Windeck Castle (Weinheim)

Windeck Castle (German: Burg Windeck^ⓘ) stands on a small hill in Weinheim on the Bergstraße. It was built around 1100 to protect the inhabitants of the Lorsch monastery.^[1]

It was hugely damaged in 1674 by the troops of King Louis XIV of France.^[1][2] In 1960, the ruins were restored, the palace walls newly erected and the donjon safeguarded.^[2] It was acquired in 1978 by the city of Weinheim.^[1] In the 1980s, archaeological examinations and conservation works were carried out, and the ground plan was found, which gave an idea of the dimensions of the fortress.^[2] Today, the ruins of a fortress Windeck are classified as a historical monument.^[2]

A beer garden operates on its premises.^[1]