 1615, the husbands of the last daughters, Baron Eltz and Baron Knebel von Katzenelnbogen, inherited the castle, which later passed entirely into the Knebel family. Through the new residents, the Riesling grape came from Franconia to Neuweier, which was cultivated on the terraces of the Mauerberg. Neuweier also received the right to bottle in Bocksbeutel as a result. In the Palatinate War of Succession in 1689 and other wars in the 17th and 18th centuries, the castle suffered severe damage several times.