Neu-Baumburg Castle

Neu Baumburg Castle, also known as Neu-Bamberg, Neubamberg, is the ruin of a hilltop castle above the municipality of Neu-Bamberg in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate.

The castle was built around 1253 by the Raugraves, mentioned in 1253 as "Novum castrum apud Sarlesheim" and in 1283 was owned by Raugrave Heinrich II of Neuenbaumburg, the son of Raugrave Heinrich I.

On April 12, 1338, half of the castle and the village were pledged by the Raugraves for 1,300 pounds Heller to Archbishop Heinrich III of Mainz, and on March 11, 1419, Archbishop Johann II of Mainz and Count Johann V of Sponheim-Starkenburg shared the inner castle. In 1668, the castle was destroyed by Elector Karl Ludwig of the Palatinate.

After 1970, extensive restorations took place, including partial reconstruction of the ruins.

The castle complex consists of an irregularly rectangular core castle in the northwest and the lower-lying outer bailey on the west side. East of the core complex stands the Catholic Church of St. Dionysius, which partly dates back to the medieval castle chapel.