The remains of the Castle can be visited
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Steinsche Castle
Stein's Castle is the ruin of a hilltop castle near the town of Nassau in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate. It is located below Nassau Castle between the valleys of the Lahn and Mühlbach rivers.
The castle was the ancestral seat of the Imperial Barons vom und zum Stein, whose lineage was first mentioned in a document in 1158 and whose most famous member was the Prussian reformer Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein.
The construction date of the castle is unknown. The family held the castle as a fief of the Counts of Nassau. The complex was intended as an outpost fortification to protect the main castle of the Nassaus.
In the initial phase of the Thirty Years' War, the vom und zum Stein family moved their seat to the former tithe court in Nassau's city center, which they developed into Stein's Palace. In 1636, the old castle was still reported to be in good condition. Towards the end of World War II, the remains of the castle were largely destroyed.
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From the remaining wall fragments, one can infer a roughly rectangular outer wall ring, a tower in the center, and a palas in the northern corner of the castle.
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