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15-586: The hill castle appears in 1334 as the Zappenburg to protect pilgrims to the nearby pilgrimage site of Gottsbüren . In 1490, the hunting lodge of Zapfenburg grew out of the medieval castle site. After 1957 the site was restored and since 1959 it has housed an hotel. Together with the Trendelburg and Krukenburg the present ruins belong to the three best known castles in the Reinhardswald region, although

30-475: A castle). It is located between Beberbeck, about 4.5 km west-southwest of the ruins, and Gottsbüren (village east of Trendelburg ), around 4.5 km north-northwest (each as the crow flies ). The ruins stand on a relatively open basalt kuppe at an elevation of about 315 m above  sea level (NHN) . Southwest and below the castle is the Sababurg Wildlife Park , through which

45-467: A fine hunting lodge on the foundation walls of the original site, which was to be a venue for innumerable prestigious festivals and gatherings for 300 years" . After this rebuilding or remodelling there was a significant requirement for drinking water for people and animals. This was the catalyst for the construction of a water pipe. In 1508 construction began on the palas , which was finished under his nephew Philip I (1504–1567) in 1519. A stud farm

60-565: Is a castle built on a natural feature that stands above the surrounding terrain. It is a term derived from the German Höhenburg used in categorising castle sites by their topographical location. Hill castles are thus distinguished from lowland castles ( Niederungsburgen ). Hill castles may be further subdivided depending on their situation into the following: When in the 10th and 11th centuries castles lost their pure fortress character and were increasingly built as residence castles for

75-491: The Sababurg. In 2002 a second, larger wedding room was opened. Of the original defences of the Sababurg, restoration work has uncovered parts of the enceinte with its flanking gate and ditche and bank works. Only the outer walls of the palas have survived. In addition to the two mighty corner towers with their welschen Hauben , which are used by the hotel, a small staircase tower has also survived. The chancellery building

90-470: The demolition of the old hotel, the new hotel with a restaurant and conference rooms for 200 people will be built into the historical ruin complex. The new building is intended to take up the horizontal, dominant building edges of the Palais, the sloping roof surfaces and the characteristic diversity of the castle. The new four-star hotel will have 40 rooms spread across the towers, the modernized office building and

105-520: The ground floor and upper floor of the new building. The hotel catering is located in the basement and has a terrace facing the Sababurg Wildlife Park . The construction costs were initially estimated at twelve million euros. The renovation and new construction began in 2023 and will take around three years. After Revision of the plans, the new hotel building will consist largely of wood, which will lead to an increase in costs to 43 million euros. Hill castle A hill castle or mountain castle

120-451: The kings and the nobility, the hill castle was the preferred choice owing to its better defensive capability. In Germany, almost 66 percent of all medieval castles ( Burgen ) known today are of the hill castle type. In the earliest centuries of castle construction only great nobles and kings had the power to build them. From the 12th century, however, the higher imperial ministeriales also built representative hill castles. This pattern

135-451: The latter is just outside this forest. In the surrounding area is the Sababurg Wildlife Park and the virgin forest of Urwald Sababurg . The concept for the board game, Enchanted Forest , was developed from the castle. The Sababurg stands in the heart of the Reinhardswald in the village of Sababurg in the east-northeast of the Hofgeismar borough of Beberbeck (an estate settlement with

150-567: The little stream of Donnebach, an eastern and right-hand tributary of the Holzape , runs in a northwesterly direction. The ruins, village and wildlife park are an exclave of Hofgeismar, surrounded by the unparished area of Gutsbezirk Reinhardswald , in which the Urwald Sababurg lies on the other side of the park. Construction on the Zappenburg (formerly: Zappaborgck and Zappenborgck ) began on 19 April 1334 to protect and guard pilgrims to

165-558: The nearby pilgrimage site of Gottsbüren , "where in 1330 the uncorrupted body of Jesus is supposed to have been found" . It was founded by the Bishopric of Mainz , which was in constant competition with the Landgraviate of Hesse , the Bishopric of Paderborn and the Duchy of Brunswick , whose territories virtually bordered on one another here. The construction was probably funded by income from

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180-643: The pilgrimages. With the completion of the work in 1336 Arnold of Portenhagen became the first castellan or Burgmann . In 1346 there was a conflict in which Mainz was defeated. The castle was divided between the Landgraviate of Hesse and the Bishopric of Paderborn and, in 1455, described as "abandoned". The castle went entirely into the possession of Hesse in 1462 after the end of the Mainz Diocesan Feud . In 1490 Landgrave William I (1466–1515) "built

195-561: Was also laid out. The site of the Sababurg has been gradually restored by the state of Hesse since 1957 and opened to the public. From 1959 the ruins were converted into a high-class hotel with restaurant and café that was opened in 1960. In addition it houses a theatre, the SabaBurgTheater . In 1987 the first municipal wedding venue in Germany located outside of a town hall was established at

210-411: Was expanded in 1976 by a modern extension. The Sababurg has been open to visitors to a limited extent since 2018 due to extensive renovation work. Only the outside areas of the castle can be visited on weekends and public holidays. The hotel and catering operations were also discontinued in 2018 and civil weddings do not take place anymore. The first dismantling work on the Sababurg began in 2020. After

225-458: Was followed in the 13th century by the lesser nobility. Today hill castles primarily serve as tourist attractions, mainly because they often have good views − albeit in some cases for the cost of an entrance fee. They also often have restaurants or kiosks. In some cases, where they are preserved, the interior of the castle may be visited. Examples of hill castles are Kriebstein Castle (spur castle),

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