Wallrabenstein Castle (Ruin)

Wallrabenstein Castle is a castle ruin in the Wallrabenstein district of the Hessian municipality of Hünstetten in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis.

Count Walram IV of Nassau-Idstein, son of Count Adolf I of Nassau-Idstein, built the castle around 1390. He died on November 7, 1393, at the age of 40, even before his son

Adolf II of Nassau-Idstein finally completed the castle in the same year. Later, he pledged it to Count Henne von Reifenberg.

From 1439, the castle was further enfeoffed and used as a retirement residence. A cellar bill from 1549 proves that it was still inhabited and in good condition at that time.

During the Thirty Years' War, the castle was partially destroyed and rendered uninhabitable. Since 1984, the property has been in private ownership.

The double-shell masonry, which is at risk of falling stones and threatens to tip outwards, was to be renovated by winter 2007. The approximately 100,000 Euro costs are shared by the district, the municipality, monument preservation/protection, and the owner.