The Sickingen-Castle Nansteinbears the name of the red sandstone-rock, wich reaches 15 m beyond the top of the 80 m high castle-mountain.The ground-plan consists of a central inner castle and numerous outworks. About 1600 the castle had reached its greatest size with a lenght of 125 m and breadth of 100 m; the present dimensions are 100 m by 50 m.
Nanstein - the Sickingen-Castle at Landstuhl / Palatinatewas built about the year 1160 by the Emperor Barbarossa.In 1475 the Knights of Sickingen gained the castle by marriage. The famous Knight Franz von Sickingen (1481-1523) fortified the castle in 1518, but fell in battle in 1523 against 3 powerfull princes of the Empire. From 1543 on, his sons and grandsons rebuilt the battered castle, till in 1600 it was a magnificent palace.Trough the castle remained untouched by the 30-years War, it was blown up in 1668 by the Palatinate Elector. The renovated castle then fell into ultimate ruin under the French in 1689.Since 1856, people interested in local history and the Sickingen family have been endeavoring to excavate and restore the rubble-buried remains of the castle of Nanstein, for it ranks among the noblest and most beautiful castle ruins in Germany
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