Liebenburg Castle

The Liebenburg, also called Liebenberg, is the ruin of a hilltop castle at 376 m above sea level on the Schlossberg between the villages of Eisweiler and Hofeld in the municipality of Namborn in the district of St. Wendel in Saarland.

The castle was built around 1170 by the Counts of Castel to secure their possessions and was first mentioned in 1218 with "Boemund von Liebenberg", who was a vassal of the Counts of Zweibrücken.

After the castle came into the possession of Archbishop Balduin of Trier in 1334, it was destroyed in 1430 during the dispute between Ulrich von Manderscheid and Raban von Helmstatt over the Trier Archbishopric and Electorate. In 1479, Heinrich von Sötern was enfeoffed with the castle, which was then finally destroyed by the French in 1677 during the Dutch War and subsequently served as a quarry.

In 1926, the first excavation and uncovering works took place on the small elliptical castle complex with a size of about 70 by 35 meters. In 1976, the keep above the cistern was rebuilt. Today it serves as an observation tower and wedding room (April 1 to October 31). The complex also includes a tower, a building, and a well remnant.